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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,...

Taxation, Inflation and the Role of the Government

Milton FriedmanJune 5, 1981OP4

Milton Friedman is one of the most authoritative and independent figures in the fields of...

Domestic Airline Regulation. The Australian debate

Michael G. KirbyMarch 26, 1981RS1

Government regulation of an increasing level of economic activity has become a feature of modern...

The Profit Motive

Antony FlewSeptember 26, 1980OP3

This paper is published as a contribution to the debate on economic and social issues...

Rent Control: Costs and Consequences

Robert AlbonSeptember 1, 1980R2

Most of the essays in Rent Control: Costs & Consequences have been written especially for...

On Buying a Job: The Regulation of a Taxicab in Canberra

Peter Swan AODecember 12, 1979PM1

Almost without exception, the licensing power is used to restrict the number of taxis to...

Continental drift: inching away from federalism

Robert CarlingApril 30, 2010The Australian Financial Review

Health reform dominated the agenda, but the ghost at last week’s Council of Australian Governments...

The moment Brown lost the election?

Peter SaundersApril 30, 2010

The Spectator Professor Saunders is a Senior Fellow at The Centre for Independent Studies. This...

Moving targets are failing Indigenous students

Helen HughesApril 30, 2010

'The realistic timeframe that should be considered to achieve outcomes for Indigenous people equal to...

Bipartisan agreement to defeat dependency

April 30, 2010

Jessica Brown is a Policy Analyst at the Centre for Independent Studies. Her report Defeating...

Nick Clegg isn’t the Messiah…

Oliver Marc HartwichApril 29, 2010Business Spectator

My first, and so far only, personal experience with Nick Clegg, the unlikely new superstar...

Education fails indigenous kids

Helen HughesApril 29, 2010The Australian

Australia has to improve its education constantly, performing better from year to year in international...

Reflecting Back: John Howard and Alexander Downer on Power, Alliances and Australia

John Howard OM AC, Alexander DownerFebruary 6, 2026

Alexander Downer and former Prime Minister John Howard join author Tony Parkinson and CIS Executive...

Reflecting Back: John Howard and Alexander Downer on Power, Alliances and Australia

John Howard OM AC, Tony Parkinson, Alexander Downer, Michael StutchburyFebruary 5, 2026

Drawing on their experience during the Howard government, Alexander Downer and former Prime Minister John...

A Case for Helpful Government Intervention | Emma Dawson

Emma Dawson, Robert ForsythFebruary 3, 2026

In this thought-provoking episode of Liberalism in Question, we welcome Emma Dawson, Executive Director of...

Indigenous Expectations are Skewed | Senator Kerrynne Liddle

Kerrynne Liddle, Robert ForsythJanuary 26, 2026

Join us on Liberalism in Question as Senator Kerrynne Liddle shares her insights on why...

Progressive Intolerance. The contemporary antisemitism landscape in Australia

Peter KurtiJanuary 23, 2026

The question this report poses is whether Australia’s progressive institutions are capable of the honest...

“People are just sick of it” | Alexander Downer

Robert Forsyth, Alexander DownerJanuary 19, 2026

In this episode of Liberalism in Question, former Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer joins us...