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Mar 29, 2025

Election Preview

Mar 29, 2025

The Federal Election has been called. Here are our proposals to help an incoming government hit the ground running. By David Hughes.

Mar 29, 2025

Mar 28, 2025

Federal Budget Update

Mar 28, 2025

The Federal Budget has failed to meet four key tests. By Nico Louw.

Mar 28, 2025

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Mar 21, 2025

MRC Report: Stop the Bloat

Mar 21, 2025

Stop the Bloat: Delivering a more efficient and effective Government

Mar 21, 2025

Mar 5, 2025

MRC Report: The Productivity Imperative

Mar 5, 2025

The Productivity Imperative: Policies for a prosperous Australia

Mar 5, 2025

Feb 28, 2025

MRC Report: Navigating Social Trends and Finding Purpose

Feb 28, 2025

A neurological analysis of the challenges faced by younger generations.

Feb 28, 2025

Feb 20, 2025

MRC Report: Inflation

Feb 20, 2025

The inflationary cost of big-spending governments

Feb 20, 2025

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Apr 4, 2025

Election Analysis - Week One

Apr 4, 2025

Peter Dutton’s response to this week’s serious economic and security challenges were a stark contrast to that of the prime minister. By David Hughes.

Apr 4, 2025

Mar 31, 2025

What does Peter Dutton need to do to win?

Mar 31, 2025

Peter Dutton wins this election by maintaining the steady conviction that has defined his leadership. By David Hughes.

Mar 31, 2025

Mar 7, 2025

Australia’s productivity problem

Mar 7, 2025

Nico Louw joins 6PR Radio to discuss why falling productivity is one of the main reasons Australian living standards have declined in recent years.

Mar 7, 2025

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taxation and govt spending

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Jun 1, 2024

The real intergenerational injustices of our time

Jun 1, 2024

We need to challenge the current understanding of fairness and intergenerational inequality. Excessive government spending and an outdated tax system are the great intergenerational injustices of our time. By David Hughes.

Jun 1, 2024

class actions

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Dec 6, 2024

Fixing Australia's class action system

Dec 6, 2024

Our Executive Director, David Hughes, joins 2GB's Chris O'Keefe to talk about fixing Australia’s broken class action system.

Dec 6, 2024

retail energy prices

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May 10, 2024

MRC Report: Australian Retail Energy Prices in an International Context

May 10, 2024

An analysis of household electricity prices in Australia compared to selected developed economies.

May 10, 2024

CENTRE FOR YOUTH POLICY

By young people, for young people.

**OUR PRIORITIES:**
Establishing a **Youth Action Group** comprised of young leaders from each state. The group meets monthly to discuss policy ideas and is often joined by a prominent guest
**Conducting polling** on young people to understand the concerns of young people and how we can use Liberal values to address them
**Developing policy** on priority issues for young Australians
Building a media presence of young people willing to advocate for liberalism

centre for youth policy research and analysis

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Mar 1, 2025

Antisemitism - Australia's reckoning

Mar 1, 2025

The antisemitism crisis gripping Australia exposes not only the fragility of our social cohesion but also the failure of our leadership to grasp the unique and insidious nature of this ancient hatred. By Freya Leach.

Mar 1, 2025

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Jun 8, 2024

Latest MRC polling on kids and social media

Jun 8, 2024

A majority of Australians believe social media is harmful and support measures to ban access for under 16s, according to polling commissioned by the Menzies Research Centre. By Freya Leach.

Jun 8, 2024

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Mar 27, 2024

Preserving our intergenerational inheritance

Mar 27, 2024

Australia owes its young people an intergenerational inheritance of both a clean environment and cheap energy. One without the other will degrade our societal fabric. By Freya Leach.

Mar 27, 2024

nuclear energy

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Jul 19, 2024

Energy security at stake

Jul 19, 2024

Labor is sabotaging Australia’s energy security with a renewables-only policy that will see 90% of 24/7 baseload power exit the system over the next decade. By Ted O’Brien.

Jul 19, 2024

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May 24, 2024

Finnish Greens' pro-nuclear shift a lesson for Australia

May 24, 2024

Finland’s pro-nuclear Greens Party sets a new path for cleaner, cheaper and consistent power. By Nick Cater.

May 24, 2024

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Mar 1, 2024

Nuclear or bust

Mar 1, 2024

Australia has slipped to 10th place in the OECD rankings of end-user power prices. Of the nine countries where electricity is cheaper, six have nuclear power stations. By Nick Cater.

Mar 1, 2024

tax reform

Latest Research

Feb 17, 2024

Fixing bracket creep

Feb 17, 2024

Australia should follow the lead of other OECD countries by indexing income tax brackets to inflation. By David Hughes.

Feb 17, 2024

intergenerational report

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Aug 25, 2023

Intergenerational Report: Changes in Government forecasts from 2021 to 2023

Aug 25, 2023

A summary of the deteriorating forecasts published in the 2023 Intergenerational Report.

Aug 25, 2023

federal budget

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May 18, 2024

The more they spend, the more you pay

May 18, 2024

The MRC analyses the 2024-25 Federal Budget. By David Hughes.

May 18, 2024

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Nov 16, 2024

What the HECS?

Nov 16, 2024

The Government’s pre-election proposal to wipe 20% of all HECS debt will create a $16 billion tax that absolves universities of accountability and punishes the 24 million other Australians who don’t hold HECS loans. By Freya Leach.

Nov 16, 2024

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Dec 8, 2023

Raising school standards

Dec 8, 2023

Over the last 20 years, Australian Year 10 students have gone backwards in their schooling by one full year. The government must take the tough action required to arrest declining academic standards. By Sarah Henderson.

Dec 8, 2023

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Feb 15, 2024

Standing in the way of flexibility

Feb 15, 2024

The right to disconnect law severely undermines flexibility and does nothing to increase productivity in our workplaces. By Michaelia Cash.

Feb 15, 2024

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