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Our media releases, opinion pieces, commentary, videos and audio podcasts are available in this section. Our experts are able to comment on a range of policy areas amd issues. Please contact our Communications Director, Karla Pincott via phone 0407 716 752 or email kpincott@cis.org.au

Reconnecting Compassion and Charity
Roger KerrJanuary 1, 1999OP67

Supporters of big government and the welfare state regularly accuse their opponents of lacking ‘compassion’....

The Road Not Taken- Hayek’s Slippery Slope to Serfdom
Neil McInnesNovember 1, 1998OP65

In 1944 Friedrich Hayek published The Road to Serfdom, a warning against the totalitarian dangers...

Freedom of Speech in the Constitution
Nicholas AroneyOctober 13, 1998PM40

In recent years, the decisions and methods of the High Court of Australia have been...

The Modern Mask of Socialism
Antonio MartinoOctober 1, 1998OP66

After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War, many...

Rear Vision on Trade Policy: Wrong Way, Go Forward
Ron DuncanSeptember 25, 1998IA5

Pig farmers seeking to stop imports of pork into Australia are standing candidates in 15...

The Last Refuge: Hard and Soft Hansonism in Contemporary Australian Politics
Chandran KukathasSeptember 21, 1998IA4

The arrival of Pauline Hanson's One Nation on the Australian political scene has been the...

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Celebrity slavery: Seeking reparations from Benedict Cumberbatch
Peter KurtiJanuary 20, 2023THE SPECTATOR

Despite booting out the late Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state back in...

History shows price caps just don’t work
Robert CarlingDecember 28, 2022DAILY TELEGRAPH

This month marks 50 years since the “it’s time” election of the Whitlam Labor government....

CIS 2022 Nanny State Awards
Steven SchwartzDecember 10, 2022SPECTATOR FLAT WHITE

This year’s highly un-coveted Nanny State Award was a tight contest, with a horde of...

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Don’t paint Indigenous opponents of the Voice as race-baiters
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AODecember 9, 2022SKY NEWS

It’s not racist for any Australian to vote No at the referendum on an Indigenous...

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What the opposition really needs to return to power
Simon CowanDecember 3, 2022CANBERRA TIMES

There is a growing problem on the right of politics. The evidence is not just...

Union influence
Why the system necessary for union influence to be effective has fallen away
Simon CowanNovember 19, 2022CANBERRA TIMES

With upcoming state elections in NSW and Victoria, not to mention the election of a...

A Democratic wave or Trump triumph? – Panel Discussion on US Mid Terms 2018 Elections Results
Greg Sheridan, Bob CarrNovember 7, 2018

US midterm elections are usually bad for the President’s party, but amid a booming economy...

Luke Foley’s Values & His Vision for the Labor Party
November 6, 2018

The NSW Opposition leader visited the CIS to set out an overview of Labor’s vision...

The Manchurian Campus? Threats to Free Speech in Higher Education
October 22, 2018

Amidst the debate about Chinese influence in Australia, NSW Minister for Education, the Hon. Rob...

Millennials’ ignorance of Communism
James BartholomewOctober 11, 2018

There is a natural impulse in people to bring the rich and powerful down –...

Does Inequality Matter?
Simon Cowan, Robert CarlingOctober 4, 2018

A recent Productivity Commission report, Rising Inequality? A stocktake of the evidence, shows that although...

Australia, Brexit, and Populism
September 7, 2018

Andrew Neil is the presenter of Daily Politics, This Week (the BBC’s leading political television...

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