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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 taxation of shared family incomes
Terry DwyerApril 1, 2004PM61

The amount of individual income tax we pay depends on two things—marginal tax rates and...

Lies, Damned Lies and the Senate Poverty Inquiry Report
Peter SaundersApril 1, 2004IA46

A recent Senate Report claims that ‘poverty’ in Australia is widespread and has been getting...

Sweet and Sour Pork Barrelling: The Case of Queensland Sugar
Alex RobsonMarch 25, 2004IA45

The Queensland sugar industry is once again pleading for government assistance. Cane farmers claim they...

The Tax Wilderness – How to Restore the Rule of Law
Geoffrey de Quincey WalkerMarch 18, 2004PM60

The importance of Geoffrey Walker’s paper is that it shows the price we are paying...

Divorce Law and the Future of Marriage
Barry MaleyMarch 2, 2004PM58

No-fault divorce law has precipitated marital instability in Australia, discouraging people from marrying, staying together,...

Who pays the lion’s share of personal income tax?
Sinclair DavidsonMarch 1, 2004PM63

In the fourth in a series of short Policy Monographs which aims to consider various...

Change the date but celebrate the day
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOJanuary 24, 2024AFR

Last year Australians gave a very clear message, resoundingly rejecting the Albanese Voice and ignoring...

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What does and doesn’t work when it comes to maths anxiety?
Glenn FaheyJanuary 24, 2024ABC

Rising levels of ‘maths anxiety’ should worry educators and policymakers. But misinformation about the issue...

maths anxiety
How maths anxiety could be holding you back
David C. GearyJanuary 23, 2024CANBERRA TIMES

The mathematical competencies of students have a long-term influence on their employability and wages in...

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Alarm bells ringing on the waterfront (again)
Andrew BlythJanuary 20, 2024SPECTATOR FLAT WHITE

In the throes of a four-month waterfront dispute featuring the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union...

Don’t worry, the supermarkets have not been taken over by woke activists
Simon CowanJanuary 13, 2024CANBERRA TIMES

Woolworths Group has announced it will not stock Australia Day merchandise ahead of January 26,...

civics education, education, howard, australia, policy
Make civics education great again
Andrew BlythJanuary 11, 2024SPECTATOR - FLAT WHITE

The unveiling of the 2003 Howard Government Cabinet records last week is more than...

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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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