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In Conversation with Marian L. Tupy
Marian L. TupyApril 16, 2026OP103

Introduction This publication covers edited extracts from three Marian L Tupy presentations as 2026 Max...

After Bondi: What must the Royal Commission achieve
Josh Frydenberg, Lorraine Finlay, Ronald Sackville AO KC, Peter KurtiApril 9, 2026OP213

Foreword On Tuesday 31 March 2026, the Centre for Independent Studies hosted a forum at...

Humankind and the infinite resource base
Marian L. TupyApril 2, 2026OP212

This paper examines the human ability to expand our resource base into infinity. Given human...

The Legislative Fantasy. Hate Speech, Culture, and Institutional Failure
Dimitri BurshteinMarch 26, 2026AP103

Foreword The Bondi Beach attack of 14 December 2025 forced a reckoning that many Australians...

Generation Trapped. Housing, handouts, and the collapse of young Australians’ life satisfaction
Parnell Palme McGuinnessMarch 19, 2026RR52

Executive summary Over the past several decades, Australian society has undergone profound economic, social, and...

Why We Should Not Increase Capital Gains Tax
Robert CarlingMarch 11, 2026PP64
Debate about capital gains tax rarely occurs in isolation. It typically emerges during periods of...
More inscrutable than the Chinese
Stephen KirchnerFebruary 19, 2010The Australian

On September 24 last year, the Foreign Investment Review Board’s Patrick Colmer rose to speak...

Politicians no friends to home borrowers
Stephen KirchnerFebruary 19, 2010

Dr Stephen Kirchner is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Independent Studies.

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Mr Swan’s preoccupation with superannuation
Robert CarlingFebruary 19, 2010Online Opinion

When public opinion is whipped into a stampede, facts, balance and perspective sometimes get trampled....

Irrational Medicare system delivers inverse health care
Jeremy SammutFebruary 19, 2010

The Age Daily Telegraph Dr Jeremy Sammut is a Research Fellow at the Centre for...

Nuclear’s global renaissance
Oliver Marc HartwichFebruary 19, 2010

Dr Oliver Marc Hartwich is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Independent Studies.

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Confronting Beijing’s new bipolar reality
John LeeFebruary 18, 2010The Washington Times

Several years before his historic visit to China in 1972, Richard Nixon articulated what was...

The CSIRO report that proves coal is cheaper than renewables | Zoe Hilton
Zoe HiltonAugust 8, 2025
Breaking news! The CSIRO just admitted that electricity from coal is cheaper than renewables. So...
Why India’s Democracy Doesn’t Make Sense to Western Experts | Salvatore Babones
Salvatore Babones, Tom SwitzerJuly 31, 2025

India maintains the world’s largest democracy with 75 years of continuous constitutional rule – yet...

How to vandalise savings: the new superannuation tax | Robert Carling
Robert CarlingJuly 25, 2025

Australia’s new superannuation tax will target balances over $3 million. Yet, what seems like a...

National Identity vs Moral Diversity: Can Australia Hold Together? | Peter Kurti & Jude Blik
Peter Kurti, Jude BlikJuly 24, 2025

When Peter Kurti published “The Ties That Bind: Reconciling Value Pluralism and National Identity in...

The Journalist, the Jew and an Argument About Identity | Tim Franks
Tom SwitzerJuly 9, 2025

Since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks, Israel’s war in Gaza and escalating regional tensions...

Evidence vs Ideology: Why the Science of Learning Matters?
Doctor Carl Hendrick, Doctor Simon Breakspear, Glenn FaheyJune 26, 2025

As Australian student outcomes decline and education inequality persists, a growing movement is challenging the...

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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