EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Government in New Zealand keeps expanding. The main driver has been the inexorable increase in spending on the welfare state. New Zealanders are much richer than when the welfare state was founded. People’s incomes should therefore be sufficient for them to buy many of the services earlier generations could not afford. This means...

Global strategic changes are leading to a faster pace of nuclear proliferation, including in Northeast Asia. Australia currently relies on the US for nuclear protection. But these regional changes could necessitate a rethinking of this position. In this paper, Robyn Lim raises questions about Australia’s dependence on the US for extended deterrence and discusses the...

The rapid spread of HIV/AIDS in Papua New Guinea has created a health emergency, with at least 120,000 Papua New Guineans likely to have HIV/AIDS. In this report, Miranda Darling Tobias discusses the biological, social and political factors that are responsible for the rapid rise of the HIV/AIDS infections in order to identify the practical...

This paper argues that centralised staffing systems benefit teacher unions but are to the disadvantage of students or even the majority of teachers. It is said to be a system that delivers neither quality nor equality. The paper suggests that more autonomy be given to schools to appoint and dismiss teachers. This paper argues that...

In this speech for Centre for Independent Studies, Kevin Rudd discusses the philosophical division within the political Right, pointing out the conflict between conservative values such as the family and Hayek's concept of the market.