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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

The Social Roots of Prosperity
Brigette BergerAugust 30, 1995OP55

It is a great honour to have been invited to give the 1995 John Bonython...

Civic Capitalism – An Australian Agenda for Institutional Renewal
Nick GreinerMay 1, 1995OP54

A new political middle ground is forming around the idea that successful societies depend on...

Buy Australian? Myths and realities
Terry BlackFebruary 1, 1995PM30

Rarely has the one-sided view presented in the popular media that buying Australian is good...

Ethics Ecosystems. Protecting Human Interests and Environmental Values
Barry MaleyDecember 1, 1994PM29

In the rush of day-to-day politics, there is little time to consider underlying assumptions or...

The Century of Networking
Rupert MurdochNovember 15, 1994OP51

Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and Chief Executive of The News Corporation Ltd, argues for an optimistic...

The Political Economy of Freedom
Michael OakeshottNovember 1, 1994OP52

Michael Oakeshott’s depth, insight and lucid writing style have brought him a wide audience. While...

Ten Views on Vouchers
Jennifer Buckingham OAMMarch 11, 2007Policy

School choice causes controversy, even among its supporters. Read full article

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Paying idle parents is bad for our kids
Peter SaundersFebruary 20, 2007The Australian

A UN report comparing the wellbeing of children across the world's 25 richest countries produced...

Japan caught in US-Korea nuclear net
Robyn LimFebruary 15, 2007The Australian

The deal struck in Beijing this week, which is supposed to end up in the...

PNG leaders must overcome HIV complacency
Miranda DarlingFebruary 12, 2007The Canberra Times

The business Coalition Against HIV/ AIDS group has begun its endeavour to partner private enterprise...

Rudd pins his faith on remissions
February 7, 2007The Australian

Labor is promising an "education revolution" but its higher education policy so far looks more...

Power (and cash) to the principals
Jennifer Buckingham OAMFebruary 7, 2007The Australian

Although much has been made about the poverty of educational standards in Australian schools lately,...

The State of Education in NSW
Sarah Mitchell, Glenn FaheyAugust 4, 2022
NSW Minister for Education and Early Childhood Learning, The Hon. Sarah Mitchell spoke to CIS...
On Liberty EP96 Is the property bubble bursting?
Eliza Owen, Salvatore BabonesAugust 3, 2022On Liberty
Salvatore Babones returns to discuss the future of housing and rental prices with Eliza Owen...
On Liberty EP95 No Harm Done from Harm Reduction
Glenn Fahey, Mr Simon BrehenyJuly 20, 2022On Liberty
Simon Breheny argues heavy-handed regulations are not the answer to improving heath outcomes. Education, rather...
On Liberty EP94 Early literacy important for later success
Pam Snow, Glenn FaheyJuly 6, 2022On Liberty
Glenn Fahey speaks with Professor Pamela Snow to discuss the correlation between poor literacy education...
On Liberty EP93 Energy can’t be spun
Chris Uhlmann, Tom SwitzerJune 29, 2022On Liberty
Guest host Tom Switzer speaks to journalist Chris Uhlmann on the likelihood of a clean...
Reclaiming our classrooms from disruption
Tom Bennett, Glenn FaheyJune 28, 2022
CIS education program director Glenn Fahey and one of the world’s leading practitioners of classroom...
Human rights that give us our humanity
Lorraine Finlay, Robert ForsythNovember 24, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob chats to Lorraine Finlay, Human Rights Commissioner with the Australian Human Rights Commission, about...

That’s not democracy, this is democracy!
Roslyn Fuller, Robert ForsythNovember 17, 2022Liberalism in Question

On this episode Rob chats to author Roslyn Fuller. Liberals believe in the value of...

Challenges and opportunities for liberalism in Germany
Sabine Beppler-Spahl, Robert ForsythNovember 10, 2022Liberalism in Question

Speaking from Berlin, Sabine speaks with Rob about why she set up the Freiblickinstitut (Free...

Against tribalism. Take an empirical not emotional approach
Claire Lehmann, Robert ForsythNovember 3, 2022Liberalism in Question

Claire Lehmann, founding editor of Quillette sits down with Rob. Claire explains the philosophy of...

A theologian who thinks secularism is a very good thing
Mike Bird, Robert ForsythOctober 27, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob talks to Mike Bird, the Academic Dean at Ridley Theological College Melbourne, on the...

Liberalism: the winner in the battle of ideas but the loser on the ground
Steven Schwartz, Robert ForsythOctober 20, 2022Liberalism in Question

On this episode Rob chats with former university vice-chancellor Steven Schwartz. Steven understands liberalism as...

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