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Voting for a living: A shift in Australian politics from selling policies to buying votes?
Robert CarlingSeptember 5, 2018PP9

This paper explores the hypothesis that growth of government has become self-sustaining through the emergence...

Euthanasia: Putting the Culture to Death?
Peter KurtiSeptember 2, 2018

CLICK HERE TO BUY HARDCOPY Mounting pressure to legalise assisted suicide and euthanasia is a...

Why childcare is not affordable
Eugenie JosephAugust 29, 2018RR37

Childcare fees and out-of-pocket costs in Australia have been growing above inflation in recent years,...

Curbing Corporate Social Responsibility: Preventing Politicisation – and Preserving Pluralism – in Australian Business
Jeremy SammutAugust 21, 2018AP2

The unprecedented part that leading that Australian companies played in the same-sex marriage campaign in...

A Test of Maturity: The liberal case for action on religious freedom
Robert ForsythJuly 31, 2018PP8

Australia has long enjoyed religious freedom in practice without robust legal protections. Such protections as...

John Howard: A Conversation on Culture
John Howard OM AC, Jeremy SammutJuly 26, 2018OP166

Based on the remarks made by former Prime Minister John Howard at the launch of...

Working towards peace and prosperity
Noel PearsonOctober 26, 2005The Australian

In mainstream Australia , we have a strong and enviable set of institutions that includes...

Don’t worry be happy
Johan NorbergOctober 24, 2005The New Zealand Herald

We are wealthier, healthier and happier than we have ever been. Each successive generation has...

New strategies needed to beat teacher shortage
Jennifer Buckingham OAMOctober 19, 2005The Courier Mail

Australia has a serious shortage of suitably qualified maths and science teachers and a continuing...

Handouts won’t cure poverty
Wolfgang KasperOctober 11, 2005The Australian Financial Review

The Australian government has joined the turn-of-millennium drive to eliminate extreme Third World poverty a...

Yes, liberal capitalism can buy you happiness
Johan NorbergOctober 8, 2005The Australian Financial Review

Happiness is the new battleground between market liberals and their opponents. Having accepted that free...

Stay alert in shifting landscape
David Martin JonesOctober 7, 2005The Courier Mail

The terrorist attacks in Bali last Saturday night demonstrate that the terrorist group Jemaah Islamiah...

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.
John Mearsheimer, Peter VargheseNovember 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!
John MearsheimerOctober 31, 2023

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

Referendum 2023 | The Voice to Parliament Debate
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOApril 20, 2023
CIS welcomes Anthony McAvoy, Shireen Morris, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Nyunggai Warren Mundine for a...
CIS Nanny State Awards 2022
Steven SchwartzDecember 8, 2022

This year’s highly un-coveted Nanny State Award was a tight contest, with a horde of...

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