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Are New Zealanders Paying Too Much Tax?
Phil RennieMay 15, 2006IA71

The ever increasing tax burden has become a heated issue in New Zealand. At the...

Family Relationship Centres: Why We Don’t Need Them
Arti SharmaApril 12, 2006IA70

The Australian government is proposing a substantial package of reforms to the family law system....

Annals of Aid: Vanuatu and The United States Millenium Challenge Corporation
Helen HughesApril 5, 2006IA69

Vanuatu, with a population of 200,000, is a medium sized Pacific state that became independent...

The Ethic of Respect: A Leftwing Cause
Frank FieldMarch 9, 2006OP102

Frank Field argues that nineteenth century Christianity bequeathed us a “rich deposit of ethical values”,...

Farewell to Liberty, Equality and Fraternity: Is the Left still on the Left?
Dirk Maxeiner, Michael MierschMarch 3, 2006OP103

In this Occasional Paper translated by Wolfgang Kasper, two German analysts, Dirk Maxeiner and Michael...

Sensory Order and Economic Order: The links between human cognition and economic freedom in Hayek’s thought
Julie NovakMarch 1, 2006OP101

While Friedrich August von Hayek’s name will forever remain associated with economics, his original scholarly...

The threats from inflation are real and we can’t be complacent
Simon CowanJanuary 16, 2023CANBERRA TIMES

It’s remarkable how quickly we have become blasé about high inflation. Last week’s week’s announcement...

Indigenous Australians have shown for decades why they don’t need an enshrined Voice
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOJanuary 10, 2023SKY NEWS

The discussion on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament (the Voice) has...

We must be more tolerant
Peter KurtiJanuary 10, 2023DAILY TELEGRAPH

The past year has been one of growing intolerance towards people of faith, with one...

History shows price caps just don’t work
Robert CarlingDecember 28, 2022DAILY TELEGRAPH

This month marks 50 years since the “it’s time” election of the Whitlam Labor government....

Self-inflicted challenges hit West on four fronts
Tom SwitzerDecember 14, 2022THE AUSTRALIAN

As 2022 draws to a close, most people will be glad to see the back...

CIS 2022 Nanny State Awards
Steven SchwartzDecember 10, 2022SPECTATOR FLAT WHITE

This year’s highly un-coveted Nanny State Award was a tight contest, with a horde of...

Is educational success key to the wealth of nations?
Glenn Fahey, Eric HanushekSeptember 14, 2021

Australia’s economy is suffering from slow productivity growth and stagnant wages, partly caused by a...

On Liberty EP67 Was Federation a bad idea?
William Coleman, Tom SwitzerSeptember 8, 2021On Liberty

We talked to William Coleman, Reader at the Research School of Economics at ANU. He...

Accepting the Inevitable: COVID-Zero is a utopian fantasy
Chris Uhlmann, Tom SwitzerSeptember 2, 2021

In response to the emergence of the Delta variant, Australia’s experience of the coronavirus pandemic...

On Liberty EP66 Royal commissions and public inquiries in Australia
Salvatore Babones, Scott PrasserSeptember 1, 2021On Liberty

We talked to Scott Prasser, senior policy advisor and CIS scholar. In his recent book,...

Woke ‘sense and sensibilities’ replace reason and logic
Glenn Fahey, Claire Fox, Tanveer AhmedAugust 27, 2021

Schools and universities have become preoccupied with cushioning students’ experiences, rather than challenging them. The...

Cancel culture erases history and fuels social division!
Anjali NadaradjaneAugust 26, 2021

Today, our way of life is endangered by a toxic totalitarian threat. A growing, malignant...

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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