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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.’...

Are there any good arguments against cutting income taxes?
Sinclair DavidsonJuly 1, 2005PM69

The 2005 federal budget caused a storm of protest from the Labor Party, the trade...

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’...

A Headlong Dash into the Chasm of Hyperbole
Peter SaundersJune 8, 2005IA59

The paper’s rhetoric is unsupportable. It warns of a return to a 19th century minimal...

Nanny State no substitute for parental responsibility
Jeremy SammutOctober 28, 2008Online Opinion

According to Professor Fiona Stanley’s ‘Risking our Kids’, which aired on the ABC recently, the...

Plight of Chinese peasants could worsen
John LeeOctober 25, 2008The Strait Times

With the current financial crisis spreading throughout the world, most economists believe more than ever...

Bailing-Out or Crowding-Out?
Stephen KirchnerOctober 22, 2008

Losses on subprime-related debt instruments have resulted in a liquidity crisis becoming a solvency crisis...

Out with the Outstations?
Sara HudsonOctober 19, 2008Sunday Territorian

After thirty years, it finally seems the Northern Territory government is acknowledging the failures of...

Fiscal stimulus plan has missed opportunities for long term reform
Stephen KirchnerOctober 15, 2008The Wall Street Journal

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has just unveiled a fiscal stimulus plan worth 10.4 billion...

Rudd’s political handout culture will be mugged by the economic reality
Jeremy SammutOctober 15, 2008The Australian Financial Review

Late last week it looked like the Prime Minister may have made the first of...

Antisemitism Is Not a Jewish Problem, It’s an Australian Problem | Frydenberg, Finlay & Sackville
Peter Kurti, Michael Stutchbury, Josh Frydenberg, Lorraine Finlay, Ronald Sackville AO KCApril 10, 2026

Michael Stutchbury, Executive Director of the Centre for Independent Studies, opens this panel discussion with...

Australia’s Hate Speech Failure | Dimitri Burshtein
Dimitri BurshteinMarch 31, 2026

The tragic events at Bondi Beach on 14 December 2025 expose a deepening crisis in...

Behind Every Great Teacher Is a Great System | David Didau, Jenny Donovan & Trisha Jha
Trisha Jha, David Didau, Jenny DonovanMarch 20, 2026

David Didau — education consultant, teacher trainer, and author of Making Kids Cleverer and Intelligent...

Housing, handouts, and the Collapse of the Australian Dream
Parnell McGuinnessMarch 19, 2026

Over the past several decades, Australian society has undergone profound economic, social, and cultural change....

“The 50% discount is unfair” and other CGT myths | Robert Carling & Michael Stutchbury
Robert Carling, Michael StutchburyMarch 11, 2026

The criticisms and characterization of the 50% capital gains tax discount over many years have...

The Case for Optimism: More People, More Ideas, More Wealth | Marian Tupy
Marian L. Tupy, Michael StutchburyMarch 6, 2026

Marian Tupy — editor of HumanProgress.org, senior fellow at the Cato Institute, and co-author of...

Ron Manners on the Power of Individualism
Robert Forsyth, Ron Manners AONovember 7, 2024Liberalism in Question

In this episode of Liberalism in Question, we are joined by Australian businessman, entrepreneur, and...

The Sexual Revolution & the Role of Families in a Liberal Democracy | Mary Eberstadt
Robert Forsyth, Mary EberstadtOctober 24, 2024Liberalism in Question

In this compelling interview, Robert Forsyth engages in a deep conversation with Mary Eberstadt, acclaimed...

The Tension Between Freedom, Liberty, and Responsibility | David Kinley
Robert ForsythOctober 22, 2024Liberalism in Question

In this episode of Liberalism in Question, David Kinley, Chair of Human Rights Law at...

Turning Point: Australia after the Voice referendum
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AO, Damien FreemanOctober 16, 2024

Listen to this recording of our thought-provoking CIS event that explored the complexities of Australian...

The Rise of Activist Corporations: How activism agendas subsumed shareholder primacy by Peter Swan
Peter Swan AOOctober 14, 2024

The Rise of Activist Corporations: How activism agendas subsumed shareholder primacy by Peter Swan AO...

North Korea: The Origins of Its Unique Family Dictatorship | Nicholas Eberstadt
Robert Forsyth, Nicholas Eberstadt October 10, 2024Liberalism in Question

In this eye-opening interview, Robert Forsyth sits down with Nicholas Eberstadt, a leading expert on...

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