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Protecting girls from genital mutilation
Peter KurtiJanuary 10, 2021Spectator

Outrage was provoked a few weeks ago by a new Islamic guide for parents fostering...

Republican Party has to wash off the stain of Donald Trump
January 9, 2021Sydney Morning Herald

Well before he incited this week’s mob violence on Capitol Hill, Donald Trump had become...

Republicans will pay for Typhoon Trump
January 7, 2021The Australian

In nearly 30 years of closely following US politics, I have seen a great many...

Make no mistake, our society needs vaccine urgently
Steven SchwartzJanuary 7, 2021The Australian

Where is Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine? Britain, Bahrain, the US, Denmark, Russia, Germany, Canada, China, Italy,...

Was Donald Trump 2020’s biggest loser?
Simon CowanJanuary 2, 2021Canberra Times

Another year over. And thank god for that! 2020 can get right in the bin....

Advice holds: see China as it is, not as it ought to be
December 29, 2020THE AUSTRALIAN

A good mate of mine died this year. He was 90 — four decades my...

On Liberty EP18 Will the recovery be worse than the disease for New Zealand?
Salvatore Babones, Oliver Marc HartwichAugust 6, 2020On Liberty

Salvatore Babones spoke with Dr Oliver Hartwich, Executive Director of fellow free-market think tank The...

Tony Abbott vs Bob Carr; Australia and Sino-US relations
Tony AbbottAugust 6, 2020

Security trumps prosperity. China, Australia, the US and the Asia-Pacific region. Many people think Canberra...

How to Fix Super
Simon CowanJuly 31, 2020

If there is one thing that almost everyone agrees on, it is that not everything...

Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason
Monica WilkieJuly 28, 2020

The debate over cancel culture and the culture wars continues to rage. CIS welcomes back...

On Liberty EP16 Saving the marketplace of ideas
Salvatore Babones, Janet AlbrechtsenJuly 23, 2020On Liberty

On Liberty returns, for season 2, with Janet Albrechtsen. In her latest column for The...

We must defend freedom of speech
Lionel Shriver, Brendan O'Neill, Monica WilkieJuly 17, 2020

Lionel Shriver and Brendan O’Neill sit down with CIS fellow Monica Wilkie for The Woke...

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