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Political legitimacy, harm protections and our freedoms

Paul TaylorNovember 10, 2025OP211

This article considers different concepts of ‘legitimacy’ and their contribution to understanding the difference between...

The Unworkable Solution: An Economic Assessment of a Cashflow Tax for Australia

Sinclair DavidsonNovember 6, 2025AP93

Executive Summary Australia faces persistent economic challenges. Productivity growth has slowed, business investment is uneven,...

Knowledge is power: What do teachers believe about learning?

Trisha JhaOctober 30, 2025AP92

Executive Summary This report presents findings from literature about what teachers believe about how students...

2025 Neville Kennard Address: The Dire Plight of the Mainstream Right

Andrew NeilOctober 27, 2025OP210

This is an edited version of the speech given to the 2025 CIS Consilium event...

Risky Business. How The Energy Transition Introduces Risks That Raise Retail Costs

Jude BlikOctober 23, 2025AP91

Executive Summary The electricity system in Australia is adjusting to an increase in the overall...

2025 John Bonython Lecture: The Axis of Autocracy – New World Disorder

Andrew NeilOctober 16, 2025OP209

Far from it being the end of history, the story of this century so far...

Are Medicare’s days numbered?

Jeremy SammutNovember 1, 2007The Sydney Morning Herald

Taxpayer-funded 'free and universal' health systems are a 20th century policy. When governments had to...

Medicare becoming a luxury we cannot afford

John LeeOctober 31, 2007Unleashed Blog

Medicare is becoming an anachronism. The “free and universal'' taxpayer-funded health systems of the twentieth...

Are tax cuts inflationary?

Phil RennieOctober 29, 2007New Zealand Centre for Political Research online forum

The latest excuse from the government for not giving us tax cuts (despite an $8...

The welfare lobby is at it again

Peter SaundersOctober 29, 2007The Australian

Australia’s welfare lobby is at it again. In a report issued this week, an alliance...

Indigenous housing

Helen HughesOctober 26, 2007

The 2006 Census suggests that some 295,000 Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders – perhaps 45,000...

Native titles in private housing

Helen HughesOctober 26, 2007The Canberra Times

The 2006 Census suggests that some 295,000 Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders – perhaps 45,000...

Grounded Liberty: Liberalism’s Moral Roots | Michael Bird

Robert ForsythJune 18, 2025

Robert Forsyth interviews Dr. Michael Bird, who reflects on the relationship between liberalism and Christianity....

The science of learning will set students free | Glenn Fahey

Robert Forsyth, Glenn FaheyJune 13, 2025

Robert Forsyth interviews Glenn Fahey, director of the education program at the Centre for Independent...

In Defence of Jordan Peterson | Rohan McHugh

Robert ForsythJune 4, 2025

Robert Forsyth speaks with Rohan McHugh, who contends that the liberal tradition’s “contest of ideas”...

The Incoming Executive Director of CIS: Michael Stutchbury

June 3, 2025

The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Stutchbury...

Robert ForsythMay 21, 2025

In this episode, we delve into the controversial world of the Intellectual Dark Web (IDW)...

Free Trade vs Tariffs: Jobs, Security, and the Cost of Living

Trisha JhaMay 14, 2025

Leading economists, historians, and policy experts delve into the complex world of tariffs, free trade,...