Reform of Heritage Legislation
Introduction Several states have recently overhauled their planning legislation. However, the flaws in their heritage legislation put clearer and more …
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Hours, Not Dollars: Rethinking the cost-of-living debate
Executive Summary Public debate about the ‘cost-of-living crisis’ often confuses nominal price increases with declining affordability. This paper argues that …
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Dead and buried. Why our green hydrogen hope is gone for good
Executive Summary Green hydrogen is often heralded as a cornerstone of Australia’s net zero ambitions, but the reality is that …
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Drowning in a Sea of Diagnoses. How medicalising distress is overwhelming Australia’s mental health system and failing those most in need
Executive Summary At the centre of Australia’s mental health system lies a paradox. Government spending has soared, doubling and redoubling …
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Overcoming Enmity and Restoring Tolerance. Antisemitism’s challenge for the civic compact
Foreword When the Book of Genesis speaks of enmity between the serpent and the descendants of Eve, it describes a …
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Progressive Intolerance. The contemporary antisemitism landscape in Australia
The evidence is comprehensive and damning. From universities to trade unions, from civil society organisations to arts institutions, there is a systematic pattern of hostility toward Jews going far beyond legitimate criticism of Israeli government policy.
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Future No Longer Made in Australia: How we lost our low-cost electricity advantage
Trouble has been brewing in Australia’s smelting paradise over the last two decades, as rising energy prices, carbon charges and foreign competition have taken their toll
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Reframing an Ancient Hatred: the intersection of left-wing antisemitism and anti-Zionism
Anti-Zionism has evolved to create a further mutation of antisemitism, cloaking bias and discrimination in the language of political critique. Lawfare is used as a tool to delegitimise Israel, and the media, particularly social media, is used to amplify narratives that vilify Jews and the Jewish state.
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Politics of Pressure: how government intervention left us short of gas
Introduction Australia’s natural gas sector has transformed dramatically between 1975 and 2025. What began as a series of isolated gas …
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Taxing Tobacco into Illegality: how split responsibilities and high excise created Australia’s tobacco wars
Executive Summary Australia’s tobacco control policy has reached a breaking point. For decades, bans on advertising and steady excise increases …
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Trump’s goal to end Ukraine war makes moral sense
Friday’s heated exchange in the White House was surely a regrettable moment in American diplomatic history more akin to reality …
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Albanese could learn from Howard when it comes to Indonesia
Indonesian president-elect Prabowo Subianto visiting Australia before he has even been inaugurated is a positive sign. But the history of …
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It’s the most volatile election in living memory and anything can and will happen
In five decades of living alternately on the two sides of the Pacific, I have never seen anything like it. …
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NATO’s Prophetic Critics. Expanding the alliance has led to a war many experts predicted
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, a chorus of government officials, academics, commentators, and retired bureaucrats and diplomats has dismissed …
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Why Republicans are sceptical about funding Ukraine
When US policy-makers supported Nato expansion in the 1990s, it was widely believed that America, as the sole remaining superpower, …
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The West’s bid to expand NATO eastwards was a mistake
For the people of Ukraine, the failure of Western nations to help them defeat Russia and end their suffering is …
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John Mearsheimer: ABC interview excerpts
While in Australia with the Centre for Independent Studies, John Mearsheimer took time to speak to ABC Radio’s Queensland Drive …
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Self-inflicted challenges hit West on four fronts
As 2022 draws to a close, most people will be glad to see the back of it. The post-Cold War …
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Partisan games stir up the divided states of America
US midterm elections are always a vote of confidence in incumbents, and this year’s midterms are expected to inflict severe …
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Xi: the loneliest man in the world
Australia is in trouble with China — again. This week the Chinese ambassador in Canberra, Xiao Qian, came close to …