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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

Noble Ends Flawed Means: The Case Against Debt-Forgiveness
Ian HarperSeptember 28, 1999IA8

Plans by the World Bank and the IMF to relieve Third World debt would have...

State of the Nation: Indicators of a Changing Australia 1999
Lucy Sullivan, Jennifer Buckingham OAM, Barry Maley, Helen HughesAugust 2, 1999SP02

The expanded and revised edition of State of the Nation: Indicators of a Changing Australia...

Principles for a Free Society
Richard EpsteinAugust 2, 1999OP69

The need for a principled reconciliation between the prerogatives of individual liberty and social order...

Religion and Liberty: Western Experiences, Asian Possibilities
Samuel GreggAugust 1, 1999OP68

The once fashionable notion that ‘God is dead’ is certainly belief by the facts of...

Catholicism and the Architecture of Freedom
George PellAugust 1, 1999OP70

The nature of freedom is a question that has puzzled western societies from their very...

Taxi! Reinvigorating Competition in the Taxi Market
Jason SoonMay 5, 1999IA7

Taxis work well during off-peak periods on weekdays when it is not raining. In peak...

Subsidies, safety nets and stagnation: Australia’s new economic model
Michael StutchburyApril 11, 2026AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW
Protecting one industry imposes a burden on the competitive sectors that actually prop up our...
Government meddling means more pump pain
Aidan MorrisonApril 8, 2026DAILY TELEGRAPH

The truth that no-one wants to hear right now is that fuel prices probably aren’t...

The mental health system may be making us sicker
Steven SchwartzApril 6, 2026CANBERRA TIMES

Australia has a mental health crisis, but not the one we think. Despite decades of...

Housing negative gearing tax
Reducing the discount would likely not have any lasting impact in lowering house prices
Robert Carling, Michael StutchburyMarch 21, 2026CANBERRA TIMES

Anyone watching the smoke signals from Canberra knows that moves are afoot to try and...

Alarm bells ringing on more interest rate pain
Michael StutchburyMarch 18, 2026DAILY TELEGRAPH
Australians were losing faith that the combination of Labor’s economic policies and the RBA monetary...
Labor’s capital gains tax myths need busting
Robert CarlingMarch 11, 2026DAILY TELEGRAPH

Labor has long held an axe over the capital gains tax 50% discount and negative...

NSW State election preview
Miranda Devine, Bob Carr, Nick GreinerFebruary 27, 2019

As NSW prepares for the March 23 election, the “premier state” is in reasonably good...

Leeward: A Memoir
Michael Kirby, Geoffrey Lehmann, Tom SwitzerFebruary 6, 2019

Join former High Court justice Michael Kirby and Geoffrey Lehmann for the launch of Leeward:...

Women in Politics
Ticky Fullerton, Karina Okotel, Eugenie Joseph, Kristina KeneallyJanuary 31, 2019

Our panel of speakers thrashed out the issues surrounding women in politics. Are setting affirmative-action...

Political correctness and its discontents
Brendan O'Neill, Jeremy SammutJanuary 13, 2019

Join Brendan O’Neill, one of Britain’s quirkiest, wittiest and liveliest commentators, in conversation with Jeremy...

The 2018 CIS Nanny Awards
Steven Schwartz, Tom SwitzerDecember 13, 2018

The 2018 CIS Nanny Awards take a look back at the year’s best and most...

The Crisis of Democracy
Luca Belgiorno-Nettis, Janet Albrechtsen, Matthew Lesh, Glenn BarnesNovember 23, 2018

For generations, we just assumed democracy is fixed and given. However, all across the world,...

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

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

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