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CIS is guided by the philosophy of global free markets and individual responsibility. Our economic policy research centres on ideas for continuing reform that will strengthen Australia’s economic independence and prosperity, and challenge the over-reach of big government.

Child Care and the Labour Supply
Jennifer Buckingham OAMJuly 23, 2008IA97

Child care is said to be a public good because it supposedly has developmental and...

House of Representatives Standing Committee on Employment and Workplace Relations Inquiry 2008
Kayoko Tsumori, Peter SaundersJuly 11, 2008
A Whiff of Compassion? The Attack on Mutual Obligation
Peter SaundersJune 10, 2008IA96

Mutual obligation requires people receiving welfare benefits to undertake a prescribed activity or forfeit some...

KiwiSaver or KiwiSucker? A Critical View
Phil RennieMay 7, 2008IA94

The promised benefits of KiwiSaver do not match the high cost of the taxpayer subsidies....

The False Promise of GP Super Clinics: Part 1: Preventive Care
Jeremy SammutMay 6, 2008PM84

Dr Jeremy Sammut examines the evidence for preventive care programs to help make the Medicare...

State Tax Reform: Progress and Prospects
Robert CarlingMarch 10, 2008PM82

This paper analyses the state taxation issues in further detail. After reviewing various reform options,...

Subsidies, safety nets and stagnation: Australia’s new economic model
Michael StutchburyApril 11, 2026AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW
Protecting one industry imposes a burden on the competitive sectors that actually prop up our...
The mental health system may be making us sicker
Steven SchwartzApril 6, 2026CANBERRA TIMES

Australia has a mental health crisis, but not the one we think. Despite decades of...

Housing negative gearing tax
Reducing the discount would likely not have any lasting impact in lowering house prices
Robert Carling, Michael StutchburyMarch 21, 2026CANBERRA TIMES

Anyone watching the smoke signals from Canberra knows that moves are afoot to try and...

Alarm bells ringing on more interest rate pain
Michael StutchburyMarch 18, 2026DAILY TELEGRAPH
Australians were losing faith that the combination of Labor’s economic policies and the RBA monetary...
Labor’s capital gains tax myths need busting
Robert CarlingMarch 11, 2026DAILY TELEGRAPH

Labor has long held an axe over the capital gains tax 50% discount and negative...

Measuring affordability in time, not dollars paints a different inflation picture
Marian L. TupyMarch 9, 2026CANBERRA TIMES

Even before new Middle East conflict sparked concern about petrol prices, Australia’s latest CPI release...

Populate and perish? Oliver Hartwich and Jessica Brown
September 28, 2010
Tax Reform – Lateline Business 3 March 2010 -Robert Carling
March 4, 2010
Submission to Senate Inquiry into Illegal Tobacco Crisis in Australia
Michael StutchburyJanuary 15, 2026
The federal government should pause increases in tobacco excise to weaken the profit of the...
Submission to Senate Education and Employment References Committee
Michael Wu October 22, 2025CIS

Despite good intentions, Australia’s Early Childhood Education and Care system has expanded well beyond its...

Submission to Productivity Commission’s Investing in cheaper, cleaner energy and the net zero transformation Interim Report
September 15, 2025

The Productivity Commission’s statement that careful emissions reduction policy design will enable gains in productivity...

Submission to Heritage NSW
Peter TulipJuly 18, 2025CIS

This submission argues that NSW’s heritage legislation has serious flaws. In particular, costs of listing...

Submission to Victorian Legislative Council Select Committee Inquiry
Peter TulipMay 5, 2025CIS

Victoria Planning Provisions Amendments VC257, VC267 and VC274: Submission to Victorian Legislative Council Select Committee...

Submission to the Inquiry into financial regulation and home ownership
Peter TulipOctober 15, 2024
Regulation of the financial system is needed to protect depositors and avoid financial crises. However,...
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