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Budget 2021: This debt-funded modern entitlement culture will backfire
Tom Switzer, Robert CarlingMay 23, 2021The Australian

It is too early to be definitive about the political and economic consequences of the...

Make no mistake, this budget was a fiscally irresponsible failure
Robert CarlingMay 23, 2021Canberra Times

If the test of a budget’s success is that it minimises the number of voters...

A trillion-dollar debt with much the same problems
Simon CowanMay 22, 2021Canberra Times

In the two weeks since the budget, the limited criticism – apart from the ideologically...

Quitting NAPLAN would be a fail for Australian education
Glenn FaheyMay 18, 2021Financial Review

Australia’s education system would be worse off without NAPLAN. Yet a new report proposes replacing...

Ready, Set, Fire—Federal Budget Signals Upcoming Aussie Election Spending Spree
Robert CarlingMay 17, 2021The Epoch Times

There can be no doubt that the 2021-22 Australian federal budget announced last week was...

Will the last economic rationalists in the room please turn off the lights?
Simon CowanMay 8, 2021Canberra Times

Last year was extraordinary, in many respects. And last year’s budget wasn’t even in the...

NSW After the Pandemic
Gladys Berejiklian, Tom SwitzerJuly 1, 2020

In the battle of ideas, the Centre for Independent Studies is like a munitions factory,...

On Liberty EP13 Cancel Culture knows no limits
Salvatore Babones, James AllanJune 25, 2020On Liberty

“It is becoming clear that cancel culture knows no limits. Old, incredibly valuable pieties at...

On Liberty EP12 Five from Five Update
Salvatore Babones, Jennifer Buckingham OAMJune 18, 2020On Liberty

We were pleased to have Dr Jennifer Buckingham to On Liberty. Jennifer is director of...

NSW After the Pandemic
Dominic Perrottet, Simon CowanJune 15, 2020

Former NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet joins CIS research director Simon Cowan to discuss the aftermath...

On Liberty EP11 The role of Government
Salvatore Babones, Lindsay ShepherdJune 11, 2020On Liberty

Salvatore Babones spoke with Lindsay Shepherd. Lindsay has been covering the anti-lockdown protests and is...

Trump and America in Crisis
George F. Will, Tom SwitzerJune 8, 2020

CIS Executive Director, Tom Switzer interviews George Will and asks is America in Crisis? A...

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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