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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...
An economic walk on the supply side
Michael StutchburyOctober 16, 2025OP208

This is an edited version of Michael Stutchbury’s keynote address to the 2025 Freedom to...

Drawing the Line: Moral Conflict and the Fragility of Liberal Tolerance
Peter KurtiOctober 9, 2025AP90
Liberal democracies face an unprecedented challenge: how to govern societies where citizens no longer disagree...
The Renewable Energy Honeymoon: starting is easy, the rest is hard
Zoe Hilton, Michael Wu , Aidan MorrisonOctober 2, 2025AP89
The belief that Australia can decarbonise its economy by relying on the wind and the...
The rule of law, excessive regulation and free speech
Paul TaylorSeptember 11, 2025AP88

Foreword In the day that the 2024 parliamentary session concluded, more than 30 bills were...

Our Prosperity is Slipping Away: Submission to Economic Reform Roundtable 
August 18, 2025AP87

 Introduction As Reserve Bank deputy governor Andrew Hauser noted last year, it can be...

Teacher training must be assessed
Jennifer Buckingham OAMNovember 16, 2007The Australian

In the past decade there has been increasing recognition that the quality of schooling is...

Forget philosophy, have some money
Peter SaundersNovember 15, 2007Crikey

Notwithstanding Kevin Rudd’s belated attempt to seize the moral high ground, both major parties are...

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...

Antisemitism Is Not a Jewish Problem, It’s an Australian Problem | Frydenberg, Finlay & Sackville
Peter Kurti, Michael Stutchbury, Josh Frydenberg, Lorraine Finlay, Ronald Sackville AO KCApril 10, 2026

Michael Stutchbury, Executive Director of the Centre for Independent Studies, opens this panel discussion with...

Australia’s Hate Speech Failure | Dimitri Burshtein
Dimitri BurshteinMarch 31, 2026

The tragic events at Bondi Beach on 14 December 2025 expose a deepening crisis in...

Behind Every Great Teacher Is a Great System | David Didau, Jenny Donovan & Trisha Jha
Trisha Jha, David Didau, Jenny DonovanMarch 20, 2026

David Didau — education consultant, teacher trainer, and author of Making Kids Cleverer and Intelligent...

Housing, handouts, and the Collapse of the Australian Dream
Parnell McGuinnessMarch 19, 2026

Over the past several decades, Australian society has undergone profound economic, social, and cultural change....

“The 50% discount is unfair” and other CGT myths | Robert Carling & Michael Stutchbury
Robert Carling, Michael StutchburyMarch 11, 2026

The criticisms and characterization of the 50% capital gains tax discount over many years have...

The Case for Optimism: More People, More Ideas, More Wealth | Marian Tupy
Marian L. Tupy, Michael StutchburyMarch 6, 2026

Marian Tupy — editor of HumanProgress.org, senior fellow at the Cato Institute, and co-author of...

Ron Manners on the Power of Individualism
Robert Forsyth, Ron Manners AONovember 7, 2024Liberalism in Question

In this episode of Liberalism in Question, we are joined by Australian businessman, entrepreneur, and...

The Sexual Revolution & the Role of Families in a Liberal Democracy | Mary Eberstadt
Robert Forsyth, Mary EberstadtOctober 24, 2024Liberalism in Question

In this compelling interview, Robert Forsyth engages in a deep conversation with Mary Eberstadt, acclaimed...

The Tension Between Freedom, Liberty, and Responsibility | David Kinley
Robert ForsythOctober 22, 2024Liberalism in Question

In this episode of Liberalism in Question, David Kinley, Chair of Human Rights Law at...

Turning Point: Australia after the Voice referendum
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AO, Damien FreemanOctober 16, 2024

Listen to this recording of our thought-provoking CIS event that explored the complexities of Australian...

The Rise of Activist Corporations: How activism agendas subsumed shareholder primacy by Peter Swan
Peter Swan AOOctober 14, 2024

The Rise of Activist Corporations: How activism agendas subsumed shareholder primacy by Peter Swan AO...

North Korea: The Origins of Its Unique Family Dictatorship | Nicholas Eberstadt
Robert Forsyth, Nicholas Eberstadt October 10, 2024Liberalism in Question

In this eye-opening interview, Robert Forsyth sits down with Nicholas Eberstadt, a leading expert on...

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