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Stimulus: where’s the money coming from?
April 6, 2020Spectator

In a week we have shifted from a globalised liberal economy and free society to...

Schools in limbo a poor substitute for regular classes
April 5, 2020Sydney Morning Herald

Working from home has its challenges, but learning from home can be even harder. Australian...

Our liberty and prosperity are in peril if COVID-19 triggers an arms race of compassion
April 4, 2020Sydney Morning Herald

Since the first responsibility of the state is to protect its citizens, it is understandable...

Coronavirus: Road map needed for getting back to work
Salvatore BabonesApril 3, 2020The Australian

We all hope social distancing is saving lives, but there is no doubt that it...

Tom Switzer - Executive Director Centre for Independent Studies
Note from Tom Switzer
April 2, 2020Ideas@TheCentre

We’re only a few weeks into the coronavirus crisis, and already our intellectual opponents are...

Surveying the public finance wreckage
April 2, 2020Ideas@TheCentre

If we think of Covid-19 as a severe tropical cyclone, when it passes and we...

Political correctness and its discontents
January 13, 2019

Join Brendan O’Neill, one of Britain’s quirkiest, wittiest and liveliest commentators, in conversation with Jeremy...

The 2018 CIS Nanny Awards
December 13, 2018

The 2018 CIS Nanny Awards take a look back at the year’s best and most...

The Crisis of Democracy
November 23, 2018

For generations, we just assumed democracy is fixed and given. However, all across the world,...

Bill McMahon, an eccentric economic reformer?
John Howard OM ACNovember 21, 2018

William McMahon was a significant, if widely derided and disliked, figure in Australian politics. Was...

Individualism and the Paradox of Affirmative Action
November 16, 2018

Daniel Hannan is a leading British writer and journalist. After 17 years as a Member...

A Democratic wave or Trump triumph? – Panel Discussion on US Mid Terms 2018 Elections Results
Greg SheridanNovember 7, 2018

US midterm elections are usually bad for the President’s party, but amid a booming economy...

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