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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...

Diminishing Democracy: The Threat Posed by Political Expenditure Laws
Andrew NortonJuly 31, 2009IA114

Electoral law reforms nearing a Senate vote risk making political activists inadvertent lawbreakers, deterring financial...

New Inquiry — Remote Community Stores in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Communities 2009
Sara HudsonJuly 29, 2009

Communities in the Northern Territory and in other native title areas need to have private...

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...

Emissions Tax: The Least Worst Option
Luke MalpassJuly 16, 2009IA113

Following warnings from mainstream scientists, politicians around the world have rushed to implement a range...

Energy pain in Spain should ring alarm bells in Australia
May 2, 2025THE AUSTRALIAN

On 16 April, Spain achieved an electricity landmark: 100% renewable energy penetration. Twelve days later,...

‘More affordable housing’ actually makes a large cohort of voters very angry
Simon CowanApril 19, 2025CANBERRA TIMES
Actual solutions would involve negotiating with state and local government to change the policy settings...
Housing negative gearing tax
The $5b move that could smash house prices
Peter TulipApril 15, 2025AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW
The housing policy promises from the major parties both offer assistance for housing supply, but...
The only thing America liberated itself from was prosperity
Simon CowanApril 5, 2025CANBERRA TIMES
For a policy that is being promoted as good for US businesses, it sure seems...
Old pastime of redistribution, regulation, reckless spending returns
March 31, 2025AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW
If you’re wondering why this election campaign does not have a clear frontrunner, the lack...
The tax cut that will only buy you a coffee
Robert CarlingMarch 27, 2025AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW
The Labor government appears to have chosen a cut confined to the lowest rate so...
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