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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

Tax Reform to Make Work Pay
Peter SaundersMay 29, 2004PM62

We are paying more tax than ever before. Australia’s tax burden is higher than in...

Rendering Unto Caesar. New Challenges for Church and State
Samuel GreggMay 18, 2004OP90

In considering contemporary trends shaping church-state relations, Samuel Gregg suggests that two paradoxical developments are...

State of the Nation: An Agenda for Change 2004
Jennifer Buckingham OAMMay 5, 2004SP06

This book is now in its fourth edition. It offers independent views on Australia’s progress...

The Taxation of Shared Family Incomes
Terry DwyerApril 29, 2004PM61

Terry Dwyer’s paper makes a compelling case for recognising family income sharing for tax purposes,...

The Long Eye of the Law Closed Circuit Television, Crime Prevention and Civil Liberties
Caspar CondeApril 14, 2004IA48

Australian police are being asked to do more with less. More criminals, new laws, new...

Why We Must Reform the Disability Support Pension
Peter SaundersApril 6, 2004IA47

There has been a big increase in people claiming the Disability Support Pension (DSP) although...

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Heritage laws have been weaponised against Indigenous progress
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOAugust 29, 2024THE AUSTRALIAN

At the 2024 Garma Festival, ­Anthony Albanese stated that he saw economic development as the...

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Lifting NAPLAN results: what happens in the classroom matters most
Trisha JhaAugust 16, 2024EDUCATIONHQ

Every year, the national release of NAPLAN results triggers a barrage of commentary and soul-searching...

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The unfortunate rise of ‘stakeholder capitalism’
Simon CowanJuly 27, 2024CANBERRA TIMES

The bitterness that has infected the US presidential race has not declined since the Democratic...

Democracy is better off with policy think tanks
Andrew BlythJuly 26, 2024SPECTATOR FLAT WHITE

In case you missed it media attention recently focused on a US think tank and...

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Sceptical public pulling the plug on corporate virtue-signalling
Tom SwitzerJuly 22, 2024THE AUSTRALIAN

There was a time when creating jobs, and creating wealth, and keeping consumers happy was...

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Coalition’s half-baked supermarket policies will have you paying more
Simon CowanJuly 13, 2024CANBERRA TIMES

Last week the Coalition announced they would introduce “sector-specific divestiture powers as a last resort...

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...

Shaping the NSW Budget
Dominic PerrottetMay 30, 2018

As Treasurer, Dominic Perrottet is focused on financial discipline and making better use of the...

The audacity of Xi Jinping
Rowan Callick, Tom SwitzerMay 18, 2018

Xi Jinping seeks to entrench his legitimacy as unchallengeable ruler for the next decade or...

Australia’s miracle economy
Peter Costello, Simon CowanMay 14, 2018

Peter Costello delivered 12 budgets — 10 of them surpluses — and when he left...

Australia’s Energy Debate
Audrey ZibelmanApril 24, 2018

Ms Zibelman leads AEMO, the independent gas and electricity system and market operator in Australia,...

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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