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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

The Age Old Problem of Old Age: Fixing the Pension
Simon Cowan, Matthew TaylorMay 3, 2015

In this TARGET 30 Research Report CIS modelling shows that reforming the pension could deliver...

What are We Fighting For? Islamism and the Threat to Liberal Ideas
David KilcullenMay 3, 2015OP140

Counterinsurgency expert and military strategist Dr David Kilcullen delivered The Centre for Independent Studies’ 2014...

Fatal Shore or Land of Opportunity?
Andrew Tink, David Hunt, Michael PembrokeMay 3, 2015OP139

This volume brings together two presentations and the introductions from an event hosted by the...

Towards a more competitive Medicare: The case for deregulating medical fees and co-payments in Australia
David GadielMay 3, 2015Research Report 1

GPs have been willing to bulk bill for over 80% of GP consultations, but where...

Right or Rort? Dissecting Australia’s Tax Concessions
Robert CarlingMay 3, 2015Research Report 2

While action is needed to correct structural budget deficits, the criticism of tax concessions has...

The rise of China’s imperial president
Kerry Brown, Peter Cai, Benjamin HerscovitchApril 13, 2015

Chinese President Xi Jinping has emerged as the Middle Kingdom’s most powerful strongman since paramount...

Time to reconsider our US ties
Owen HarriesSeptember 10, 2001The Australian Financial Review

You win one, you lose one. Immediately after coming out of the Tampa affair well...

Equity and the costs of learning
Jennifer Buckingham OAMAugust 31, 2001The Daily Telegraph

Once again the knives have come out over school funding. But what is the real...

Modern perils in a lucky country
Jennifer Buckingham OAMAugust 31, 2001The Daily Telegraph

What is the state of our nation? For the most part, Australians are better off...

Sorry, we’re not a soft target
Helen HughesAugust 29, 2001The Australian

Church and other refugee support groups are absolutely right.  The plight of the boat people...

Tax system that’s stifling the family
Michael DuffyAugust 25, 2001The Daily Telegraph

Everyone knows the family is in trouble these days, but what is not widely recognised...

Business should go back to moral basics
Samuel GreggAugust 14, 2001The Australian Financial Review

In recent years, stakeholder theory has established itself as orthodoxy within much corporate management practice....

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...

Old buildings and the housing crisis with Peter Tulip
Peter TulipMarch 4, 2026

Peter Tulip explains how several states have recently overhauled their planning legislation. However, the flaws...

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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“I’m the the expert in me” —the value of individual freedom
Robert Forsyth, Emilie DyeOctober 13, 2022Liberalism in Question

“I’m the the expert in me” —the value of individual freedom. In this discussion we...

The power of choice that makes society better—even if it not appreciated
Tom Switzer, Robert ForsythOctober 6, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob sits down the Centre for Independent Studies executive director Tom Switzer. Tom discusses with...

What’s needed to revive liberalism; ideas and a spine
Ruth Richardson, Robert ForsythSeptember 29, 2022Liberalism in Question

A fierce reformer for liberalism, Ruth Richardson is asked whether the ship of reforming liberalism...

Liberalism needs moral vision not just economics
Robert Forsyth, Nick CaterFebruary 8, 2022Liberalism in Question
Rob and Nick discuss the liberalism of Robert Menzies for whom the independence of the...

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