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The 2010 John Bonython Lecture - Niall Ferguson on ABC Radio National

August 2010
Niall Ferguson

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Listen to Niall Ferguson’s Empires on the edge of chaos lecture at The 2010 John Bonython Lecture on  Big Ideas,  ABC Radio National.

   

Jessica Brown on The Drum, ABC News 24

Tuesday, 24 August 2010
Jessica Brown on The Drum, ABC News 24

Running time: 40 mins

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Different approaches to immigration policy

Wednesday, 25 August 2010
Jessica Brown

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Listen to Jessica Brown discuss different approaches to immigration policy on Breakfast with Fran Kelly, Radio National, 25 August 2010.

   

Economic issues raised in the federal election campaign

Thursday, 19 August 2010
Oliver Hartwich

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Listen to Oliver Hartwich discuss the economic issues raised in the federal election campaign with Nicholas Gruen, CEO of Lateral Economics on The World Today, Radio National, 19 August 2010.

   

Population Populism, Not Policy

Thursday, 19 August 2010
Jessica Brown

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Listen to Jessica Brown discuss the population debate on Btalk, BNET, 19 August 2010.

   

The Annual Big Ideas Forum: The Future of Europe

Monday, 2 August 2010
The Annual Big Ideas Forum: The Future of Europe

Running time: 72 mins

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Australia’s stimulus package

Monday, 16 August 2010
Oliver Marc Hartwich

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Listen to Oliver Marc Hartwich discuss Australia’s stimulus package with Ross Greenwood on 2GB, Monday 16 August 2010.

   

The Annual Acton Lecture on Religion and Freedom: Constitutional Conservatism

Tuesday, 20 July 2010
The Annual Acton Lecture on Religion and Freedom: Constitutional Conservatism

Running time: 49 mins

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Debt and deficit

Tuesday, 10 August 2010
Oliver Marc Hartwich and David Hetherington

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Listen to the two economists, Oliver Marc Hartwich and David Hetherington discuss debt and deficit on Life Matters, ABC Radio National, 10 August 2010.

   

The 2010 John Bonython Lecture - Niall Ferguson

Wednesday, 28 July 2010
Niall Ferguson

Running time: 44 mins 

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Eternal Vigilance: Why we must not take Freedom of Speech for Granted

Thursday, 29 July 2010
Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Janet Albrechtsen

Running time: 44 mins

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Australia’s Future Population Projections

Monday, 5 July 2010
Jessica Brown and Oliver Marc Hartwich

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Listen to Jessica Brown and Oliver Marc Hartwich discuss Australia’s future population projections on ABC Radio, Hobart Afternoons.

 

   

Explaining Big Government: By the People or Against the People

Thursday, 8 April 2010
Dr Stephen Kirchner

Running time: 66 mins

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Comments on the Henry Tax Review

Monday, 17 May 2010
Robert Carling
Professor Sinclair Davidson
Dr Alex Robson

Running time: 79 mins

Read more: Comments on the Henry Tax Review

   

India’s ‘Soft’ Power Potential

Monday, 5 July 2010
John Lee

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Listen to John Lee discuss India’s ‘soft’ power potential on ABC Radio National, Counterpoint

   

The New Mining Tax

Monday, July 5 2010, Life Matters, ABC Radio National

Oliver Marc Hartwich, CIS Research Fellow and David Hetherington, Executive Director of Per Capita.

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Listen to the two economists, Oliver Marc Hartwich, CIS Research Fellow and David Hetherington, Executive Director of Per Capita, discuss the new mining tax on Life Matters, ABC Radio National.


   

The Future of Europe: Dr Oliver Hartwich & Dr Stefan Auer

Wednesday, 2 June 2010

Dr Oliver Marc Hartwich and Dr Stefan Auer at La Trobe University, Melbourne.

Running time: 55 mins

 

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Cultural Cringe: Are Australians the Plebeians of the Western World?

Tuesday, 13 April 2010
Jens Schroeder, Miranda Devine & Dr James Curran

Running time: 88 mins

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Constitutional Dilemmas: The Push for Proportional Representation

Tuesday, 2 March 2010
Luke Malpass

Running time: 75 mins

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National Broadband Networks: Markets, Mates and Missing Analysis

Thursday, 25 February 2010
Bronwyn Howell

Running time: 59 mins

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Behind the Moral Curtain: The Politics of a Charter of Rights

Tuesday 2 February 2010
Elise Parham

Running time: 55 mins

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Reconciling God and Mammon: Adam Smith and how religion shaped his ideas

Thursday 11 February 2010
Professor Paul Oslington, Professor Gavin Kennedy and Dr Brendan Long

Running time: 78 mins

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The 2009 John Bonython Lecture: Invisible Hand Versus Visible Fist

Tuesday, 21 April 2009
PJ O’Rourke

Running time: 47 mins

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The Flight of the Kiwi: Perspectives on Migration from Aotearoa/New Zealand

Thursday, 5 November 2009
David Kirk MBE, Dr Don Turkington, Luke Malpass & Andrew Patterson

Running Time: 107 mins

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The Fall of the Wall, 20 Years On

Monday, 9 November 2009
Dr Oliver Marc Hartwich, Dr John Lee, Dr Lee Duffield, Professor Martin Krygier

Running Time: 99 min.

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Policy Point Lecture: Against Prohibition - An Argument for Legalising Drugs

Thursday, 8 October 2009
Dr Norm Stamper, Advisor, US Law Enforcement Against Prohibition

Running Time: 75 mins

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How Political Idealism Threatens Our Civilisation

Thursday, 29 October 2009
Professor Kenneth Minogue

Running Time: 45 mins

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Crisis Commentary Lecture: Trans-Atlantic Fiscal Follies

Tuesday, 13 October 2009
Robert Carling and Dr Oliver Marc Hartwich

Running time: 73 mins

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Crisis Commentary Lecture: Asset Price Bubbles and Financial Markets

Thursday, 10 September 2009
Dr Stephen Kirchner and Dr Jason Potts

Running time: 61 mins

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Stern Hu and Stern China: Why Beijing did it and what it means for Australia-China Political Relations

Tuesday, 25 August 2009
Dr John Lee and Paul Kelly

Running time: 64 mins

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The Accidental Guerilla

Friday September 4th 2009
Dr. David Kilcullen

Running time: 50 mins

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Big Ideas Forum 2009: Enemies of Progress?

Monday, 10 August 2009
Austin Williams, Dr Patrick Michaels, Dr Oliver Marc Hartwich

Running time: 93 mins

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Rising Unemployment and the Risk of Long-term Welfare Dependency

Tuesday, 28 July 2009
Andrew Southcott MP

Running time: 59 mins

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Impressions of Baniyala: A Remote Indigenous Community with a Future

Wednesday, 8 July 2009
Professor Helen Hughes, Andy Buttfield and Sara Hudson

Running time: 71 mins

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The Impact of the GFC: How Resilient is the Chinese Economy?

Thursday, 21 May 2009
Mr Stephen Joske, Dr John Lee

Running time: 66 mins

Read more: The Impact of the GFC: How Resilient is the Chinese Economy?