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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

The Free Market Case Against Voluntary Student Unionism (But for Voluntary Student Representation)
Andrew NortonAugust 31, 2005IA62

Introducing ‘voluntary student unionism’ (VSU) into Australia’s universities would do two things: It would make...

Alliance: The View from America
Dan Blumenthal, Doug Bandow, Kurt Campbell, Peter BrookesAugust 25, 2005OP96

The Occasional Paper aims to ‘de-parochialise’ the debate in Australia by asking how Americans think...

The Costs of Taxation
Alex RobsonAugust 21, 2005PM68

Taxation generates various administrative, evasion, compliance and rent-seeking costs. The Australian Taxation Office employs over...

The Road to Work: Freeing Up the Labour Market
Kayoko TsumoriJuly 15, 2005PM64

This monograph outlines a framework for a more flexible, deregulated labour market which could strengthen...

Six Arguments in Favour of Self-Funding
Peter SaundersJuly 14, 2005IA61

This report is the second in a series of three titled ‘Restoring Self-Reliance in Welfare.’...

Clearing Muddy Waters: Why Vinnies are Wrong on Inequality
Peter SaundersJune 21, 2005IA60

The Vinnies researchers claim we are on a ‘headlong dash into the chasm of inequality’...

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What Is Marx’s ‘Conflict Theory’ Doing to Our Politics?
Claire Lehmann, Jeremy SammutJuly 26, 2018

‘Lehmann has garnered a global audience, is centre stage in the culture war and has...

A Conversation on Culture
John Howard OM AC, Tom SwitzerJuly 11, 2018

Conversation with former Prime Minister John Howard and CIS executive director Tom Switzer on the...

Sleepwalking into the future?
Peter HendyJune 28, 2018

Michael Stutchbury, editor-in-chief of the Australian Financial Review, launched at the CIS Peter Hendy’s Why...

Millennials and Socialism
Tom SwitzerJune 21, 2018

Tom Switzer on Millennials lurch to the left

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Ideas with Impact
Tom SwitzerJune 20, 2018

The CIS has been championing ideas for a better Australia for over 40 years. Help...

Life on the crossbench
David LeyonhjelmJune 5, 2018

Senator Leyonhjelm shared his thoughts about life on the crossbench and what makes him different...

Liberalism as fundamentalism
Robert Forsyth, Gordon MenziesFebruary 1, 2022Liberalism in Question
Rob and Gordon discuss issues arising from Gordon’s 2020 book Western Fundamentalism in which he...
Why liberalism is essential to the arts
Robert Forsyth, Simon Mordant AM AOJanuary 25, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob and Simon discuss how important liberalism is as philosophy of freedom and equality, despite...

Liberalism says No to the Voice to Parliament!
Robert Forsyth, Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOJanuary 18, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob and Warren discuss at length why Warren believes liberalism is good for indigenous Australians,...

Liberalism says Yes to the Voice to Parliament!
Robert Forsyth, Andrew BraggJanuary 11, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob and Andrew discuss some of the provocative ideas in his recent book Buraadja; The...

Liberalism is scepticism of power
Robert Forsyth, Chandran KukathasJanuary 4, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob and Chandran discuss Chandran’s journey from a young socialist to a thoughtful liberal. Chandran...

Liberalism needs conservatism too
Robert Forsyth, Hannes H. GissurarsonDecember 28, 2021Liberalism in Question

Rob and Hannes discuss everything from the pirate radio station he once ran to important...

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