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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

Nationality
Lord ActonDecember 1, 1997OP63

Is the nation state the best form of political organisation? Should a country’s borders be...

A Tribute to the Modest Member: Bert Kelly
Ray EvansJune 1, 1997OP60

Bert Kelly was for many years a lone parliamentary campaigner for free market ideas and...

State of the Nation: Statistical Indicators of Australia’s Well-being (1997)
Lucy Sullivan, Barry Maley, Michael WarbyApril 1, 1997SP01

Australia today is very different from the Australia of 100 years ago, or 50 years...

Markets, Morals and Community
October 1, 1996OP59

Few people today doubt the market’s contribution to prosperity, but still there are powerful intellectual...

The Boundaries of Life’s Responsibilities- Community and Nation in a Global Environment
Gary SturgessJuly 1, 1996OP57

Globalisation means increasing international influence on domestic life. Australians are selling and buying more on...

Home Repairs: Building Stronger Families to Resist Social Decay
Barry Maley, Lucy SullivanFebruary 5, 1996PF13

A mood of discontent afflicts societies throughout the Western world. Despite their successes, some social...

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Heritage laws have been weaponised against Indigenous progress
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOAugust 29, 2024THE AUSTRALIAN

At the 2024 Garma Festival, ­Anthony Albanese stated that he saw economic development as the...

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Lifting NAPLAN results: what happens in the classroom matters most
Trisha JhaAugust 16, 2024EDUCATIONHQ

Every year, the national release of NAPLAN results triggers a barrage of commentary and soul-searching...

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The unfortunate rise of ‘stakeholder capitalism’
Simon CowanJuly 27, 2024CANBERRA TIMES

The bitterness that has infected the US presidential race has not declined since the Democratic...

Democracy is better off with policy think tanks
July 26, 2024SPECTATOR FLAT WHITE

In case you missed it media attention recently focused on a US think tank and...

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Sceptical public pulling the plug on corporate virtue-signalling
July 22, 2024THE AUSTRALIAN

There was a time when creating jobs, and creating wealth, and keeping consumers happy was...

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Coalition’s half-baked supermarket policies will have you paying more
Simon CowanJuly 13, 2024CANBERRA TIMES

Last week the Coalition announced they would introduce “sector-specific divestiture powers as a last resort...

‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
December 18, 2015
CIS 2015 End Of Year Wrap
December 16, 2015
Breaking the Adoption Taboo
November 12, 2015
Should a Baker be Forced to Bake Cakes for Same Sex Weddings?
November 10, 2015
Senator George Brandis – National Security
November 9, 2015
The New Science of Ageing & Wellness
October 12, 2015
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