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Australia Institute

TAI

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The Australia Institute is a public policy think tank based in Canberra, Australia. Since its launch in 1994, it has carried out research on a broad range of economic, social, and environmental issues.

Centre for Independent Studies

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The Centre for Independent Studies is an Australian right-wing think tank founded in 1976 by Greg Lindsay. The CIS specialises in public policy research and publishes material in areas such as economics, education, culture and foreign policy.

Committee for Economic Development of Australia

CEDA

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The Committee for Economic Development of Australia is a bipartisan, non-profit organisation providing thought leadership and policy perspectives on the economic and social issues affecting Australia. Its expressed aim is to "promote national economic development in a sustainable and socially balanced way."

Evatt Foundation

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The H.V. Evatt Memorial Foundation is an Australian think tank founded in memory of Australian politician, judge, historian and diplomat H. V. Evatt. It is based in Sydney, with members and supporters from around the world.

Institute of Public Affairs

IPA

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The Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) is a conservative non-profit free market public policy think tank based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It advocates free market economic policies such as free markets, privatisation, deregulation of state-owned enterprises, trade liberalisation, deregulation of workplaces, abolition of the minimum wage, criticism of socialism, and repeal of Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975.

Menzies Research Centre

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The Menzies Research Centre Ltd is an Australian public policy think tank. It was founded in 1994 and is named in honour of Sir Robert Menzies, the founder of the Liberal Party of Australia and Australia's longest-serving Prime Minister. It is the think-tank of the Liberal Party of Australia.

Strategic and Defence Studies Centre

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The Strategic and Defence Studies Centre is a university-based institute that is situated in the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at the Australian National University.

United States Studies Centre

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The United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney aims to increase understanding of the United States in Australia and enrich the Australia-United States relationship. The centre teaches undergraduate and postgraduate students, conducts policy-focused research, and hosts public events on a range of issues.

Australian Institute of International Affairs

AIIA

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The Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) is an Australian research institute and think tank which focuses on International relations. It publishes the Australian Journal of International Affairs. It is one of the oldest active private research institutes in Australia.

Centre for Policy Development

CPD

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Centre for Policy Development is a public policy think tank in Australia.

Development Policy Centre ANU

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The Development Policy Centre is an aid and development policy think tank based at the Crawford School of Public Policy in the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University.

Grattan Institute

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Grattan Institute is an Australian public policy think tank, established in 2008. The Melbourne-based institute is non-aligned, defining itself as contributing "to public policy in Australia as a liberal democracy in a globalised economy."

Lowy Institute for International Policy

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The Lowy Institute is an independent think tank founded in April 2003 by Frank Lowy to conduct original, policy-relevant research about international political, strategic and economic issues from an Australian perspective. It is based in Sydney, Australia.

Per Capita

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Per Capita is an independent public policy think tank working to build a new vision for Australia based on fairness, shared prosperity, and social justice.?

Sydney Institute

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The Sydney Institute is a privately funded Australian policy forum founded in 1989. The institute took over the resources of the Sydney Institute of Public Affairs which ceased activity in the late 1980s.

Australian Strategic Policy Institute

ASPI

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The Australian Strategic Policy Institute is a defence and strategic policy think tank based in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, founded by the Australian government, and funded by the Australian Department of Defence along with overseas governments, and defence and technology companies.

Chifley Research Centre

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The Chifley Research Centre is the Australian Labor Party's official think tank. Its stated aim is to "the advancement of public policy debate and progressive thinking in Australia."

East Asian Bureau of Economic Research

EABER

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The East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) is a forum for economic research and analysis of the major issues facing the economies of East Asia. Based at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University, it coordinates a network of think tanks and research institutions throughout the region.

H.R. Nicholls Society

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The HR Nicholls Society is an Australian libertarian think tank that focuses on industrial relations. It advocates full workplace deregulation, contains some Liberal MPs as members and is seen to be of the New Right.

Mannkal Economic Education Foundation

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The Mannkal Economic Education Foundation is a free market think tank headquartered in Perth, Western Australia.

Prosper Australia

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Prosper Australia is a non-profit association incorporated in the State of Victoria, Australia dedicated to reforming taxes onto land as articulated by Adam Smith, the Physiocrats, John Stuart Mill, and most notably by Henry George in Progress and Poverty.

The McKell Institute

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The McKell Institute is an Australian public policy institute dedicated to developing practical policy ideas and contributing to public debate.

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