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Fix it or Fail: Why we must cut company tax now
October 4, 2016RR20

Australia needs to cut company tax to 25% to boost business investment, which is currently...

Early Childhood Intervention: Assessing the evidence
Trisha JhaSeptember 20, 2016Research Report 19

Early childhood interventions are programs that aim to improve a child’s development trajectory over the...

The Battle of Ideas: can the beliefs that feed terrorism be changed?
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Denis Dragovic, Tanveer Ahmed, Peter KurtiSeptember 19, 2016OP149

Defeating violent Islamic extremism has been a high priority for all western countries, including Australia,...

The Limits of Australian Anti-discrimination Law
Helen AndrewsAugust 3, 2016Research Report 17

Anti-discrimination law has existed in Australia for only fifty years, and yet in that comparatively...

domestic violence
Homeland Truths: The Unspoken Epidemic of Violence in Indigenous Communities
Jacinta Nampijinpa PriceJuly 25, 2016OP148

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s speech is a powerful personal plea to stop the violence against women...

The High Court, Democracy and Same Sex Marriage
Barry MaleyJuly 19, 2016OP147

The High Court in 2013 overturned the understanding of marriage in the Marriage Act 1961...

More than money to move the educational needle
Glenn FaheyDecember 12, 2020CANBERRA TIMES

New CIS research shows that sustained, record increases to school funding are not improving Australia’s...

Four serious errors on the way to COVID-19 ‘victory’
Monica WilkieDecember 11, 2020THE AUSTRALIAN

Australia has ‘passed the COVID-19 test,’ according to Scott Morrison. And now with Victoria and...

Roll out the test that stops children failing at the first hurdle
December 11, 2020SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

  Little is more fundamental to the success of an individual than literacy. If our...

It’s not giving a Gonski but better teachers that improve schools
Glenn FaheyDecember 6, 2020Financial Review

Taxpayer funding for schools has climbed to about $16,000 per student and exceeds $60 billion...

Jen Buckingham Sky News Credlin on phonics
CIS victory on phonics
December 5, 2020CIS

Sinking scores, poor sentence construction, misspelling words. In recent years, the process of teaching school...

The super guarantee is a super distraction
Simon CowanDecember 5, 2020Canberra Times

Another review of the retirement income system has come and, it seems, gone without clearly...

Woke ‘sense and sensibilities’ replace reason and logic
Glenn Fahey, Tanveer AhmedAugust 27, 2021

Schools and universities have become preoccupied with cushioning students’ experiences, rather than challenging them. The...

Cancel culture erases history and fuels social division!
Anjali NadaradjaneAugust 26, 2021

Today, our way of life is endangered by a toxic totalitarian threat. A growing, malignant...

On Liberty EP65 The legacy of John ‘Black Jack’ McEwen
Salvatore BabonesAugust 25, 2021On Liberty

We talked to Bridget McKenzie, Nationals Senator for Victoria since 2011. Senator McKenzie has held...

Super Guarantee Australia
Simon CowanAugust 24, 2021

CIS welcomed Senator Andrew Bragg to discuss recent Your Future, Your Super, legislation and the...

On Liberty EP64 What does the return of the Taliban mean for Afghanistan & The World
Salvatore BabonesAugust 18, 2021On Liberty

Afghanistan’s president Ashraf Ghani fled the country on August 14, leading to a complete collapse...

Net zero emissions by 2050?
August 12, 2021

In November 2021, the UN climate negotiations [COP-26] were held in Glasgow. According to the...

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