Follow the mainstream media on any given day and you could be forgiven for thinking our world is full of problems. Perhaps it is. But at The Brisbane Institute, we believe our world is also full of opportunities. And we know from experience that our city, our state and our nation are filled with intelligent, [...]

In this issue: Hands Up All the ‘Not-So-Empty’ Nesters;   Pay Equity in the Community Services Sector;   Ignorance;   Is Politics Losing its Legitimacy?       Hands Up All the ‘Not-So-Empty’ Nesters; Affordable housing was once a cherished feature of the Australian way of life. But it is no longer so. A first home is now out of [...]

In this issue: The More that Changes, the More that Remains the Same?; What is a Fair Fare?; Intergenerational Report Avoids Hard Policy Decisions; Women in Politics: More than Media Darlings, Tarts and Clichés?; Politics and Responsibility     The More That Changes, the More That Remains the Same? Stereotype and prejudice constitute much of the public [...]

In this issue: Politics and Money;   The Social Cure: How Groups Make Us Healthier;   Media Piracy: The Infinite Futility in Copyright Protection and Supervision;   The Pros and Cons of a Queensland Senate;   Life, Death and Choice.    Politics and Money Ideally, the party that convinces voters with the best policies and arguments wins political office. Money [...]