• Opinion

Opinion pieces written by CIS researchers on current issues in their area of expertise are published in major media, adding creditable debate to conversations of national importance.

Threshold issues for a tax system that creates jobs
Peter SaundersNovember 30, 2001The Australian Financial Review

An important debate is taking place in Australia about the future of welfare, taxation and...

What’s fair about defining disadvantage?
November 30, 2001Melbourne University Campus Review

Under draft policies, for the first time a ‘low SES’ classification would deliver significant benefits...

What future exists for Afghanistan? Any solution must address the drug trade and the plight of women
Helen HughesNovember 30, 2001The Australian Financial Review

The lands of central Asia have a sorry history of warfare, dating back to the...

Report card for schools
Jennifer Buckingham OAMNovember 30, 2001

For school funding fetishists who just happen to have eight or 10 hours to spare,...

Why multicultural Australia is less welcome
Helen HughesNovember 29, 2001The Age

Now that the electorate has shown resounding support for a principled approach to asylum seekers,...

Set our unis free
November 21, 2001The Australian

It takes some imagination to describe Australia’s universities as showing ‘clear indications of market failure’,...

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