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Chris Lewis

Chris Lewis, who completed a First Class Honours degree and PhD (Commonwealth scholarship) at Monash University, has an interest in all economic, social and environmental issues, but believes that the struggle for the ‘right’ policy mix remains an elusive goal in such a complex and competitive world.
Governments are desperate to fund elite sport - and it's leaving the grassroots to wither
Sport - 6/09/2023 - 2 comments
The 2023 women’s World Cup shows Australia’s love of football and our maturity as a nation
Sport - 14/08/2023 - 26 comments
Hobart’s planned new stadium: a sad case of pleasing policy elites rather than public opinion
Sport - 2/05/2023 - 3 comments
Labor’s superannuation policy change is sensible in these difficult fiscal times
Economics - 14/03/2023 - 12 comments
Australia's military support of the US in the Asia Pacific against China is typical of regional concern
International - 7/03/2023 - 17 comments
The importance of investigating Peter Bol's atypical finding for recombinant EPO
Sport - 22/02/2023 - 3 comments
The dilemma of Australians striving for sporting excellence, and the temptation of PEDs
Sport - 31/01/2023 - 8 comments
Football code wars are silly, let the fans speak with their feet
Sport - 19/12/2022 - 4 comments
Forget the past, Australian governments face a tough road ahead
Economics - 16/11/2022 - 6 comments
Fiji’s democracy 2022, a complex situation
International - 25/08/2022 - 12 comments
The importance of athletics (and a few nations) to future Commonwealth Games
Sport - 1/08/2022 - 6 comments
Sydney is way too lucky when it comes to public funding for football stadiums
Sport - 2/06/2022 - 8 comments
Democracy and wishful thinking
Political Philosophy - 16/02/2022 - 5 comments
Reducing US greenhouse emissions 50 per cent by 2030: is it likely?
Environment - 2/12/2021 - 9 comments
Race relations in the United States: education and wealth disparity remain a key impediment
International - 11/11/2021 - 53 comments
US economic leadership remains paramount
International - 11/10/2021 - 4 comments
The importance of American military might to Australia and the Asia-Pacific
International - 23/09/2021 - 28 comments
How the football codes in liberal democracies confronted racism
Sport - 10/09/2021 - 21 comments
Australia must stay resolute against authoritarian China
International - 2/09/2021 - 22 comments
Why is Australia so good at sport?
Sport - 11/08/2021 - 10 comments
Australia's outstanding athletics performance at the 2021 Olympic Games
Sport - 9/08/2021 - 5 comments
Tokyo Olympics approach to performance enhancing drugs is rigorous
Sport - 26/07/2021 - 3 comments
Making the Olympic Games truly global, fairer and cheaper to run
Sport - 21/07/2021 - 4 comments
Is Australia’s 2021 Olympic Games athletics team representative of fair World Athletics gender qualification standards?
Sport - 16/07/2021 - 9 comments
The AFL and NRL will dominate for a long time yet
Sport - 18/05/2021 - 7 comments
Structural racism in Australia today is a nonsense
Law & Liberties - 7/05/2021 - 18 comments
Munich, Moscow, now Beijing - to boycott or not
Sport - 27/04/2021 - 9 comments
Australian football's future: how best to maintain the greater interest achieved in recent decades
Sport - 8/04/2021 - 5 comments
Is Sports Integrity Australia right to oppose Shayna Jack’s reduced penalty for testing positive to a banned PED?
Sport - 23/03/2021 - 1 comment
Victoria’s Country Fire Authority, undermined by the Andrews Labor government
Environment - 17/03/2021
Australia’s number one international team sport: basketball
Sport - 8/03/2021 - 5 comments
In defence of Eddie McGuire
Law & Liberties - 19/02/2021 - 54 comments
Trump leaves stage but tune still reverberates
International - 15/02/2021 - 23 comments
Australians rightly embrace ethnic diversity, yet concern about immigration is justified
Society - 13/08/2020 - 29 comments
Should Australia's Liberal Party be more conservative?
Political Philosophy - 14/07/2020 - 55 comments
Liberal democracies can contain authoritarian China
International - 4/06/2020 - 4 comments
The ABC will prosper with much less public funding
Media - 21/05/2020 - 35 comments
Australia’s economy after COVID-19
Economics - 23/04/2020 - 9 comments
Is criticism of Australia's liberal democratic response to the coronavirus disaster justified?
Health - 30/03/2020 - 13 comments
The global environment in 2050: a realist and liberal democratic perspective
Environment - 2/03/2020 - 16 comments
Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions strategy is a policy failure
Environment - 6/02/2020 - 63 comments
Australia's economic, social and environmental future
Domestic Politics - 8/01/2020 - 2 comments
Australia must oppose authoritarian China on behalf of liberal democracy and humanity
International - 23/08/2019 - 23 comments
Australia has sound reasons to support the US against authoritarian China
International - 12/07/2019 - 21 comments
The IAAF decision to limit female testosterone levels for certain female track events is stupid
Sport - 25/05/2018 - 9 comments
Do we really need public funded journalism?
