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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

Initial Teacher Education in mathematics
Failing to teach the teacher: An analysis of mathematics Initial Teacher Education
Glenn Fahey, Jordan O’Sullivan, Jared BussellNovember 25, 2021AP29

Policymakers have increasingly looked to improvements in Initial Teacher Education (ITE) as key to overcoming...

Between Geography and History: Delhi and Canberra in Indo-Pacific Security
C. Raja MohanNovember 11, 2021AP28

The Quad has emerged as a major new element of the architecture in Indo-Pacific security...

Beating lockdown blues: Students pass the Covid test
Glenn FaheyOctober 25, 2021RR42

Students have suffered educational disruption in combatting the spread of covid-19, particularly in dealing with...

Time to ‘step up’ the tempo: Australia’s answer to Beijing in Papua New Guinea
Sean JacobsOctober 21, 2021AP27

Papua New Guinea politics and development have become a focus for Australia in light of...

The Philippines Caught between Appeasing and Constraining China: How Australia can help tip the balance
Renato Cruz De CastroSeptember 28, 2021PP44

There is much debate about whether the relationship of Philippines vs China should be one...

Xi Dreams of 100 More Glorious Years for the Party: Might China Awake?
Rowan CallickSeptember 16, 2021AP26

The Chinese Communist Party is at the peak of its power as it enters its...

The mental health system may be making us sicker
Steven SchwartzApril 6, 2026CANBERRA TIMES

Australia has a mental health crisis, but not the one we think. Despite decades of...

Housing negative gearing tax
Reducing the discount would likely not have any lasting impact in lowering house prices
Robert Carling, Michael StutchburyMarch 21, 2026CANBERRA TIMES

Anyone watching the smoke signals from Canberra knows that moves are afoot to try and...

Alarm bells ringing on more interest rate pain
Michael StutchburyMarch 18, 2026DAILY TELEGRAPH
Australians were losing faith that the combination of Labor’s economic policies and the RBA monetary...
Labor’s capital gains tax myths need busting
Robert CarlingMarch 11, 2026DAILY TELEGRAPH

Labor has long held an axe over the capital gains tax 50% discount and negative...

Measuring affordability in time, not dollars paints a different inflation picture
Marian L. TupyMarch 9, 2026CANBERRA TIMES

Even before new Middle East conflict sparked concern about petrol prices, Australia’s latest CPI release...

Blame diagnostic inflation for the NDIS’ $10b Autism bill
Steven SchwartzMarch 5, 2026AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW

As recently reported in The Australian Financial Review, autism costs the National Disability Insurance Scheme...

Luke Malpass – Alcohol Policy and the Politics of Moral Panic
May 23, 2011
Malcolm Turnbull discusses the NBN at CIS
May 19, 2011
Dr Stephen Kirchner – Hands, Mouths and Minds
May 19, 2011
Q&A Australia’s Urban Water Challenge Rebecca Gill
May 17, 2011
Q&A Australia’s Urban Water Challenge Rebecca Gill
May 17, 2011
Q&A Australia’s Urban Water Challenge Rebecca Gill
May 17, 2011
Liberalism’s remarkable Australian Story
Robert Forsyth, David KempDecember 21, 2021Liberalism in Question

Rob and David discuss the remarkable story of ‘the liberal project’ in Australia. David has...

Economic liberalism under threat
Robert Forsyth, Simon CowanDecember 14, 2021Liberalism in Question

Rob and Simon discuss why, despite the unparalleled success of international liberalism in lifting people...

The heart of liberalism
Robert Forsyth, Henry ErgasDecember 7, 2021Liberalism in Question

In a wide-ranging discussion, Rob and Henry explore the heart of the liberal project. Liberalism...

Liberalism questioned
Robert Forsyth, Peter KurtiFebruary 2, 2021Liberalism in Question

Rob discusses liberalism with Peter Kurti, director of the Culture, Prosperity and Civil Society Program...

Liberalism is best understood by studying its origins
Robert Forsyth, Simon HainesJanuary 26, 2021Liberalism in Question

Professor Simon Haines is a distinguished scholar, teacher and author, and a passionate advocate for...

The university as a crucial institution in the liberal community
Robert Forsyth, Michael SpenceJanuary 19, 2021Liberalism in Question

Rob discusses issues of liberalism and the university with then Vice Chancellor of the University...

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