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Superseding MMP: Real Electoral Reform for New Zealand

Luke MalpassMarch 16, 2010PM109

After 13 years of Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) representation, Prime Minister John Key has said...

The Unfinished Business of Australian Income Tax Reform

Robert CarlingMarch 10, 2010PM108

Tax reform is once again squarely on the Australian policy agenda, with the review of...

Indigenous Employment, Unemployment and Labour Force Participation: Facts for Evidence Based Policies

Helen HughesFebruary 10, 2010PM107

More than 300,000 Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders—60% of those identifying as Indigenous—are in the...

Shooting the Messenger: The Ban on Short Selling

John M. Green, Stephen Kirchner, Robert BianchiFebruary 1, 2010PF19

In September 2008, governments around the world instituted bans on the short sale of equity...

Behind the Moral Curtain: The Politics of a Charter of Rights

Elise ParhamFebruary 1, 2010PM106

In September 2009, the National Human Rights Consultation recommended that the federal government draft and...

Closing the Accountability Gap: The First Step Towards Better Indigenous Health

Sara HudsonDecember 3, 2009PM105

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s pledge to ‘Close the Gap’ between Indigenous and non-Indigenous health outcomes...

Democracy’s Dark Shadow

George WeigelOctober 24, 2000The Australian Financial Review

The collapse of communist regimes in east central Europe in the revolution of 1989, followed...

Why Think-Tanks Are Here to Stay

Greg LindsayOctober 20, 2000The Age

Pamela Bone's backhanded compliment to the success of The Centre for Independent Studies and the...

Spending More on Healthcare is Good For You

Steven SchwartzOctober 19, 2000The Australian

Australian healthcare spending has increased in real terms every year since Medicare was introduced. Rationing,...

Homework Needed on School Funding

Jennifer Buckingham OAMOctober 13, 2000The Newcastle Herald

The fracas over federal government school funding documented by the media in the past few...

Trading Phobias: Governments, NGOs and Globalisation

Anne KruegerOctober 11, 2000The Australian Financial Review

Almost any dispassionate analysis of the evolution of the world economy will find that...

Staying in the Dark on School Performance

Alison RichOctober 5, 2000The Sydney Morning Herald

There is a movement in Australian education for increased assessment and accountability. Assessment and reporting...

Grounded Liberty: Liberalism’s Moral Roots | Michael Bird

Robert ForsythJune 18, 2025

Robert Forsyth interviews Dr. Michael Bird, who reflects on the relationship between liberalism and Christianity....

The science of learning will set students free | Glenn Fahey

Robert Forsyth, Glenn FaheyJune 13, 2025

Robert Forsyth interviews Glenn Fahey, director of the education program at the Centre for Independent...

In Defence of Jordan Peterson | Rohan McHugh

Robert ForsythJune 4, 2025

Robert Forsyth speaks with Rohan McHugh, who contends that the liberal tradition’s “contest of ideas”...

The Incoming Executive Director of CIS: Michael Stutchbury

June 3, 2025

The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Stutchbury...

Robert ForsythMay 21, 2025

In this episode, we delve into the controversial world of the Intellectual Dark Web (IDW)...

Free Trade vs Tariffs: Jobs, Security, and the Cost of Living

Trisha JhaMay 14, 2025

Leading economists, historians, and policy experts delve into the complex world of tariffs, free trade,...