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Has History Restarted Since September 11?
Francis FukuyamaApril 3, 2002OP81

Francis Fukuyama argues that the fracture line over globalisation could turn out to be a...

The Importance of Teacher Quality
Ken RoweFebruary 28, 2002IA22

The quality of teaching is the single most important influence on students’ academic performance. When...

The Social Foundations of a Free Society
Peter SaundersFebruary 12, 2002OP79

A look at five main areas where current trends may be eroding the free society...

What Governments Can’t Know: The Knowledge Economy and the Market
Lauchlan ChipmanFebruary 4, 2002OP77

Are governments well placed to foster the infusion of different types of complex knowledge to...

Poor Arguments: A Response to the Smith Family Report on Poverty in Australia
Kayoko TsumoriJanuary 16, 2002IA21

A recent Smith Family/NATSEM report claims that poverty in Australia increased during the 1990s and...

Dangerous Protections: How Some Ways of Protecting the Freedom of Religion May Actually Diminish Religious Freedom.
Robert ForsythSeptember 24, 2001OP78

The 2001 Acton Lecture on Religion and Freedom delivered by Robert Forsyth. Sometimes efforts to...

Slow justice damaging political culture
Oliver Marc HartwichFebruary 24, 2012

The wheels of justice grind slowly, but perhaps even more so in Australia. Comparing the...

Lent for climate change?
Peter KurtiFebruary 24, 2012

The season of Lent began this week. Some Christians will mark the six-week period of...

Religious freedom must not be taken for granted
Peter KurtiFebruary 24, 2012ABC Online

Conservatives in the United States are increasingly alarmed at President Barak Obama's indifference to the...

WA should invest and lower taxes before hoarding revenue
Stephen KirchnerFebruary 24, 2012

On 22 February, WA Premier Colin Barnett said his government would announce a sub-national sovereign...

Returning to old European rivalries
Oliver Marc HartwichFebruary 23, 2012Business Spectator
Why a sovereign wealth fund won’t work
Stephen KirchnerFebruary 21, 2012Business Spectator

There has been growing debate as to whether Australia should make greater use of Australia’s...

Antisemitism Is Not a Jewish Problem, It’s an Australian Problem | Frydenberg, Finlay & Sackville
Peter Kurti, Michael Stutchbury, Josh Frydenberg, Lorraine Finlay, Ronald Sackville AO KCApril 10, 2026

Michael Stutchbury, Executive Director of the Centre for Independent Studies, opens this panel discussion with...

Australia’s Hate Speech Failure | Dimitri Burshtein
Dimitri BurshteinMarch 31, 2026

The tragic events at Bondi Beach on 14 December 2025 expose a deepening crisis in...

Behind Every Great Teacher Is a Great System | David Didau, Jenny Donovan & Trisha Jha
Trisha Jha, David Didau, Jenny DonovanMarch 20, 2026

David Didau — education consultant, teacher trainer, and author of Making Kids Cleverer and Intelligent...

Housing, handouts, and the Collapse of the Australian Dream
Parnell McGuinnessMarch 19, 2026

Over the past several decades, Australian society has undergone profound economic, social, and cultural change....

“The 50% discount is unfair” and other CGT myths | Robert Carling & Michael Stutchbury
Robert Carling, Michael StutchburyMarch 11, 2026

The criticisms and characterization of the 50% capital gains tax discount over many years have...

The Case for Optimism: More People, More Ideas, More Wealth | Marian Tupy
Marian L. Tupy, Michael StutchburyMarch 6, 2026

Marian Tupy — editor of HumanProgress.org, senior fellow at the Cato Institute, and co-author of...

Ron Manners on the Power of Individualism
Robert Forsyth, Ron Manners AONovember 7, 2024Liberalism in Question

In this episode of Liberalism in Question, we are joined by Australian businessman, entrepreneur, and...

The Sexual Revolution & the Role of Families in a Liberal Democracy | Mary Eberstadt
Robert Forsyth, Mary EberstadtOctober 24, 2024Liberalism in Question

In this compelling interview, Robert Forsyth engages in a deep conversation with Mary Eberstadt, acclaimed...

The Tension Between Freedom, Liberty, and Responsibility | David Kinley
Robert ForsythOctober 22, 2024Liberalism in Question

In this episode of Liberalism in Question, David Kinley, Chair of Human Rights Law at...

Turning Point: Australia after the Voice referendum
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AO, Damien FreemanOctober 16, 2024

Listen to this recording of our thought-provoking CIS event that explored the complexities of Australian...

The Rise of Activist Corporations: How activism agendas subsumed shareholder primacy by Peter Swan
Peter Swan AOOctober 14, 2024

The Rise of Activist Corporations: How activism agendas subsumed shareholder primacy by Peter Swan AO...

North Korea: The Origins of Its Unique Family Dictatorship | Nicholas Eberstadt
Robert Forsyth, Nicholas Eberstadt October 10, 2024Liberalism in Question

In this eye-opening interview, Robert Forsyth sits down with Nicholas Eberstadt, a leading expert on...

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