Tom Switzer’s chapter in The Menzies Watershed: Liberalism, Anti-communism, Continuities 1943–1954 (Melbourne University Press) Introduction At the 1949 federal election, …
Introduction Liberal democracy is under threat from tech platforms, identity politics, and hostile foreign powers such as China or Russia. …
The overruling of Roe v Wade by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has again highlighted issues with judicial politicisation and independence.
This paper revisits conservative philosopher, Edmund Burke, to distil a “cast of mind” — a way of thinking about political decision-making that acknowledges the need for change but also the need for continuity.
The Shadow Pandemic: Three reforms for the post-pandemic mental healthcare system Executive Summary Living through the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted …
The coronavirus crisis was ‘the crisis that Australia didn’t have to have’. This paper lays out a detailed weekly timeline …
This paper estimates the direct and immediate effects of the coronavirus epidemic on the revenues of Australia’s major export industries. …
It can feel safer avoiding conversations on social issues that can be landmines at the best of times. But the …
Five from Five is now a community education project supported by MultiLit, a reading program developer and publisher. Reading Recovery …
Socialism brings poverty and oppression. The ignorance of so many as to why only a market economy is capable of …
The federal government decision this week to withdraw its legislation requiring social media companies to regulate misinformation represents a victory …
Queensland Labor’s embrace of progressive policies popular with the urban elite meant it had abandoned the regions.
Experts in misinformation will no doubt be closely following the extraordinary claims being thrown around during the US election, for …
The debate around land reform on Indigenous traditional lands has been going on for decades, and has been heated. It’s …
There is no better sign of the loss of faith in democracy than the belief that government must protect people …
It has been 12 months since the Voice Referendum was defeated and you have to wonder what has happened since. …
The Austrian economist and intellectual Friedrich Hayek was a victim of cancel culture long before the term entered the political …
Labor’s obsession with negative gearing and capital gains tax changes has reared its head yet again. The latest version has …
As a rule, if you tax something more you will end up with less of it. This is a well-worn …
The government has dialled up the rhetoric about its housing reforms being blocked by the Senate, but the primary effect …