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Five Out of Ten: A Performance Report on the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI)
Gaurav SodhiJanuary 31, 2008IA92

The Solomon Islands, with a population of 500,000, is the third-largest state in the Pacific....

What are Low Ability Workers To Do When Unskilled Jobs Disappear? Part 1
Peter SaundersDecember 6, 2007IA91

Part 1: Why More Education and Training Isn’t the Answer Employers are reporting shortages of...

Why is Australia So Much Richer than New Zealand?
Phil RennieDecember 4, 2007IA90

Australians are a third richer than New Zealanders. Per capita GDP (adjusted for purchasing power...

Milton Friedman: A Tribute
Maurice NewmanDecember 4, 2007OP106

Nobel-Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman died in late 2006. In March 2007, the CIS hosted a...

Exploring a Carbon Tax for Australia
John HumphreysNovember 6, 2007PM80

It is not a foregone conclusion that we need a carbon trading scheme or a...

Child Care: Who Benefits?
Jennifer Buckingham OAMOctober 24, 2007IA89

Arguments for the public funding of child care rest on the claim that it is...

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On Liberty EP3 ‘Social’ interactions during lockdown
Salvatore Babones, Monica WilkieApril 16, 2020On Liberty

Salvatore Babones speaks with CIS Policy Analyst Monica Wilkie. Monica writes on free speech, freedom...

On Liberty EP2 Managing the aftermath of coronavirus
Salvatore Babones, Alexander DownerApril 9, 2020On Liberty

Salvatore Babones spoke with Alexander Downer, Australia’s longest-serving foreign minister and chairman of The UK...

On Liberty EP1 The morality of Australia’s response to Covid-19
Salvatore Babones, Peter KurtiApril 2, 2020On Liberty

Salvatore Babones spoke with Peter Kurti, who directs the Culture, Prosperity & Civil Society program...

Update from Executive Director Tom Switzer
March 25, 2020

The COVID-19 coronavirus is having a significant impact on the lives of all Australians. During...

The End of Pax Americana?
Doug BandowFebruary 26, 2020

For the past seventy or so years, the United States of America has been the...

Don’t waste trillions on BAD Climate Policy
Bjorn LomborgFebruary 24, 2020

Global warming is a problem that we should tackle… smartly. But climate change will not...

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