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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

How! Not How Much: Medicare Spending and Health Resource Allocation in Australia
Jeremy SammutMarch 16, 2011PM114

This report traces the evolution of Australian health policy and its consequences across half a...

Tax, Borrow, Spend: How the States Compare
Robert CarlingFebruary 17, 2011IA124

This report evaluates and compares the recent performance of the six Australian states in fiscal...

The Multi-layered Hayek
Oliver Marc HartwichDecember 22, 2010OP122

Friedrich August von Hayek was one of the intellectual giants of the 20th century. His...

Reconciling Modernity and Tradition in a Liberal Society
Chandran KukathasDecember 21, 2010OP121

Many modern liberals have been eager to tout the virtues of diversity, but many have...

Europe’s Painful Farewell: An Essay on the Decline of the Old World
Oliver Marc HartwichDecember 16, 2010IA123

Europe is a continent in crisis. The financial problems of many European economies became visible...

Constitutional Conservatism
Peter BerkowitzDecember 15, 2010OP119

In The Centre for Independent Studies’ annual Acton Lecture on Religion and Freedom, Hoover Institution...

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After Ukraine, America must get creative
July 4, 2022THE NATIONAL INTEREST

“The process of coming to grips with one’s limits is never easy,” Henry Kissinger once...

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Can Labor move past the blame game and govern the country?
Simon CowanJuly 2, 2022CANBERRA TIMES

The period immediately following an election is about as good as it gets for a...

Christianity waning but majority still religious
Peter KurtiJune 30, 2022DAILY TELEGRAPH

Pastafarians around Australia — who belong to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster —...

Linking pay to performance the best way to help teachers
Glenn FaheyJune 26, 2022DAILY TELEGRAPH

Repeated strikes over pay undermine teachers’ work and prove unions are tin-eared on the need...

Liberals have regressed to big government
June 23, 2022Financial Review

Liberals once stood for a smaller state, popular capitalism and a sensible approach to public...

We’re about to pay the price for lazy policy with inflation
Simon CowanJune 18, 2022The Canberra Times

The Fair Work Commission (FWC) wage decision — and the government’s response to it —...

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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