Home > Publications

• Publications

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

Cancelling the Culture: Critical Theory and the Chasm of Incoherence

Peter KurtiJune 3, 2021AP22

Critical Theory exerts a significant intellectual hold on the formation of policy and the conduct...

The MMT Hoax

Tony Makin, Gene TunnyMay 27, 2021PP41

Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is a supposedly new macroeconomic paradigm, but it is essentially a...

Back to Basics: A new model for business creation in remote Indigenous communities

Nyunggai Warren Mundine AO, Elizabeth HendersonMay 20, 2021AP21

This paper focuses on a new model to increase the potential for Indigenous business creation...

Indigenous suicide: Finding a catalyst for action

Anthony DillonMay 6, 2021OP180

This paper aims to provide a catalyst for the actions needed to address the crisis...

Does high-rise development damage neighbourhood character?

Peter Tulip, Zachary LaniganApril 29, 2021PP40

Local residents often oppose new high-rise development apartment buildings on the grounds that they would...

Make every drop count, and count every drop: Vanishing groundwater needs proper monitoring and management

Grahame CampbellApril 22, 2021PP39

Aquifer groundwater is a crucial and valuable resource for Australia, but is poorly managed and...

No Nannying Social Media

Monica WilkieApril 1, 2021IDEAS@THECENTRE

In a world of rampant nanny-statism, and hectoring busybodies, Australians want social media to companies...

Leverage ties to counter China

Erik M. JacobsApril 1, 2021IDEAS@THECENTRE

China’s trade retaliation against Australia, Indian border clashes, maritime harassment of Japan, and South China...

The left’s war against school transparency is a war against choice and quality

Glenn FaheyMarch 31, 2021Spectator

NAPLAN scare campaigns about the potential harm of ‘school league tables’ are little more than...

Requiem for JobKeeper: a policy that had to end

Simon Cowan, Robert CarlingMarch 27, 2021Canberra Times

What must surely be the most expensive fiscal policy experiment in Australia’s history comes to...

Countering Indigenous educational disadvantage

Lorraine HammondMarch 26, 2021Ideas@TheCentre

For decades, and despite best intentions and considerable resourcing, there’s sadly been limited evidence of...

Alles Gute, Mathias Cormann!

Fiona MuellerMarch 26, 2021Ideas@TheCentre

While not a product of Australian education, former Finance Minister, Mathias Cormann, is an exemplar...

The History of Liberalism (Part 1) | Simon Heffer

Simon Heffer, Robert ForsythMarch 24, 2025

In this episode of Liberalism in Question, Rob sits down with historian and journalist Simon...

Word Crimes: The Biggest Grammar Mistakes We All Make – With Simon Heffer

Tom Switzer, Simon HefferMarch 13, 2025

The Key to Good Writing: Clarity. Many people struggle with correct English—do you? If you...

What Really Works in Indigenous Policy? | Senator Kerrynne Liddle

Kerrynne Liddle, Simon CowanMarch 6, 2025

What are the real solutions to improving outcomes for Indigenous Australians? In this discussion, Senator...

Liberalism and Education with Andrew Norton | Liberalism in Question

Robert Forsyth, Andrew NortonMarch 5, 2025

In this episode of Liberalism in Question, we welcome Andrew Norton, who has worked in...

Less Crowded Houses. NZ’s housing policy success and implications for Australia

Emilie DyeFebruary 28, 2025

While house prices in Australia went up by more than 8% in 2023, prices in...

Is the Progressive Era Coming to an End? | Simon Heffer

Simon Heffer, Tom SwitzerFebruary 27, 2025

Around the world, political landscapes are changing. From the United States to Europe and beyond,...