The Legislative Fantasy. Hate Speech, Culture, and Institutional Failure
Foreword The Bondi Beach attack of 14 December 2025 forced a reckoning that many Australians had been quietly avoiding. Antisemitism …
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Generation Trapped. Housing, handouts, and the collapse of young Australians’ life satisfaction
Executive summary Over the past several decades, Australian society has undergone profound economic, social, and cultural change. Education pathways have …
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Why We Should Not Increase Capital Gains Tax
Debate about capital gains tax rarely occurs in isolation. It typically emerges during periods of fiscal pressure, housing market stress, or broader dissatisfaction with economic performance or income and wealth distribution.
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10 CGT Myths Busted
The criticisms and characterisation of the 50% capital gains tax discount over many years have been full of misunderstandings, myths …
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Growth that Builds: Beyond the immigration blame game
This paper argues that Australia’s housing crisis is primarily a supply failure, not simply a headcount problem.
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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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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 …