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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

Shooting the Messenger: A Critique of Australia’s Internet Content Regulation Regime
Heath GibsonFebruary 2, 2000IA10

With the expansion of the Internet into society, media reports of pornography, paedophiles and racist...

The Puzzle of Boys’ Educational Decline: A Review of the Evidence
Jennifer Buckingham OAMNovember 18, 1999IA9

The declining standard of boys school performance in the last decade is great cause for...

The End of Chaos? Global Markets in the Information Era
November 11, 1999OP72

The Sixteenth Annual John Bonython Lecture delivered by Jerry Jordan The 16th Annual John Bonython...

Christianity and Entrepreneurship: Protestant and Catholic Thoughts
Samuel GreggNovember 5, 1999PM44

This monograph is a scholarly yet understandable study of entrepreneurship from both a Protestant (Preece)...

Economics & Ethics: The Dispute and the Dialogue
Samuel GreggNovember 2, 1999OP71

The relationship between economists and religious thinkers is often acrimonious. In this Occasional Paper, an...

How Markets Work: Disequilibrium, Entrepreneurship and Discovery
Israel KirznerOctober 12, 1999OP64

Mainstream economic theory starts from the assumption of ‘equilibrium’, under which markets are perfectly competitive....

SUPER WARS
Productivity Commission piles in to Labor’s schizophrenic war on big business
Michael StutchburyNovember 7, 2025AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW

Industry Minister Tim Ayres rightly says that Australia is in competition for global capital as...

The hard truth: why the government should let this smelter fail
Simon CowanNovember 1, 2025CANBERRA TIMES
If Tomago meets the criteria for a taxpayer bailout, then so do thousands of other...
Give teachers clarity: Maths curriculum should build the staircase, not set the high jump
Kelly NorrisOctober 28, 2025EDUCATIONHQ

The national review of the F–2 maths curriculum is a welcome chance to put the...

If we catch them young, kids will solve our numeracy crisis
Glenn FaheyOctober 23, 2025SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
How do we fix the alarming decline in numeracy among young Australians? The answer is...
Here’s how to fix poverty without taxing the rest of us more
Simon CowanOctober 18, 2025CANBERRA TIMES
The fact is, the more tightly assistance is targeted at those in need, the lower...
Sir Frank Lowy reflects on anti-semitism
Michael StutchburyOctober 14, 2025

Last weekend I was honoured to catch up again with Frank Lowy, surely Australia’s most...

NSW After the Pandemic
Dominic Perrottet, Simon CowanJune 15, 2020

Former NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet joins CIS research director Simon Cowan to discuss the aftermath...

On Liberty EP11 The role of Government
Salvatore Babones, Lindsay ShepherdJune 11, 2020On Liberty

Salvatore Babones spoke with Lindsay Shepherd. Lindsay has been covering the anti-lockdown protests and is...

Trump and America in Crisis
George F. Will, Tom SwitzerJune 8, 2020

CIS Executive Director, Tom Switzer interviews George Will and asks is America in Crisis? A...

On Liberty EP10 Lessons to prevent the next pandemic
Salvatore Babones, Matt TrauJune 4, 2020On Liberty

Salvatore Babones is joined by Professor Matt Trau, Professor of Chemistry at The University of...

On Liberty EP9 Forgotten Freedom No More
Salvatore Babones, Robert ForsythMay 28, 2020On Liberty

Salvatore Babones is joined by Robert Forsyth, Senior Fellow at CIS and previous Anglican Bishop...

Mitigating the New Cold War
Alan Dupont, Tom SwitzerMay 25, 2020

The downhill slide in relations between China and the US is a dangerous development. The...

How loss of cheap energy pressures wage system | The Stutchbury Sessions
Michael StutchburyNovember 27, 2025

You can listen to The Stutchbury Sessions on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM or listen...

Dark Forces at Work? Sir Frank Lowy on the Return of Antisemitism | The Stutchbury Sessions
Michael StutchburyOctober 10, 2025Liberalism in Question

You can listen to The Stutchbury Sessions on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM or listen...

Iron, Ideas, and Abundance: Supply Side Mistakes and Lessons | The Stutchbury Sessions
Michael StutchburySeptember 26, 2025

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Why Australians Vote for Big Government | The Stutchbury Sessions
Michael StutchburySeptember 19, 2025

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Our Prosperity is Slipping Away | The Stutchbury Sessions
Michael StutchburySeptember 16, 2025

You can listen to The Stutchbury Sessions on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM or listen...

Protests, Polarisation and Immigration | The Stutchbury Sessions
Michael StutchburySeptember 15, 2025

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