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Freedom of speech is a crucial principle of a liberal democracy that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or legal sanction.

What’s happening to our live-and-let-live culture?
Peter KurtiJuly 12, 2019Ideas@TheCentre

Free speech is being closed down in the name of preventing ‘hate speech’; bonds of...

Israel Folau: Moral compass all askew as virtue is eclipsed by values
Peter KurtiJuly 6, 2019The Australian

Unease is growing in Australia that something has changed for the worse in our live-and-let-live...

Cherry-picking freedom
Monica WilkieJune 14, 2019Ideas@TheCentre

The AFP raids on the ABC and a News Corp journalist are alarming, but the...

Lib win to burst corporate virtue-signallers’ bubble
Jeremy SammutMay 29, 2019The Daily Telegraph

Election result should burst corporate virtue-signallers’ bubble. The Coalition’s unexpected victory wasn’t the only miracle...

Social media doesn’t equal votes
Monica WilkieMay 24, 2019Ideas@TheCentre

The impact of social media on politics is a contentious topic. Some argue social media...

Something amiss in live-and-let-live Australia
Peter KurtiMay 10, 2019AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW

Found guilty of a serious breach of his contract with Rugby Australia (RA), Israel Folau...

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...
Political legitimacy, harm protections and our freedoms
Paul TaylorNovember 10, 2025OP211
This article considers different concepts of ‘legitimacy’ and their contribution to understanding the difference between...
The rule of law, excessive regulation and free speech
Paul TaylorSeptember 11, 2025AP88

Foreword In the day that the 2024 parliamentary session concluded, more than 30 bills were...

The ties that bind. Reconciling value pluralism and national identity
Peter KurtiJune 12, 2025AP81

Executive summary Australia’s multicultural democracy is under increasing pressure, not only from economic uncertainty but...

Fractured Loyalties. Australian citizenship and the crisis of civic virtue
Peter KurtiMarch 6, 2025AP79

Can citizenship survive the end of tolerance? One of the principal tenets of a secular...

The Rise of Activist Corporations: How activism agendas subsumed shareholder primacy
Peter Swan AOSeptember 26, 2024OP202
Australian companies have been shifting from a purely shareholder focus to a much vaguer, less...
It’s judgment day: time for unis to kick politics off campus
Steven SchwartzJanuary 29, 2026THE AUSTRALIAN
The problem is not academic freedom itself. The problem is that universities have forgotten what...
Hanson’s burqa antics dodges hard questions on multiculturalism
Peter KurtiNovember 27, 2025AFR

Eight years after her first burqa stunt, Pauline Hanson pulled it out of the wardrobe...

Tolerance ends where darkest hatred begins
Peter KurtiNovember 12, 2025DAILY TELEGRAPH

Tolerance is often treated as an unqualified virtue. But even virtues have limits. When men...

Lattouf judgment evidence of an ABC that has badly lost its way
Tom SwitzerJune 26, 2025DAILY TELEGRAPH

The Federal Court’s judgment in favour of journalist Antoinette Lattouf represents not just humiliation for...

When hatred finds a home in our institutions
Peter KurtiJune 12, 2025SPECTATOR

I recently watched the documentary October 8, a searing and distressing film about the aftermath...

When it feels like Australia is falling apart, hard truths can bring us back
Peter KurtiJune 12, 2025DAILY TELEGRAPH

Faced with violent protests, rising antisemitism and growing cultural division, Australians are entitled to ask...

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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...

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