The Menzies Research Centre in an Australian think tank

Think tank

A think tank is an organization that conducts research and engages in advocacy in areas such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, and technology issues. Most think tanks are non-profit organizations, which some countries such as the United States and Canada provide with tax...

 that began in 1994 to undertake research into public policy

Public policy

Public policy as government action is generally the principled guide to action taken by the administrative or executive branches of the state with regard to a class of issues in a manner consistent with law and institutional customs. In general, the foundation is the pertinent national and...

 issues. The centre is controlled by the Liberal Party of Australia

Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...

 and they share common conservative/neo-liberal values. The Centre is named after former Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies

Robert Menzies

Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, , Australian politician, was the 12th and longest-serving Prime Minister of Australia....

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The centre supports the principles of "liberty, free speech, competitive enterprise, limited government and democracy. The Centre publishes the policy monographs, the MRC News and the Policy Digest as well as having an extensive research and lecture program".

The Directors of the Centre are:

• Tom Harley – Chairman
• Christopher Joye
• Chris McDiven
  Chris McDiven
  Christine Ann McDiven is an Australian businesswoman. In 2005 she was elected the first female president of the Liberal Party of Australia. In February 2008 she was replaced as president by Alan Stockdale....
  
  
• Anthony McLellan
• Michael Osborne
• Michael Wooldridge
  Michael Wooldridge
  Michael Richard Lewis Wooldridge is an Australian doctor, company director, and a former politician. He was a Member of the Australian House of Representatives for the Liberal Party representing the Division of Chisholm, Victoria, between 1987 and 1996, and representing the Division of Casey,...