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Fear after Bondi is putting free speech on trial

Oped by PETER KURTI in The Australian Financial Review

The royal commission into the Bondi attack should probe the uncomfortable question

Oped by PETER KURTI and MICHAEL STUTCHBURY in the Canberra Times

Australia’s education system is failing students despite $100bn spending

Oped by DR FIONA MUELLER in The Australian

Politics of Pressure: how government intervention left us short of gas

Paper by GRAHAME CAMPBELL

Turning up a first step to success

Oped by TRISHA JHA in Daily Telegraph

Tip from a friend: Australia’s economy is in a slow race to ruin

Oped by MICHAEL STUTCHBURY in The Australian

Keeping Budgets on the Rails: Rules for Fiscal Responsibility

Paper by ROBERT CARLING

The Unworkable Solution: An Economic Assessment of a Cashflow Tax for Australia

Paper by PROF SINCLAIR DAVIDSON

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Eraring extension exposes Bowen’s credibility gap on renewables

Aidan Morrison · 21 January 2026

Hansard transcript: Review of the Exposure Draft Legislation on Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026

Peter Kurti · 20 January 2026

Progressive Intolerance. The contemporary antisemitism landscape in Australia

Philip Mendes · 22 January 2026

A Short History of Liberalism in the Middle East | Joshua Landis

Robert Forsyth · 14 January 2026

Marian Tupy: Are Things Actually Getting Better For Humanity? – Canberra

Marian Tupy · 18 February 2026

Marian Tupy: Are Things Actually Getting Better For Humanity? – Perth

Marian Tupy · 04 March 2026