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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

The Politics of Multiculturalism
Raymond SestitoJune 4, 1982PM3

People of other than Anglo-Saxon origin are actively encouraged by the state to preserve their...

Rationalising Rustic Regulation
Ted SieperFebruary 26, 1982RS2

A landmark discussion of agricultural policy in Australia. Written in 1982, Ted Sieper asks ‘who...

A New Financial Revolution? An International Review of the Campbell Report
Malcolm Fisher, A. R. Prest, Michael Parkin, Geoffrey E. Wood, John F. O. Bilson, Tim CongdonFebruary 1, 1982R3

When the Final Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Australian Financial System (the...

Lessons from the Ord
B.R. DavidsonJanuary 1, 1982PM2

Readers will draw their own various conclusions from these two modest but compelling essays. It...

Liberty, Justice and the Market
Lauchlan ChipmanSeptember 26, 1981OP6

Professor Chipman challenges some views which have become orthodox in academic and intellectual circles and...

The Rhetoric and Reality of Income Redistribution
Gordon TullockSeptember 25, 1981OP5

Income distribution is an overwhelming part of the program of all governments. Too often, however,...

Linking pay to performance the best way to help teachers
Glenn FaheyJune 26, 2022DAILY TELEGRAPH

Repeated strikes over pay undermine teachers’ work and prove unions are tin-eared on the need...

Liberals have regressed to big government
Tom SwitzerJune 23, 2022Financial Review

Liberals once stood for a smaller state, popular capitalism and a sensible approach to public...

We’re about to pay the price for lazy policy with inflation
Simon CowanJune 18, 2022The Canberra Times

The Fair Work Commission (FWC) wage decision — and the government’s response to it —...

The problems facing remote Indigenous communities can’t be boiled down to white racism alone
Simon CowanJune 4, 2022Canberra Times

A lot of attention is being shifted to Indigenous politics in light of Labor’s commitment...

budget black hole
No budget black hole, except Labor’s spending
Robert CarlingJune 1, 2022FINANCIAL REVIEW

Labor hasn’t inherited any hidden budget black hole surprises. It is spending monuments created in...

Our Vote, Their Values
Peter KurtiMay 23, 2022Epoch Times

Australians can breathe a sigh of relief now that the federal election is behind us...

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...

The Impact of the Shadow Carbon Price
Karla PincottJuly 1, 2024What You Need to Know About

The federal, state and territory Energy Ministers have introduced a shadow carbon price for the...

The Art of Opposition
Tom Switzer, Andrew Blyth, John Howard OM ACJuly 1, 2024

Oppositions hold governments to account, raise issues of public concern, represent aggrieved citizens, propose alternative...

Is the market more efficient than the government? | Robert Carling
Robert Forsyth, Robert CarlingJuly 1, 2024Liberalism in Question

#auspol #freemarket #economics Robert Carling is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Independent Studies....

The six fundamental flaws underpinning the energy transition
Karla Pincott, Aidan MorrisonJuly 1, 2024What You Need to Know About

The Australian Government wants to transition our electricity system to net zero carbon emissions by...

Being a Rational Optimist in a Woke World | Matthew Ridley
Robert Forsyth, Matt RidleyMay 7, 2024Liberalism in Question

Matthew Ridley is a British science writer, journalist and businessman. He is known for his...

How to Build Low-Cost Nuclear: Lessons from the world
Aidan MorrisonApril 13, 2024Research Collection

How to Build Low-Cost Nuclear: Lessons from the world by Aidan Morrision. First published on...

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