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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 Open Front Door Tourism, Border Control and National Security
William MaleyJanuary 14, 2004IA42

Terrorists could easily exploit a serious weakness in Australia’s border protection regime. While the Howard...

Boys’ Education – Research & Rhetoric
Jennifer Buckingham OAMJanuary 1, 2004OP89

There is significant evidence that boys have been experiencing educational disadvantage. In this paper, Jennifer...

Poor Laws (3) How to Reform the Award System and Create More Jobs
Kayoko TsumoriNovember 10, 2003IA41

Despite the hype about enterprise bargaining and the individualisation of employment arrangements since the early...

Christian Morality and Market Capitalism. Friends or Foes?
Ian HarperOctober 21, 2003OP87

In the 5th Annual CIS Acton Lecture on Religion & Freedom, Ian Harper explores the...

How To Reduce Long Term Unemployment
Peter SaundersSeptember 11, 2003IA40

More than half the people claiming unemployment allowances in Australia have been on benefits for...

Reforming Divorce Law
Barry MaleySeptember 1, 2003IA39

Marriage has evolved from a relatively stable bond to a highly uncertain one. High divorce...

Our education system is underperfoming but there could be a chance to fix that
Glenn FaheyFebruary 19, 2024CANBERRA TIMES

Canberra’s parents — and taxpayers — must wake up to the inconvenient truth that its...

Jim Chalmers. treasurer, economics, tax, stage three tax cuts
Chalmers is doing a fantastic job … at ignoring the dire outlook
Tom SwitzerFebruary 13, 2024SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

Chalmers is doing a fantastic job … at ignoring the dire outlook. We are only...

Australian sporting crowds on the money – again
Andrew BlythFebruary 12, 2024ONLINEOPINION.COM.AU

Australians’ passion for sport is as intense as their eagerness to express opinions on politicians...

Tax surrender
Labor’s tax backflip all the easier against an opposition with no spine
Simon CowanFebruary 10, 2024CANBERRA TIMES

Labor’s tax backflip all the easier against an opposition with no spine. This week’s news...

Major tax reform needed to overcome bracket creep
Robert CarlingFebruary 8, 2024DAILY TELEGRAPH

Major tax reform needed to overcome bracket creep. The Albanese government’s backflip over the shape...

Don’t blame the COVID pandemic for truancy
Glenn FaheyFebruary 8, 2024AFR

Don’t blame the COVID pandemic for truancy. Sliding attendance of Australia’s school students is a...

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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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