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CIS research into school funding aims to ensure that the taxpayers’ money is spent wisely and on policy and initiatives that provide genuine education outcomes for students and the wider Australian community.

School funding: Parents want better spending — not more money
Glenn FaheyNovember 21, 2019The Daily Telegraph

Wouldn’t it be nice to see education policy reflect what parents — not trade unionists...

Parental school choice in Australia
Glenn Fahey, Fiona Mueller, Dallas McInerney, Michael Nuttall, Dianne GiblinNovember 20, 2019

The CIS education program focuses on School Choice and School Funding among its key areas...

What Do Parents Want From Schools?
Glenn FaheyNovember 20, 2019PP26

Educational freedom and proper use of resources are both crucial in producing the best outcomes...

Outcomes-based school funding easier said than done
Glenn FaheyOctober 25, 2019Ideas@TheCentre

There’s good reason to support government rhetoric about becoming more ‘outcomes-driven’. Who doesn’t want “an...

Blinded by the money
Lukas OpacicSeptember 27, 2019Ideas@TheCentre

The Solomon Islands recently decided to ditch its diplomatic recognition of Taiwan in favour of...

Hey big spender, spend a little time on VET
Glenn FaheySeptember 22, 2019The Canberra Times

Australia’s education system is far from underfunded. But vocational education and training (VET) has been...

ATAR changes
ATAR’s rising relevance: admission standards and completion rates
Rob JosephFebruary 27, 2023AP44

Join us on Wednesday, 27 March, as we welcome Sarah Powell to CIS to discuss...

Dollars and Sense: Time for smart reform of Australian school funding
Glenn FaheyDecember 1, 2020RR40

Australia is among the world’s highest-spending countries on schooling. Yet, the educational return on this...

What Do Parents Want From Schools?
Glenn FaheyNovember 20, 2019PP26

Educational freedom and proper use of resources are both crucial in producing the best outcomes...

Inquiry into measurement and outcome-based funding in New South Wales schools
Glenn FaheyAugust 31, 2019

The Portfolio Committee on Education in the NSW Legislative Council has set up an inquiry...

Overcoming the Odds: A study of Australia’s top-performing disadvantaged schools
Blaise JosephMarch 18, 2019RR39

Students from disadvantaged social backgrounds perform worse on average academically than more advantaged students. This...

What the Gonski 2 Review got wrong
Jennifer Buckingham OAM, Blaise JosephJune 17, 2018PP6

The Gonski 2 Review into Australian schools failed to fulfill its terms of reference to...

Confessions of an Industrial Relations Club reporter
Michael StutchburyNovember 21, 2025AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW
A half-century on from stagflation, outdated workplace rules and union monopolies remain the biggest barrier...
Australian money
Double the debt and half the fiscal clues
Robert CarlingNovember 21, 2025DAILY TELEGRAPH
The Labor government’s early surpluses now look like a flash in the pan and the...
A good budget means setting some rules and adhering to them
Robert Carling, Simon CowanNovember 15, 2025CANBERRA TIMES
There is a long history of fiscal rules, but the overall record is patchy, with...
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...

SUPER WARS
Productivity Commission piles in to Labor’s schizophrenic war on big business
Michael StutchburyNovember 7, 2025AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW

Industry Minister Tim Ayres rightly says that Australia is in competition for global capital as...

The hard truth: why the government should let this smelter fail
Simon CowanNovember 1, 2025CANBERRA TIMES
If Tomago meets the criteria for a taxpayer bailout, then so do thousands of other...
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Productivity Commission Inquiry Into Introducing Competition and Informed User Choice into Human Services: Submission in response to issues paper
Trisha JhaJuly 1, 2016CIS Submission

The Human Services Inquiry is ‘examining policy options in the human services sector that incorporate...

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