Last year, Australia held a referendum called ‘The Voice’ on a constitutional amendment to create a separate political body representing indigenous views. A number of…
Last year, Australia held a referendum called ‘The Voice’ on a constitutional amendment to create a separate political body representing indigenous views. A number of…
This post first appeared in the Australian Sensible Centre newsletter. Australia’s system of post-school education is a mess. There is no national consensus as to…
Australia is headed towards becoming Asia’s poor cousin. The major parties have given up on economic reform, productivity and innovation. Their approaches on these issues…
This post firs appeared in the newsletter of the Australian Sensible Centre. The contract signed by the Australian government to purchase 12 Attack-class submarines from…
This is our 10-Point Plan for exiting the covid stalemate. 1. Australian governments should stop trying to eradicate community transmission of the virus. It cannot be eradicated….
This post first appeared in the newsletter of the Australian Sensible Centre. The disconnect between the day-to-day business of our political institutions and the long…
The ‘culture wars’ are a creation of Left and Right, imposed on us by activists, journalists and government agencies as their disconnect from civil society…
Thanks to everyone who submitted suggestions for our Blueprint for Government. The contributions picked up two areas we’d neglected. The first has been all over…
This is our full economic recovery agenda, our programme for people-driven economic growth and recovery in 2021. We’d like your feedback on this agenda – what is…
In December 1944, Robert Menzies opened a formation meeting of the Liberal Party of Australia in Albury NSW, saying: “Never in my life have I…
This post first appeared on the Sensible Centre newsletter in Australia… What a farce was the Banking Royal Commission! Collusion between Liberal and Labor in…
This post was taken from the newsletter of the Sensible Centre in Australia… A spate of magazine stories have appeared in the past month predicting…