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Mitigating the New Cold War: Managing US-China trade, tech and geopolitical conflict
Alan DupontMay 22, 2020AP8

This paper concludes that the linked US-China trade, technology and geopolitical conflicts have precipitated a...

Rights, Morals, Dignity: Why defending religious freedom matters
Peter KurtiApril 10, 2020OP173

Calls for protections of rights are often made without much reflection on what it is,...

Australia’s Export Exposure to China’s Coronavirus Epidemic
Salvatore BabonesFebruary 18, 2020AP7

This paper estimates the direct and immediate effects of the coronavirus epidemic on the revenues...

Religious schools
Respect and division: How Australians view religion
Monica Wilkie, Robert ForsythDecember 2, 2019PP27

Religious tolerance is vital for a well-functioning secular democracy. The ability to tolerate even undesirable...

What Do Parents Want From Schools?
Glenn FaheyNovember 20, 2019PP26

Educational freedom and proper use of resources are both crucial in producing the best outcomes...

Toxic Mutation of an Ancient Hatred: Left-Wing Antisemitism
Peter KurtiNovember 13, 2019PP25

Antisemitism is on the rise in many Western countries. On the postmodern left, this ancient...

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...

Professor James Allan – The Job of Judges in Democratic Societies
March 24, 2011
Craig Emerson MP at the CIS
March 18, 2011
How! Not How Much: Medicare Spending and Health Resource Allocation in Australia
March 14, 2011
Jessica Brown – Indonesia’s Strategic Role in a Changing Southeast Asia
March 6, 2011
Malaysian Dilemma: The Enduring Cancer of Affirmative Action with Dr John Lee
February 20, 2011
Tax, Borrow, Spend: How the States Compare – Robert Carling
February 15, 2011
A theologian who thinks secularism is a very good thing
Mike Bird, Robert ForsythOctober 27, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob talks to Mike Bird, the Academic Dean at Ridley Theological College Melbourne, on the...

Liberalism: the winner in the battle of ideas but the loser on the ground
Steven Schwartz, Robert ForsythOctober 20, 2022Liberalism in Question

On this episode Rob chats with former university vice-chancellor Steven Schwartz. Steven understands liberalism as...

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“I’m the the expert in me” —the value of individual freedom
Robert Forsyth, Emilie DyeOctober 13, 2022Liberalism in Question

“I’m the the expert in me” —the value of individual freedom. In this discussion we...

The power of choice that makes society better—even if it not appreciated
Tom Switzer, Robert ForsythOctober 6, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob sits down the Centre for Independent Studies executive director Tom Switzer. Tom discusses with...

What’s needed to revive liberalism; ideas and a spine
Ruth Richardson, Robert ForsythSeptember 29, 2022Liberalism in Question

A fierce reformer for liberalism, Ruth Richardson is asked whether the ship of reforming liberalism...

Liberalism needs moral vision not just economics
Robert Forsyth, Nick CaterFebruary 8, 2022Liberalism in Question
Rob and Nick discuss the liberalism of Robert Menzies for whom the independence of the...

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