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Acton Lecture 2017: Civic Virtues and the Politics of ‘Full Drift Ahead’
Iain BensonJune 19, 2017OP155

Today almost everyone affirms the importance of ‘values’ but few would insist these are shared...

Terror in the Name of God: Confronting acts of religious violence in a liberal society
June 10, 2017OP154

Acts of violence perpetrated in the name of religion have been reported with great prominence...

Evaluating Indigenous programs: a toolkit for change
June 4, 2017RR28

The federal government recently announced it will allocate $10 million a year over four years...

Welfare reform beyond decades of dependence, ‘dole bludgers’ and ‘double dipping’
May 31, 2017OP156

Recent attempts to reform welfare have focused on the wrong elements of the system. In...

Fiscal Fiction: The Real Medicare Levy
May 7, 2017RR27

The Medicare Levy is, and always has been, a fiscal fiction. The revenue raised by...

The Fantasy of Gonski Funding: The ongoing battle over school spending
April 30, 2017RR26

The Gonski Report has not been implemented – there is no such thing as ‘Gonski...

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Trump capitalised on the growing divide: Tom Switzer
November 7, 2024
Donald Trump’s election victory stands as one of the most remarkable political comebacks in modern...
JBL Eberstadt
The Coming Global Depopulation
October 13, 2024
What could plunging birth rates mean for Australia?...
In Depth Q&A: Mearsheimer and Varghese disagree on US Grand Strategy, Ukraine, Russia and China.
November 7, 2023

PART 2. Following a lecture from Professor John Mearsheimer in Brisbane on Monday, 23 October....

Israel-Hamas, Ukraine-Russia and China: John Mearsheimer on why the US is in serious trouble!
October 31, 2023

PART 1. Professor John Mearsheimer addressed an audience in Brisbane on Monday, 23 October as...

katharine birbalsingh event at CIS on schools
The Michaela Way
Katharine BirbalsinghOctober 27, 2022

It’s no secret that Australian schools’ performance has been in decline for many years. That’s...

On Liberty EP23 Intellectual entrepreneur and founder of CIS
Salvatore BabonesSeptember 10, 2020

We welcomed founder of CIS Greg Lindsay AO. From a backyard shed in Pennant Hills...

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