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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

Free to Work. The liberalisation of New Zealand’s labour market
Wolfgang KasperJanuary 1, 1996PM32

In 1902 New Zealand’s first Minister of Labour, Pember Reeves, described the Australasian states as...

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...

Morality and Foreign Policy
Owen HarriesDecember 7, 2001ABC Radio

Recent events have generated a great deal of discussion about morality and foreign policy. It...

Tried and true way to economic growth
Wolfgang KasperDecember 6, 2001The Australian Financial Review

The Heritage Foundation in Washington has just published its economic freedom ratings for 2002, with...

A clumsy hand is no help: Governments are no good at social policy
Peter SaundersDecember 6, 2001The Australian

US founding father and third president Thomas Jefferson was right after all: “The government that...

Uni student quota system is unfair and inefficient
December 5, 2001The West Australian

Although the unlucky ones don’t yet know who they are, more young Western Australians than...

To populate or not to populate…
Barry MaleyDecember 5, 2001The Canberra Times

The question of legal and illegal immigration is likely to occupy the incoming federal government...

Aid has failed the Pacific
Helen HughesNovember 30, 2001

Per capita income has grown at less than 1% a year in the Pacific during...

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...

Old buildings and the housing crisis with Peter Tulip
Peter TulipMarch 4, 2026

Peter Tulip explains how several states have recently overhauled their planning legislation. However, the flaws...

Liberalism and the ‘Broad Church.’
Robert Forsyth, John Howard OM ACDecember 1, 2020Liberalism in Question

In a wide ranging conversation, Rob chats to former prime minister John Howard AC about...

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