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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

Markets, Morals and Community
October 1, 1996OP59

Few people today doubt the market’s contribution to prosperity, but still there are powerful intellectual...

Institutions of Innovation and Prosperity
Ray BallAugust 27, 1996OP58
Western nations benefit from social institutions that create prosperity & liberty. Our future prosperity depends...
Wedlock and Well-Being. What marriage means for adults and children
Barry MaleyAugust 1, 1996PM33

Research into human well-being stresses the importance of our institutional environment. In Wedlock and Well-being,...

The Boundaries of Life’s Responsibilities- Community and Nation in a Global Environment
Gary SturgessJuly 1, 1996OP57

Globalisation means increasing international influence on domestic life. Australians are selling and buying more on...

Working Youth: Tackling Australian Youth Unemployment
Helen HughesMay 1, 1996PM34

Youth unemployment is a major social and economic problem. The official statistics put youth unemployment...

Home Repairs: Building Stronger Families to Resist Social Decay
Barry Maley, Brigitte Berger, Patricia Morgan, Lucy SullivanFebruary 5, 1996PF13

A mood of discontent afflicts societies throughout the Western world. Despite their successes, some social...

How to save the health system
Jeremy SammutMay 3, 2013

This week, the CIS released the third TARGET30 report on Australia’s unsustainable health system. The...

The Easy Moralism of the Adoption Apology
Jeremy SammutMay 1, 2013Quadrant

Between the 1950s and mid-1970s, approximately 150,000 babies of unwed, mostly teenage mothers were adopted...

Only a super-style savings system now will help Medicare survive
Jeremy SammutApril 30, 2013The Australian

THE intergenerational reports have told us repeatedly that escalating government spending on health is unsustainable...

Despite white paper worries, Asia-savvy Australia is set for success
Benjamin HerscovitchApril 29, 2013Australia China Quarterly

During the last five years of global financial woes and sovereign debt risks, Asia’s hunger...

Government stifles charities
Peter KurtiApril 26, 2013

When the federal government set up the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profit Commission in 2012 to...

Tough break for long-term job seekers
Alexander PhilipatosApril 26, 2013

As the queues of long-term unemployed grow, low-skilled and vulnerable people are being kept out...

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...

The Rise of Activist Corporations: How activism agendas subsumed shareholder primacy
Peter Swan AO, Emilie DyeSeptember 26, 2024What You Need to Know About

The Rise of Activist Corporations with Peter Swan – Interviewed by Emilie Dye. Australian companies...

From Conversion to Classical Liberalism: The Influence of Ludwig von Mises | Dr. Jonathan Cole
Robert Forsyth, Jonathan ColeSeptember 26, 2024Liberalism in Question

Join Robert Forsyth in this enlightening interview with Dr. Jonathan Cole, a distinguished scholar and...

Government spending and inflation by Robert Carling
Robert CarlingSeptember 19, 2024Liberalism in Question

That government expenditure in Australia has grown apace in recent years is well-known. The growth...

All Things Considered. Making Moral Sense of the Wars in Ukraine and Gaza by Nigel Biggar
Nigel BiggarSeptember 18, 2024

All Things Considered. Making Moral Sense of the Wars in Ukraine and Gaza by Nigel...

Government Spending and Inflation
Robert Carling, Emilie DyeSeptember 17, 2024What You Need to Know About

Government spending and inflation with Robert Carling – Interviewed by Emilie Dye. That government expenditure...

The History of Liberalism in Iran | Behnam Ben Taleblu
Robert ForsythSeptember 12, 2024Liberalism in Question

In this thought-provoking interview, Robert Forsyth sits down with Behnam Ben Taleblu, a renowned Iran...

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