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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

A Fair Go: Fact or Fiction?
Benjamin HerscovitchMay 9, 2013PM135

The ‘fair go’ is a core Australian value. The idea that everyone should have the...

Saving Medicare But NOT As We Know It
Jeremy SammutApril 30, 2013T30.03

High growth in health spending is the area of public expenditure that will unsustainably increase...

In the Pay of the Piper: Governments, Not-for-Profits, and the Burden of Regulation
Peter KurtiApril 23, 2013IA139

Reforms intended to boost confidence in Australian charities risk turning the charitable sector into just...

After the Welfare State: Politicians Stole Your Future … You Can Get It Back
Tom PalmerApril 8, 2013OP132

The third title in the Jameson Books-Students for Liberty Series, After the Welfare State: Politicians...

Tax Welfare Churn and the Australian Welfare State
Andrew BakerMarch 27, 2013T30.02

In 2010–11, Australia’s welfare state, which includes health, education, and welfare accounted for approximately $316...

The Fraught Politics of Saying Sorry for Forced Adoption: Implications for Child Protection Policy in Australia
Jeremy SammutMarch 19, 2013IA138

Many Australians will believe a national apology for forced adoption is overdue. But there is...

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Robodebt royal commission highlighted flawed processes
Simon CowanMarch 11, 2023CANBERRA TIMES

If you haven’t been playing close attention, you might have missed the disturbing findings coming...

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Chalmers’ purpose for superannuation is to unite it to Labor’s worldview
Simon CowanFebruary 25, 2023CANBERRA TIMES

The super wars are back! Well … strictly speaking, they never left us. But after...

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Control of information the name of the game for ‘yes’ Voice campaign
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOFebruary 17, 2023Sky

The Voice campaign depends on accurate and unbiased information being given to the public. The...

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Indigenous Voice to Parliament vote at risk due to bad faith
Simon CowanJanuary 28, 2023CANBERRA TIMES

For a project supposedly based in a call for goodwill and respect, the Indigenous Voice...

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Annoy the Woke Left, Celebrate Australia Day
January 25, 2023WALL STREET JOURNAL

Americans are familiar with the woke left: noisy activists who feel the need to rewrite...

Australian schools are failing
Why Australian schools are failing
Glenn FaheyJanuary 23, 2023FINANCIAL REVIEW

A new Productivity Commission report confirms what’s long been known: Australian schools are failing on...

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