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• Culture, Prosperity & Civil Society

This program defends and promotes the traditional values and principles of a free and liberal democratic society and open economy in Australia.

In a related area of research we investigate the place of religion in society.

Mark Leach on the Erosion of Australian Values Copy
Robert ForsythSeptember 9, 2025
In this episode of Liberalism in Question, host Robert Forsyth engages in a thought-provoking discussion...
Dave Rubin Brisbane – Don’t Burn This World Tour
Dave Rubin, Andrew NeilSeptember 5, 2025
Don’t miss Dave Rubin in Brisbane on Oct 27 as he returns to Australia with...
Dave Rubin Sydney – Don’t Burn This World Tour
Dave Rubin, John AndersonSeptember 5, 2025
Don’t miss Dave Rubin in Sydney on Oct 21 as he returns to Australia with...
Prison
Don’t let death become an easy way out for criminals
Peter KurtiSeptember 3, 2025DAILY TELEGRAPH
Hume’s death raises serious questions. Not just about his rights, but about ours. About the...
Dave Rubin Melbourne – Don’t Burn This World Tour
Dave RubinAugust 28, 2025
Don’t miss Dave Rubin in Melbourne on Oct 18 as he returns to Australia with...
Democracy’s Silent Guardian: Education | Trisha Jha
Robert Forsyth, Trisha JhaAugust 20, 2025

In this episode, Rob sits down with Trisha Jha, a policy analyst at the Centre...

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...

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...

Overcoming Enmity and Restoring Tolerance. Antisemitism’s challenge for the civic compact
Damien FreemanFebruary 5, 2026AP99

Foreword When the Book of Genesis speaks of enmity between the serpent and the descendants...

Progressive Intolerance. The contemporary antisemitism landscape in Australia
Philip MendesJanuary 22, 2026AP98
The evidence is comprehensive and damning. From universities to trade unions, from civil society organisations...
Reframing an Ancient Hatred: the intersection of left-wing antisemitism and anti-Zionism
Julie ClaridgeDecember 11, 2025AP97
Anti-Zionism has evolved to create a further mutation of antisemitism, cloaking bias and discrimination in...
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...

Modern perils in a lucky country
Jennifer Buckingham OAMAugust 31, 2001The Daily Telegraph

What is the state of our nation? For the most part, Australians are better off...

Sorry, we’re not a soft target
Helen HughesAugust 29, 2001The Australian

Church and other refugee support groups are absolutely right.  The plight of the boat people...

Tax system that’s stifling the family
Michael DuffyAugust 25, 2001The Daily Telegraph

Everyone knows the family is in trouble these days, but what is not widely recognised...

Laissez faire not fair for all
Steven SchwartzJune 27, 2001The Australian

In a spirited defence of sacked Wollongong University academic Ted Steele, Brian Martin (HES, April...

Communism is dead, but there’s life yet in socialism
Vaclav KlausJune 1, 2001The Australian

Ten years ago I accepted as the title of The John Bonython Lecture I was...

One on one with Brendan O’Neill
January 22, 2012
Images of Liberty & Power with Dr Davd Hart
January 14, 2012
Images of Liberty & Power with Dr Davd Hart
January 14, 2012
One on one with David Coltart
December 19, 2011
Pragmatism vs. Ideology
December 1, 2011
Pragmatism vs. Ideology
December 1, 2011
Submission to the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor (INSLM)
Peter KurtiSeptember 25, 2025

Submission to the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor (INSLM) Review of the definition of a...

Submission to the Senate Inquiry on Information Integrity
Michael StutchburySeptember 12, 2025

On behalf of the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS), we are pleased to provide the...

Submission to the Senate Economics References Committee Inquiry into Personal Choice and Community Impacts 2015
August 11, 2015

The CIS submission into the Senate Economics References Committee Inquiry proposed two tightly targeted areas...

Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee on the value of a justice reinvestment approach to criminal justice in Australia
Sara HudsonNovember 17, 2013

To address the underlying causes of Indigenous offending, we need to focus on education and...

Submission to Native Title Leading Practice Agreements Discussion Paper 2010
Helen Hughes, Mark Hughes, Sara HudsonNovember 30, 2010

The Native Title process is only one of the processes returning land to traditional owners....

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