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Literature and Freedom
Mario Vargas LlosaFebruary 1, 1994OP48

In this CIS Occasional Paper, Mario Vargas Llosa highlights the mutually beneficial relationship between literature...

Private Welfare
James CoxNovember 16, 1993PM22

When we speak of welfare, we usually have in mind the benefits dispensed by the...

Questions of Conquest and Culture
Mario Vargas LlosaSeptember 9, 1993OP47

In the tenth John Bonython Lecture, the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa reflects on mestizaje,...

Economics, Faith and Moral Responsibility
Robert SiricoAugust 1, 1993OP46

In this CIS Occasional Paper, Robert Sirico defends the institutions of the free and open...

Another Look at the Culture Cringe
L.J. HulmeJuly 7, 1993OP45

The notion of the Australian cultural cringe is one of the myths that undermine the...

Lessons from the Freiburg School: The Institutional Foundations of Freedom and Prosperity
Wolfgang KasperJuly 1, 1993OP44

West Germany’s post-war economic success was based on the ideas of the ‘Freiburg School,’ a...

Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price maiden speech
Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s maiden speech
Jacinta Nampijinpa PriceJuly 27, 2022HANSARD

Thank you, Madam President. I am immensely honoured to be standing here before you as...

JUDGE LAW LEGAL
This is what happens when politics puts on judicial robes
Helen DaleJuly 23, 2022THE AUSTRALIAN

When I learnt that a SCOTUS judgment — on abortion, no less — had leaked,...

New mindset of action must replace grand symbolic gestures
Anthony Dillon, Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOJuly 20, 2022THE AUSTRALIAN

During the past few weeks, The Australian newspaper, as it has done responsibly many times...

Wellbeing budget
‘Wellbeing’ budgets are a ruse that fail to deliver progress
Simon CowanJuly 16, 2022CANBERRA TIMES

So Australia will follow New Zealand’s ‘lead’ in introducing a wellbeing-focused budget. Labor has been...

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Looking for racism goes against the fabric of Australian society
Peter KurtiJuly 15, 2022DAILY TELEGRAPH

Determined to portray Australia in the drab colours of bigotry and prejudice, anti-racism warriors are...

teachers resignation
There is no great resignation of teachers
Glenn FaheyJuly 10, 2022AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW

Education unions say there are too many teachers leaving the profession, but the real problem...

The banking sector after Hayne
Anna Bligh, Simon CowanJune 19, 2019

How do policymakers and regulators balance restoring trust in our financial system with maintaining the...

Post-election challenges for the centre-right
Sir Bill English KNZM, Sir Craig Oliver, Jennifer HewettMay 24, 2019

For sound analysis of the state of conservative politics, please join Sir Bill English (former...

Forty years after Thatcher’s election
Tim MontgomerieMay 6, 2019

With Britain’s ruling Conservative Party in disarray, and against the backdrop of a chaotic British...

Britain after Brexit
Tim Montgomerie, Alexander DownerMay 1, 2019

Pundits all too often call political fiascos “circuses.” But rarely does a political class oblige...

Bulletproof Problem Solving
Robert McLean AM, Belinda HutchinsonApril 23, 2019

Managing Partner of McKinsey, Robert McLean AM and Belinda Hutchinson AM, Chancellor of the University...

China and Free Societies
Julie Bishop, James Laurenceson, John Lee, Private: Sue Windybank – Do not Use – DuplicateApril 12, 2019

Join John Lee, former senior advisor to foreign minister Julie Bishop and senior fellow at...

Liberalism as fundamentalism
Robert Forsyth, Gordon MenziesFebruary 1, 2022Liberalism in Question
Rob and Gordon discuss issues arising from Gordon’s 2020 book Western Fundamentalism in which he...
Why liberalism is essential to the arts
Robert Forsyth, Simon Mordant AM AOJanuary 25, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob and Simon discuss how important liberalism is as philosophy of freedom and equality, despite...

Liberalism says No to the Voice to Parliament!
Robert Forsyth, Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOJanuary 18, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob and Warren discuss at length why Warren believes liberalism is good for indigenous Australians,...

Liberalism says Yes to the Voice to Parliament!
Robert Forsyth, Andrew BraggJanuary 11, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob and Andrew discuss some of the provocative ideas in his recent book Buraadja; The...

Liberalism is scepticism of power
Robert Forsyth, Chandran KukathasJanuary 4, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob and Chandran discuss Chandran’s journey from a young socialist to a thoughtful liberal. Chandran...

Liberalism needs conservatism too
Robert Forsyth, Hannes H. GissurarsonDecember 28, 2021Liberalism in Question

Rob and Hannes discuss everything from the pirate radio station he once ran to important...

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