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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

Supping with the Devil : Government Contracts and the Non-Profit Sector
Peter SaundersAugust 9, 2009PF16

There was a time when it was easy to look at the formal organisations in...

Why Public Hospitals Are Overcrowded: Ten Points for Policymakers
Jeremy SammutAugust 1, 2009PM99

Beside the perennial and serious problem of ever-lengthening waiting lists for elective surgery, major public...

Fiscal Rules for Limited Government: Reforming Australia’s Fiscal Responsibility Legislation
Robert CarlingJuly 28, 2009PM98

Australia needs new fiscal responsibility legislation to ensure that fiscal policy is subject to the...

Schools of Thought: A Collection of Articles on Education
Jennifer Buckingham OAMJuly 1, 2009SP10

Over the last decade, schools policy in Australia has undergone significant changes. Jennifer Buckingham has...

Will China Fail: The Limits and Contradictions of Market Socialism 2nd Edition
John LeeMay 28, 2009PM96

Debates about China have been overloaded by the burden of interests rather than investigation, by...

Breaking the Cycle of Family Joblessness
May 5, 2009PM95

Despite Australia coming off the back of a remarkable economic boom and enjoying historically low...

Authoritarian bans on AI won’t work
February 1, 2025SPECTATOR FLAT WHITE

Artificial intelligence is evolving at an unprecedented pace, raising urgent questions about its impact on...

Freedom, not more red tape, will save universities
Steven SchwartzJanuary 30, 2025AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW

Senator Tony Sheldon, Chair of the Senate’s Education and Employment Committee, is seeking an inquiry...

Blame bigger government for falling living standards
January 28, 2025AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW
Many people roll their eyes at the mention of the word, but productivity matters. Simply...
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Make large-scale reforms to super or leave it alone
Simon CowanJanuary 25, 2025CANBERRA TIMES

The Treasurer’s announcement that the government remains committed to its terrible super tax changes is...

Civic virtue or vice
Peter KurtiJanuary 23, 2025THE SPECTATOR

As the sun rises on national Australia Day celebrations, it will hardly dispel the long...

Why I’m standing up to AEMO’s Integrated System Plan
January 22, 2025Energy News Bulletin

It is crucial in a public policy debate to maintain a civil discourse that engages...

Mark Fitzgibbon – Health Innovation
October 1, 2015
We need breakthroughs in how we deliver health
September 30, 2015
We need a new education remedy: Charter Schools
August 31, 2015
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