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Give teachers clarity: Maths curriculum should build the staircase, not set the high jump

Oped by KELLY NORRIS in Spectator Flat White

The hard truth: why the government should let this smelter fail

Oped by SIMON COWAN in the Canberra Times

If we catch them young, kids will solve our numeracy crisis

Oped by GLENN FAHEY in the Sydney Morning Herald

Here’s how to fix poverty without taxing the rest of us more

Oped by SIMON COWAN in Canbera Times

Sir Frank Lowy reflects on anti-semitism

Oped by MICHAEL STUTCHBURY

2025 John Bonython Lecture: The Axis of Autocracy – New World Disorder

Address by ANDREW NEIL

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Tolerance ends where darkest hatred begins

Peter Kurti · 12 November 2025

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Why power prices keep climbing: The hidden costs behind the crisis

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Peter Costello on the Legacy of Reform and the Road Ahead

Peter Costello · 07 November 2025

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Reviving the Australian Dream with Senator Andrew Bragg

08 December 2025

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Political legitimacy, harm protections and our freedoms

Paul Taylor · 10 November 2025

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Dark Forces at Work? Sir Frank Lowy on the Return of Antisemitism | The Stutchbury Sessions

Michael Stutchbury · 10 October 2025

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Give teachers clarity: Maths curriculum should build the staircase, not set the high jump

Oped by KELLY NORRIS in Spectator Flat White

The hard truth: why the government should let this smelter fail

Oped by SIMON COWAN in the Canberra Times

If we catch them young, kids will solve our numeracy crisis

Oped by GLENN FAHEY in the Sydney Morning Herald

Here’s how to fix poverty without taxing the rest of us more

Oped by SIMON COWAN in Canbera Times

Sir Frank Lowy reflects on anti-semitism

Oped by MICHAEL STUTCHBURY

2025 John Bonython Lecture: The Axis of Autocracy – New World Disorder

Address by ANDREW NEIL

Tolerance ends where darkest hatred begins

Why power prices keep climbing: The hidden costs behind the crisis

Peter Costello on the Legacy of Reform and the Road Ahead

Reviving the Australian Dream with Senator Andrew Bragg

Political legitimacy, harm protections and our freedoms

Dark Forces at Work? Sir Frank Lowy on the Return of Antisemitism | The Stutchbury Sessions