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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

A 2021 education resolution: keep an eye on the Australian Curriculum
Fiona MuellerFebruary 11, 2021OP179

The COVID-19 pandemic is stimulating debate about the relationship between the governed and their leaders,...

The Looming Iceberg: Australia’s post-pandemic debt risk
Robert CarlingJanuary 28, 2021PP35

After many years with low public debt, Australia is seeing a much higher debt burden...

Worlds Apart: Remote Indigenous disadvantage in the context of wider Australia
Jacinta Nampijinpa PriceJanuary 25, 2021PP34

Remote and very remote Indigenous communities have become victims of a ‘wicked problem’. A combination...

The New President: What Biden’s Foreign Policy Agenda Means for Australia
Salvatore BabonesJanuary 19, 2021OP178

Joe Biden comes to the presidency amid great expectations for a return to normalcy in...

Victims of failure – how the COVID-19 policy response let down Australians
Monica WilkieDecember 9, 2020AP18

The government response to COVID-19 has imposed restrictions on Australians unseen in peacetime. As Australians...

Planning restrictions harm housing affordability
Peter TulipDecember 3, 2020PP33

Planning restrictions reduce the supply of housing and hence raise its price. This paper summarises...

A Solution Worse Than the Disease
Monica WilkieApril 22, 2021Quadrant Online

The discussion about what should and should not be ‘allowed’ on social media has been,...

Cancel culture is destroying our society
April 16, 2021The Australian

As we approach the anniversary of the death of George Floyd, and the wave of...

States spoil Australia’s school scorecard
Glenn FaheyApril 14, 2021Financial Review

Arresting Australia’s educational decline calls for national leadership. And federal Education Minister Alan Tudge, has...

Biden’s global minimum tax is a trap for mobile capital
Robert CarlingApril 13, 2021Financial Review

If taxation is an enigma to all but tax experts, then global corporate tax is...

Captain America versus… Jordan Peterson?
Monica WilkieApril 12, 2021Spectator

The progressives’ latest offering of ‘woker-tainment’ shows they are more interested in political posturing than...

A democracy must protect pluralism at all costs
Simon CowanApril 10, 2021Canberra Times

The NSW government has just released its discussion paper on social media companies’ liability for...

Trump Voters and Greyhound Bans: Meet the Real ‘Deplorables’ of the US and OZ
March 16, 2017
Australia dithers while Canada acts? Tax reform in the World of Trump
March 16, 2017

US President Donald Trump is proposing sweeping tax cuts that will affect every other country....

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March 13, 2017

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March 8, 2017

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Direct and Explicit Teaching Methods
November 3, 2016
GST carve-up does not reward state reform
November 1, 2016
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