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Reform of Heritage Legislation

Paper by DR PETER TULIP

Hours, Not Dollars: Rethinking the cost-of-living debate

Paper by MARIAN L TUPY

We’ve spent the money, now what about the results?

Oped by BLAISE JOSEPH in the Canberra Times

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Drowning in a Sea of Diagnoses. How medicalising distress is overwhelming Australia’s mental health system

Paper by PROF STEVEN SCHWARTZ

Overcoming Enmity and Restoring Tolerance. Antisemitism’s challenge for the civic compact

Paper by DAMIEN FREEMAN

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More coverage of Marian Tupy’s immigration paper, and Peter Tulip on housing

10 March 2026

After Bondi: The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion: What Must It Achieve?

Lorraine Finlay · 31 March 2026

Why We Should Not Increase Capital Gains Tax

Robert Carling · 11 March 2026

Blame diagnostic inflation for the NDIS’ $10b Autism bill

Steven Schwartz · 05 March 2026

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From Struggle to Success: The Power of Fluent Foundations in Maths

Kelly Norris · 19 March 2026

Measuring affordability in time, not dollars paints a different inflation picture

Marian L. Tupy · 09 March 2026