• 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.

Loss for education before polls closed
November 15, 2001The Canberra Times

Even before the polling booths closed on 10 November, the higher education interest groups had...

The next battle is against tribalism: Nation building will not succeed in post-Taliban Afghanistan
Helen HughesNovember 15, 2001The Australian

Nomadic tribes have been at war in Afghanistan, among themselves and with their neighbours,  since...

Central control dilutes quality
November 14, 2001The Australian

The recent Senate report, Universities in Crisis, declared that our universities are experiencing an ‘unmistakable...

In defence of traditional liberalism
Greg LindsayNovember 14, 2001The Independant

Recently in The Australian Financial Review a left-wing economist – for reasons difficult to fathom...

How ‘liberal’ is the Liberal Party?
Peter SaundersNovember 14, 2001ABC Radio

Last weekend, Australians re-elected John Howard’s Liberal Party for a third term in government. It...

Happiness, Kylie-style
Steven SchwartzOctober 26, 2001The Age

Just in case any of you are finding the world a little hard-to-bear at the...

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