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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

Public Money: Federal-State Financial Relations and the Constitutional Limits on Spending Public Money
Anne Twomey, Robert CarlingOctober 29, 2014OP138

It is uncontroversial that federal-state financial relations need reform, but it is necessary to understand...

The Enlightenment Made Us
Nick CaterOctober 23, 2014OP136

Nick Cater examines the Enlightenment ideals that helped shape our uniquely Australian culture. He argues...

The Age of Endarkenment
Brendan O'Neill, Nick CaterOctober 23, 2014OP137

Humans have never had it so good. We are wealthier, happier and more comfortable than...

A Quartet of Freedoms: Freedom of Religion, Speech, Association and Conscience
Jeremy Sammut, Peter Kurti, Robert ForsythOctober 16, 2014OP135

Political Rights, to which Australia is a signatory, gives high prominence to freedom of religion....

Preserving Peace as China Rises II: Preparing for a Post-American Asian Order
Benjamin HerscovitchSeptember 1, 2014FPA10

With US leadership unable to guarantee peace and security in the Indo-Pacific this century, the...

Sovereignty, Blame Games and Tony Abbott’s New Federalism
Anne Twomey, Jeremy Sammut, Nick Greiner, Robert CarlingAugust 28, 2014PF27

In July 2014, the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) held a public forum on reform...

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Human Rights Commissioner Tim Wilson – Freedom of Speech Symposium
April 1, 2015
Human Rights Commissioner Tim Wilson – Freedom of Speech Symposium
April 1, 2015
Professor Suri Ratnapala – Freedom of Speech Symposium
April 1, 2015
Professor Suri Ratnapala – Freedom of Speech Symposium
April 1, 2015
Professor Suri Ratnapala – Freedom of Speech Symposium
April 1, 2015
Professor Suri Ratnapala – Freedom of Speech Symposium
April 1, 2015
Human rights that give us our humanity
Lorraine Finlay, Robert ForsythNovember 24, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob chats to Lorraine Finlay, Human Rights Commissioner with the Australian Human Rights Commission, about...

That’s not democracy, this is democracy!
Roslyn Fuller, Robert ForsythNovember 17, 2022Liberalism in Question

On this episode Rob chats to author Roslyn Fuller. Liberals believe in the value of...

Challenges and opportunities for liberalism in Germany
Sabine Beppler-Spahl, Robert ForsythNovember 10, 2022Liberalism in Question

Speaking from Berlin, Sabine speaks with Rob about why she set up the Freiblickinstitut (Free...

Against tribalism. Take an empirical not emotional approach
Claire Lehmann, Robert ForsythNovember 3, 2022Liberalism in Question

Claire Lehmann, founding editor of Quillette sits down with Rob. Claire explains the philosophy of...

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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