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Ideas@TheCentre

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3 short articles from CIS researchers emailed every Friday on the issues of the week.

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Publications

  1. The Fraught Politics of Saying Sorry for Forced Adoption: Implications for Child Protection Policy in Australia

    Jeremy Sammut | 19 Mar 2013 | Issue Analysis

    Many Australians will believe a national apology for forced adoption is overdue. But there is a danger that the apology will... Read More...

  2. What’s New with Anti-Semitism?

    Paul Kelly, Peter Kurti, Philip Mendes | 13 Aug 2012 | Policy Forum

    Criticism of Israeli government domestic policy has intensified in Australia with the emergence of the international Boycott,... Read More...

  3. When Prophecy Fails

    Peter Saunders | 09 Sep 2011 | Special Publications

      In their 2009 book, The Spirit Level, Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett argued for the ‘benefits’ of income redistribution.... Read More...

  4. FEATURE: Beyond the Culture Wars - Arts Policy for a New Generation

    Cassandra Wilkinson | 20 Aug 2011 | POLICY Magazine

    Arts policy can learn from sport's bottom up approach.

  5. FEATURE: Anti-Discrimination Law and the Attack on Freedom of Conscience

    Ben O'Neill | 20 Jun 2011 | POLICY Magazine

    Anti-discrimination law is targeting belief as well as behaviour.

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Opinion & Commentary

  1. Sorry, Mr Swan, the Australian fair go is still going strong

    Benjamin Herscovitch | 09 May 2013 | The Drum

    In the lead up to what is likely to be a budget bloodbath on 14 May, Treasurer Wayne Swan has come out swinging. Instead ... Read More

  2. We are many: the futile fight over Australian identity

    Benjamin Herscovitch | 24 Jan 2013 | The Drum

    Stop squabbling about what it means to be Australian. Our shared commitment to liberal democracy and individual freedom means ... Read More

  3. Coal hoax fails to dig deep without a martyr to the cause

    Jeremy Sammut | 15 Jan 2013 | The Age

    Protesters need to face legal consequences to sway public opinion.... Read More

  4. Hummus, Hamas and the hopeless naive

    Jeremy Sammut | 18 Oct 2012 | Quadrant Online

    In the wake of the violent Islamist riots, concerns that western governments will seek a political accommodation and try ... Read More

  5. Open up debate on welfare

    Jessica Brown | 10 Feb 2012 | The Canberra Times

    Poor people are often those who miss out on adequate health care: people who can’t afford to go to private hospitals and ... Read More

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Ideas@TheCentre

  1. After the riot: A civil discussion of multiculturalism

    Jeremy Sammut | 05 Oct 2012

    What does the recent riot mean for Australia’s status as a peaceful and harmonious multicultural society?...

  2. Restricting freedom is not the answer

    Peter Kurti | 21 Sep 2012

    The majority of Australian Muslims want to live here in peace but a sizeable minority has a darker purpose....

  3. Stick it to ‘em

    Peter Kurti | 12 Aug 2011

    Society’s lack of a moral compass led to the London riots....

  4. The class myth

    Peter Saunders | 05 Nov 2010

    The British will tell you that success depends on one's class and very little to do with education even though the evidence ...

  5. Income Management for all a courageous step forwards

    Sara Hudson | 25 Jun 2010

    Federal parliament this week passed laws that will subject non-Indigenous welfare recipients in the Northern Territory to ...

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