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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

Are We All Keynesians Again?
Robert CarlingFebruary 12, 2009IA106

The unfolding global economic debacle has led many governments, including our own, to reach into...

Fixing Prices: Why Vouchers Won’t Work While Governments Set Fees
Andrew NortonFebruary 11, 2009IA105

In December 2008, the federal government received the Review of Australian Higher Education: Final Report,...

Radical Surgery: The Only Cure for New South Wales Hospitals
Wolfgang KasperJanuary 27, 2009PM91

NSW public hospitals are plagued by massive systemic failures, as diagnosed in the Garling report....

Beyond Symbolism: Finding a Place for Local Government in Australia’s Constitution
Oliver Marc HartwichJanuary 22, 2009IA104

Local governments could provide better services, like schools and fast development approvals if they received...

A Streak of Hypocrisy: Reactions to the Global Financial Crisis and Generational Debt
Jeremy SammutDecember 15, 2008PM90

This paper examines the policy challenges associated with the ageing of the Australian population through...

Harmacy: The Political Economy of Community Pharmacy in Australia
David GadielDecember 10, 2008PM89

The regulatory environment that governs community pharmacy has created one of Australia’s most protected industries....

Loss for education before polls closed
November 15, 2001The Canberra Times

Even before the polling booths closed on 10 November, the higher education interest groups had...

The next battle is against tribalism: Nation building will not succeed in post-Taliban Afghanistan
Helen HughesNovember 15, 2001The Australian

Nomadic tribes have been at war in Afghanistan, among themselves and with their neighbours,  since...

Central control dilutes quality
November 14, 2001The Australian

The recent Senate report, Universities in Crisis, declared that our universities are experiencing an ‘unmistakable...

In defence of traditional liberalism
Greg LindsayNovember 14, 2001The Independant

Recently in The Australian Financial Review a left-wing economist – for reasons difficult to fathom...

How ‘liberal’ is the Liberal Party?
Peter SaundersNovember 14, 2001ABC Radio

Last weekend, Australians re-elected John Howard’s Liberal Party for a third term in government. It...

Happiness, Kylie-style
Steven SchwartzOctober 26, 2001The Age

Just in case any of you are finding the world a little hard-to-bear at the...

Q&A Australia’s Urban Water Challenge Rebecca Gill
May 17, 2011
The CIS at 35
May 11, 2011
Rebecca Gill – Australia’s Urban Water Challenge: A Drought of Ideas
May 2, 2011
Rebecca Gill – Australia’s Urban Water Challenge: A Drought of Ideas
May 2, 2011
Jeremy Sammut – Q&A
April 22, 2011
Jeremy Sammut – Billions of Dollars and Thousands of Hours: The Great Medicare Misspend
April 14, 2011
How loss of cheap energy pressures wage system | The Stutchbury Sessions
Michael StutchburyNovember 27, 2025

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Dark Forces at Work? Sir Frank Lowy on the Return of Antisemitism | The Stutchbury Sessions
Michael StutchburyOctober 10, 2025Liberalism in Question

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Iron, Ideas, and Abundance: Supply Side Mistakes and Lessons | The Stutchbury Sessions
Michael StutchburySeptember 26, 2025

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Why Australians Vote for Big Government | The Stutchbury Sessions
Michael StutchburySeptember 19, 2025

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Our Prosperity is Slipping Away | The Stutchbury Sessions
Michael StutchburySeptember 16, 2025

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Protests, Polarisation and Immigration | The Stutchbury Sessions
Michael StutchburySeptember 15, 2025

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