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Review of Higher Education Access and Outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
Helen Hughes, Sara HudsonNovember 18, 2011

Australia has a serious problem in low participation in higher education by students from low...

The Decade-long Binge: How Government Squandered Ten Years of Economic Prosperity
Luke MalpassNovember 17, 2011IA128

Politicians in New Zealand are wedded to the idea of the activist state, but despite...

Do Not Damage and Disturb: On Child Protection Failures and the Pressure on Out-of-Home Care in Australia
Jeremy SammutNovember 3, 2011PM122

This monograph shows that the rising size, cost, and complexity of the out-of-home care system...

Hands, Mouths and Minds: Three Perspectives on Population Growth and Living Standards
Stephen KirchnerNovember 1, 2011PM123

The long-run relationship between population growth and living standards has been a source of controversy...

Free-Trade Ferries: A Case for Competition
Alexander PhilipatosOctober 27, 2011IA127

Sydney needs a network of ferries that is able to cater to the city’s changing...

School Funding, Choice and Equity
Jennifer Buckingham OAMOctober 26, 2011IA126

School funding is plagued by inconsistencies and divisiveness. Its complexity has led to widespread misinformation...

NSW budget
First big policy test for NSW Labor is budget repair
Robert CarlingSeptember 17, 2023AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW

The NSW budget on September 19 will be the first big policy test of the...

degrowth
Degrowth proponents wrong to claim capitalism causes climate change
Simon Cowan, Gene TunnySeptember 9, 2023CANBERRA TIMES

Degrowth push to abandon capitalism, growth and innovation in the name of ecological purity would...

Uluru Statement voice to parliament 16x9
10 ways the Yes camp is twisting the truth on the Indigenous voice to parliament
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOAugust 30, 2023THE AUSTRALIAN

Chris Kenny’s piece “Busting eight myths of the No Campaign” in ­Inquirer last weekend read...

IGR
Opportunity abounds in IGR. Can Chalmers and political class grasp it?
Simon Cowan, Matthew TaylorAugust 26, 2023CANBERRA TIMES

In a political world obsessed with the ultra-short term, the 2023 Intergenerational Report (IGR) launched...

‘Greedflation’ myth hides real causes of inflation
Simon CowanAugust 12, 2023CANBERRA TIMES

With much fanfare this week, the ACTU initiated an “Inquiry into price gouging and unfair...

Why do Yes campaigners fear public debate?
Tom SwitzerAugust 7, 2023THE AUSTRALIAN

Allow me to do some self-promotion: the Sydney-based public-policy research organisation I head, the Centre...

On Liberty EP58 Indigenous truth-telling
Glenn Fahey, Anthony DillonJuly 8, 2021On Liberty

We welcome CIS contributor and Australian Catholic University academic, Dr Anthony Dillon. Writing in The...

Desert Voices | NAIDOC Week 2021
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, Mark Lockyer, Theresa Napurrurla Price, Dennis Roy Kunoth, Cecilia Alfonso, Bess Nungarrayi Price, Linda Hughes, Nicole Laughton, Nicholas Williams, David Price, Jennifer HubertJuly 6, 2021

For decades, the Centre for Independent Studies has been committed to the study of indigenous...

On Liberty EP57 A new dark age? Identity politics and the threat to civilization
Salvatore Babones, Peter BaldwinJune 30, 2021On Liberty

As Sydney starts another round of lockdown, we are pleased to say we will still...

Overcoming economic, cultural and strategic crises
Tom SwitzerJune 28, 2021

Executive Director, Tom Switzer highlights the achievements of CIS as the financial year draws to...

On Liberty EP56 Can Australia succeed in commercialising science?
Salvatore Babones, Bob GrahamJune 23, 2021On Liberty

Australia does a lot of great science, but has a poor record of translating that...

The State of our Economy
Tom SwitzerJune 19, 2021

Will Canberra’s historic spending blowout lead to an inflation surge, prompting higher interest rates? Where...

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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