Media - 19/10/2017 - 49 comments
Drug cheating at the 2017 IAAF World Championships: how best to counter this possibility
Sport - 16/08/2017 - 1 comment
Justin Gatlin, drug cheat or one of the world’s greatest modern day sprinters?
Sport - 10/08/2017 - 2 comments
World swimming championships are just as important as the Olympic Games
Sport - 8/08/2017 - 4 comments
Why the Victorian government has little common sense when it comes to hot water systems
Nation Building - 20/07/2017 - 10 comments
Understanding the Turnbull government's winning strategy
Domestic Politics - 12/07/2016 - 2 comments
Embarrassment about Australian football pitches only tells half the story
Sport - 6/06/2016 - 3 comments
Australia's politics academics should look at themselves before calling the IPA and CIS biased
Political Philosophy - 27/05/2016 - 7 comments
Australia can address economic decline
Economics - 14/04/2016 - 5 comments
Wise up BBC journos, Bolt versus Gatlin is not a case of 'good versus evil'
Sport - 31/08/2015 - 4 comments
WADA drug testing better, but still falls short
Sport - 24/06/2015 - 1 comment
Wasting money on sport? Australian government policy and the sport of powerlifting
Sport - 13/02/2015 - 1 comment
Australia’s athletic team at the 2014 Commonwealth Games: one of its worst performances?
Sport - 5/08/2014 - 7 comments
Australia's walking and field athlete performance since 2000
Sport - 18/07/2014 - 2 comments
Great Britain has run away from Australia since 2000
Sport - 11/07/2014 - 4 comments
Running and the use of performance enhancing drugs (PEDs): an ongoing dilemma?
Sport - 27/06/2014 - 1 comment
Lessons from the 'Building the Education Revolution' program
Education - 4/04/2014 - 7 comments
The humanities in Australian universities
Education - 27/02/2014 - 192 comments
For voters economics is queen
Domestic Politics - 24/09/2013 - 5 comments
Economic nostalgia won't solve Australia's problems
Economics - 16/04/2013 - 5 comments
Australia now and 2030
Society - 31/01/2013 - 15 comments
Labor's mining tax, a policy shemozzle indeed
Economics - 29/10/2012 - 9 comments
Is the current sports drug-testing regime fair?
July 2012 Feature - 14/08/2012
Let’s take a reality check before we bag Australia’s swimming team
July 2012 Feature - 13/08/2012 - 4 comments
The importance of manufacturing to the U.S
International - 31/07/2012 - 9 comments
Is Australia's emphasis on elite running performance justified?
Sport - 16/07/2012 - 8 comments
Enhancing ministerial accountability: the role of the print media
Political Philosophy - 4/07/2012 - 17 comments
A great British legacy: how will it play out today?
June 2012 Feature - 11/06/2012 - 8 comments
Australia and authoritarian China: in the end, it appears money rules the world
International - 29/05/2012 - 7 comments
Labor's predicament: an opinion
May 2012 Feature - 14/05/2012 - 11 comments
Australia’s close security relationship with the US is indeed logical
International - 24/04/2012 - 29 comments
Huawei and the NBN: Good reason to draw the line
International - 28/03/2012 - 13 comments
Changing Black Jack rules
Domestic Politics - 22/03/2012 - 13 comments
Imposing their own prejudices
Education - 14/03/2012 - 22 comments
Criticism should be based on fact
Domestic Politics - 16/02/2012 - 20 comments
Support for free trade should never be unconditional
Economics - 16/01/2012 - 15 comments
Australia’s political leadership: best influenced by elites or the people?
October 2011 Feature - 28/10/2011 - 8 comments
Free trade has had its time
Economics - 19/10/2011 - 16 comments
China’s economic model: the antithesis of free trade
September 2011 Feature - 23/09/2011 - 19 comments
Economic policy: The decline of the West?
Economics - 22/08/2011 - 33 comments
Shipping pollution is not a solution
Environment - 28/06/2011 - 49 comments
Are fears about inadequate debate about key Australian political issues warranted?
Domestic Politics - 7/06/2011 - 3 comments
The 2011 budget: Wishful thinking or a reasonable effort?
May 2011 Feature - 13/05/2011 - 6 comments
Free trade could be expensive for Australia
Economics - 4/05/2011 - 2 comments
Australian liberalism: the rocky road ahead
Political Philosophy - 14/04/2011 - 41 comments
A fair dinkum carbon tax debate will show why Tony Abbott is no idiot
Environment - 28/03/2011 - 107 comments
Next period of government in NSW will be an important test of Australia's future
March 2011 Feature - 21/03/2011
Tea Parties are for Boston Harbour, not Port Jackson
Political Philosophy - 11/03/2011 - 25 comments
Tony Abbott should support anti-dumping measures
Economics - 1/03/2011 - 12 comments
Corruption and economic success can cohabit
Economics - 14/02/2011 - 5 comments
An imperfect liberal democratic perspective
Economics - 25/01/2011 - 21 comments
Can Western nations remain fair and affluent?
