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The following table shows the extent to which there is a cross-over of membership and association between various Australian think-tanks (and also links to the international Mont Pèlerin Society and the Australian Liberal Party). It shows that these think-tanks have close ties and similar ideological stances but also that the sheer number of think tanks does not necessarily indicate wide membership or broad community support. National Times reporters noted the incestuous relationship between them in 1985:
However strenuously they deny the connection, those within the inner circle of the movement are linked. With the exception of Rod Kemp, who says he hasn’t been asked yet, the leaders of the think-tanks write for each other’s publications, attend and give seminars and present papers at each other’s conferences.
| Organisation | IPA | CIS | AIPP | HR Nicholls |
Tasman Institute |
Liberal Party |
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| Founded | 1943 | 1976 | 1983 | 1986 | 1990 | |
| John Elliott
Elders IXL |
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| Ray Evans
Western Mining |
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| Andrew Hay Fed of Employers |
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| Gerard Henderson Liberal Party |
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| John Hyde ex Liberal Minister |
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| Wolfgang Kasper academic |
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| Bert Kelly ex Liberal Minister |
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| David Kemp ex Liberal Minister |
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| Rod Kemp ex Liberal Minister |
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| Leonie Kramer academic |
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| Greg Lindsay Director, CIS |
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| Ian McLachlan Farmers Federation |
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| Hugh Morgan Western Mining |
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| Michael Porter academic |
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| John Stone ex-Treasury |
| Past or Present Connection |
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