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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

Independent Charities, Independent Regulators: The Future of Not-for-Profit Regulation
Helen AndrewsFebruary 6, 2014IA143

The Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission was established by the Gillard government in 2012 with...

The New Silence: Family Breakdown and Child Sexual Abuse
Jeremy SammutJanuary 30, 2014IA142

Despite family breakdown exposing children to greater risk of sexual abuse, the issue receives scant...

Multiculturalism and the Fetish of Diversity
Peter KurtiDecember 10, 2013PM138

Multiculturalism began as a response to the White Australia policy and continues to enjoy public...

Overcoming Governance and Cost Challenges for Australian Public Hospitals: The Foundation Trust Alternative
Jeremy Sammut, Peter PhelanOctober 13, 2013PM137

Australia will face problems funding its public hospital and other publicly funded health services if...

The Right to the Good Life: Improving Educational Outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children
Marcia LangtonOctober 1, 2013OP133

Education is a key ideological battleground in debates about how to address Indigenous disadvantage. Yet,...

Not Looking for Work: The Rise of Non-Jobseekers on Unemployment Benefits
Andrew BakerJuly 31, 2013PM136

Following the global financial crisis, the incumbent Labor government introduced policies that reduced the job...

The impossible goal of “Covid Zero”
Peter KurtiAugust 25, 2021First Things

In 1901, Australia’s six colonies united in a single Commonwealth, marking the emergence of a...

It could be 2022 by the time we see the full impact on our kids’ education
Glenn FaheyAugust 25, 2021Daily Telegraph

Parents, educators, and policymakers will be relieved by new NAPLAN results showing NSW students are...

Could Canada’s Vaccine Rollout Success Show Australia the Way out of Lockdowns
Robert CarlingAugust 23, 2021The Epoch Times

After a slow start, vaccination rates have accelerated strongly in Australia, with 6,240,640 Aussies now...

Australian education is not keeping up
Glenn FaheyAugust 22, 2021Canberra Times

For too long, education policy and practice has failed to keep pace with the evidence....

One Nation No Longer Indivisible
Barry MaleyAugust 20, 2021Quadrant

Australia depends upon the United States for our defence in the event of a confrontation...

Postponing day of reckoning in Afghanistan would not change a thing
August 18, 2021The Australian

The debacle in Afghanistan evokes the old saw that the road to hell is paved...

Robert Iles Memorial Lecture – Reason , Repentance and the Individual
Peter KurtiNovember 13, 2017

REASON, REPENTANCE, AND THE INDIVIDUAL: Recovering the Religious Roots of Western Civilisation. The Robert Iles...

Impact Investing
October 30, 2017

People have lost faith in both the free market and in government. Capitalism and investing...

Reforming welfare
October 16, 2017

Minister for Social Services Christian Porter outlines the rationale and benefits for welfare policy changes,...

What’s happened to the University?
Frank Furedi, Marguerite Johnson, Steven SchwartzOctober 6, 2017

Trigger warnings, cultural appropriation and safe spaces. Who decided to bestow guardian status to Australian...

Liberty and Surveillance: What should governments and private corporations know about you?
September 19, 2017
Benefits of Globalisation
September 1, 2017

Michael Pezzullo speaks on how Australia can benefit from globalisation while preserving our sovereignty. Globalisation...

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