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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

Modern perils in a lucky country
Jennifer Buckingham OAMAugust 31, 2001The Daily Telegraph

What is the state of our nation? For the most part, Australians are better off...

Sorry, we’re not a soft target
Helen HughesAugust 29, 2001The Australian

Church and other refugee support groups are absolutely right.  The plight of the boat people...

Tax system that’s stifling the family
Michael DuffyAugust 25, 2001The Daily Telegraph

Everyone knows the family is in trouble these days, but what is not widely recognised...

Business should go back to moral basics
Samuel GreggAugust 14, 2001The Australian Financial Review

In recent years, stakeholder theory has established itself as orthodoxy within much corporate management practice....

Knowledge is a costly affair
July 3, 2001The Australian Financial Review

The Knowledge Nation Taskforce’s comprehensive agenda for upskilling Australia was widely welcomed yesterday. But the...

Liberal think tank revels in the pursuit of ideas
Frank DevineJuly 2, 2001The Australian

Now celebrating its 25th year as a genially elitist influence on Australian minds, The Centre...

CIS Leadership Lunch with Rod Sims: ‘Competition Policy in a Market Economy: The ACCC’s Role’
May 31, 2013
“Empowering the NFP Sector” – Leadership Lunch with The Hon Kevin Andrews MP
May 31, 2013
A Fair Go: Fact or Fiction? – Benjamin Herscovitch
May 8, 2013
Australia’s Asian Century Opportunities Q&A – Benjamin Herscovitch
May 7, 2013
Australia’s Asian Century Opportunities – Benjamin Herscovitch
May 6, 2013
Interview with The Hon Kevin Andrews MP
May 2, 2013
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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