Economics - 6/01/2011 - 123 comments
England versus Australia in sport, the winner is…
Sport - 16/12/2010 - 2 comments
The end of the Greens?
Domestic Politics - 30/11/2010 - 32 comments
Laboring under delusions about liberalism
Political Philosophy - 19/11/2010 - 5 comments
Honesty or denial?: Karl Bitar at the National Press Club
Domestic Politics - 12/11/2010 - 17 comments
Leaving Afghanistan will have consequences
International - 5/11/2010 - 36 comments
Does Australia have a plan B?
Economics - 25/10/2010 - 50 comments
China versus the US: it is serious
International - 13/10/2010 - 51 comments
Can the AFL and NRL competitions be made fairer?
Sport - 5/10/2010 - 10 comments
Robust parliamentary debate
Domestic Politics - 30/09/2010 - 1 comment
Wake up to our future
September 2010 Feature - 21/09/2010 - 72 comments
Is Australian politics as poor as some suggest?
Domestic Politics - 10/09/2010 - 29 comments
The Rudd factor
Domestic Politics - 30/08/2010 - 2 comments
Election day and the state of policy debate
Domestic Politics - 23/08/2010 - 2 comments
Community cabinets: a vehicle to promote government policy
Domestic Politics - 6/08/2010 - 9 comments
Lest we forget? The home insulation scheme ...
Domestic Politics - 16/07/2010 - 49 comments
Gillard versus Abbott: does it really matter who wins?
Domestic Politics - 30/06/2010 - 16 comments
Domestic politics: beyond 2010
Domestic Politics - 18/06/2010 - 1 comment
Neoliberalism: fact or fiction?
Economics - 29/04/2010 - 10 comments
China - playing by the rules?
February 2010 Feature - 11/02/2010 - 17 comments
Australia’s energy policy options: a realist perspective
Environment - 1/02/2010 - 18 comments
Abbott versus Rudd: a real contest?
Domestic Politics - 15/01/2010 - 12 comments
Can Australia devise a fairer taxation system?
December 2009 Feature - 10/12/2009 - 13 comments
Abbott draws his 'Battlelines'
Domestic Politics - 2/12/2009 - 27 comments
Embracing our liberal democracy
Political Philosophy - 20/11/2009 - 10 comments
Be wary of the rise and rise of China
International - 26/10/2009 - 15 comments
Is the media biased?
Media - 7/10/2009 - 14 comments
Will the plight of Australian battlers get worse?
Society - 22/09/2009 - 27 comments
Judging Howard
Domestic Politics - 7/09/2009 - 19 comments
Is John Pilger’s negative view of US leadership justified?
International - 25/08/2009 - 11 comments
The West's time in the economic sun may be over
Economics - 6/08/2009 - 24 comments
Dear Mr Rudd (Minister for Propaganda)
Domestic Politics - 27/07/2009 - 16 comments
Reasons for Australians to be proud ...
Society - 18/06/2009 - 9 comments
Australian policy: rational choices versus wishful thinking
Economics - 22/05/2009 - 4 comments
Brazil’s development
May 2009 Feature - 8/05/2009
Is there a problem with the Senate?
Domestic Politics - 22/04/2009 - 7 comments
Politics and truth
Political Philosophy - 8/04/2009 - 12 comments
Social democracy: the Disneyland political solution
Economics - 23/03/2009 - 19 comments
Free trade or greater protectionism?
March 2009 Feature - 6/03/2009 - 4 comments
The reality paradigm: policy possibilities and limitations
Political Philosophy - 17/02/2009 - 16 comments
Kevin Rudd: Australia’s champion prime minister of rhetoric
Political Philosophy - 4/02/2009
The Coalition: a misunderstood political entity in universities?
Domestic Politics - 12/01/2009 - 6 comments
The West’s decline? I don’t think so
International - 23/12/2008 - 4 comments
An acid test for liberal democracies
December 2008 Feature - 15/12/2008 - 7 comments
A time for greater influence by centre-left politics?
International - 28/11/2008 - 9 comments
Australian wisdom?
Domestic Politics - 12/11/2008 - 7 comments
Crisis, what crisis?
Economics - 31/10/2008 - 3 comments
Australian industrial relations: no easy solutions
October 2008 Feature - 15/10/2008 - 4 comments
Australian liberalism: ideas from across the political spectrum
Political Philosophy - 1/10/2008 - 1 comment
Is Rudd a dud?
Domestic Politics - 16/09/2008 - 31 comments
Where is Australia’s balanced political commentary?
Political Philosophy - 1/09/2008 - 28 comments
The truth about recent policy trends: an alternative opinion
Domestic Politics - 11/08/2008 - 1 comment
Howard's government - post mortem
Domestic Politics - 28/07/2008 - 29 comments
Wake up Australia
Environment - 10/07/2008 - 5 comments
The ABC’s 'Q&A': what doesn’t it tell us about Australian politics?
Media - 26/06/2008 - 11 comments
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