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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

Does Western Civilisation Have a Future?
Wolfgang KasperFebruary 19, 2019PP17

The question, whether our civilisation has a future, will sound preposterous to many. Has Western...

Dividend Franking Credit Refunds: principle vs revenue
Robert CarlingFebruary 12, 2019PP16

Under Australia’s dividend imputation system of taxation, since 2000 taxpayers whose franking credits exceed their...

Reading Recovery: A Failed Investment
Jennifer Buckingham OAMFebruary 7, 2019PP15

Five from Five is now a community education project supported by MultiLit, a reading program...

I, Mechanical Pencil: Why a socialist economy can never work
February 6, 2019PP14

Socialism brings poverty and oppression. The ignorance of so many as to why only a...

Dying with Their Rights On: The myths and realities of ending homelessness in Australia
Carlos d’AbreraDecember 12, 2018RR38

The orthodox understanding of the causes of homelessness promoted by the ‘homelessness industry’ over emphasises...

Mapping migrants: Australians’ wide-ranging experiences of immigration
Charles JacobsDecember 5, 2018PP13

Australians’ experiences of immigration are highly varied. Using 2016 ABS Census data, this POLICY Paper...

Protecting girls from genital mutilation
Peter KurtiJanuary 10, 2021Spectator

Outrage was provoked a few weeks ago by a new Islamic guide for parents fostering...

Republican Party has to wash off the stain of Donald Trump
January 9, 2021Sydney Morning Herald

Well before he incited this week’s mob violence on Capitol Hill, Donald Trump had become...

Republicans will pay for Typhoon Trump
January 7, 2021The Australian

In nearly 30 years of closely following US politics, I have seen a great many...

Make no mistake, our society needs vaccine urgently
Steven SchwartzJanuary 7, 2021The Australian

Where is Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine? Britain, Bahrain, the US, Denmark, Russia, Germany, Canada, China, Italy,...

Was Donald Trump 2020’s biggest loser?
Simon CowanJanuary 2, 2021Canberra Times

Another year over. And thank god for that! 2020 can get right in the bin....

Advice holds: see China as it is, not as it ought to be
December 29, 2020THE AUSTRALIAN

A good mate of mine died this year. He was 90 — four decades my...

On Liberty EP29 Why the world needs a free Taiwan
Salvatore BabonesOctober 15, 2020On Liberty

We welcomed Chinese politics expert Professor Elizabeth Larus of the University of Mary Washington to...

The Fear Epidemic
Frank Furedi, Monica WilkieOctober 14, 2020

Everyone seems to be cursing 2020. We have seen a coronavirus pandemic, mass unemployment, an...

Lower Company Tax to Resuscitate the Economy | Jacinta Price
Jacinta Nampijinpa PriceOctober 8, 2020

Lower Company Tax Rates! There is substantial international evidence as to the impacts of a...

Australia’s 2020 Federal Budget
Simon Cowan, Stephen KirchnerOctober 8, 2020

The Most Consequential Budget of our Generation. Covid-19 has blown an unprecedented hole in the...

On Liberty EP28 Analysis, commentary, and digest of Budget2020
Simon Cowan, Robert CarlingOctober 8, 2020On Liberty

We hosted a special Episode of On Liberty host by CIS Research Director Simon Cowan....

Debates2020 Democrats VS Republicans
P.J. O’RourkeOctober 1, 2020

Following the first presidential debate, we’ve teamed up with PJ O’Rourke, Conrad Black and Tom...

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