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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

Time for smart school funding reform
Glenn FaheyDecember 4, 2020Ideas@theCentre

New CIS research shows that sustained, record increases to school funding are not improving Australia’s...

Economy improves, but recession conditions remain
Robert CarlingDecember 4, 2020Ideas@theCentre

The September quarter national accounts released on Wednesday have been interpreted by some commentators as...

Acquiescence is not the answer
December 4, 2020Ideas@theCentre

We are told that Australia’s political leaders must try to ‘rebuild trust’ with Beijing, while...

Critics of Australia’s China policy don’t have much to offer
November 30, 2020Financial Review

American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald once remarked: “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the...

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Lockdown leaders’ insulting excuses
Monica WilkieNovember 27, 2020IDEAS@THECENTRE

Leaders who bend their own COVID rules are insulting the trust and faith their constituents...

Resist protectionism and regulation
Simon CowanNovember 27, 2020IDEAS@THECENTRE

  While the short-term issues associated with the recovery are crucially important, they’re not the...

Trump capitalised on the growing divide: Tom Switzer
November 7, 2024
Donald Trump’s election victory stands as one of the most remarkable political comebacks in modern...
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The Coming Global Depopulation
October 13, 2024
What could plunging birth rates mean for Australia?...
In Depth Q&A: Mearsheimer and Varghese disagree on US Grand Strategy, Ukraine, Russia and China.
November 7, 2023

PART 2. Following a lecture from Professor John Mearsheimer in Brisbane on Monday, 23 October....

Israel-Hamas, Ukraine-Russia and China: John Mearsheimer on why the US is in serious trouble!
October 31, 2023

PART 1. Professor John Mearsheimer addressed an audience in Brisbane on Monday, 23 October as...

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The Michaela Way
Katharine BirbalsinghOctober 27, 2022

It’s no secret that Australian schools’ performance has been in decline for many years. That’s...

On Liberty EP75 China’s risky path to riches
Salvatore Babones, Rowan CallickNovember 17, 2021On Liberty

The Chinese Communist Party is at the peak of its power, entering its second century....

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