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The Intergenerational program will focus on research aimed at improving the economic stability and mobility of young Australians and looking at removing the barriers to their prosperity and progress.

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Sceptical public pulling the plug on corporate virtue-signalling
Tom SwitzerJuly 22, 2024THE AUSTRALIAN

There was a time when creating jobs, and creating wealth, and keeping consumers happy was...

The case against corporate slacktivism | Street Interviews
Emilie Dye, Randall EvansJuly 18, 2024

Intergenerational Policy Analyst Emilie Dye takes to the street to find out what Australians think...

Business Means Business. Why Corporates Should Avoid Social Activism
Simon Cowan, Emilie DyeJuly 18, 2024AP72
Senior management should be concerned they are putting their companies at risk of reputational harm...
Virtue Signalling vs Shareholder Values
Tom Switzer, Emilie Dye, Simon CowanJuly 1, 2024
Join Tom Switzer, Simon Cowan & Emilie Dye in Sydney on July 23 or in...
Virtue Signalling vs Shareholder Values – Hobart
Tom Switzer, Simon Cowan, Emilie DyeJuly 1, 2024
Join Tom Switzer, Simon Cowan & Emilie Dye in Hobart on July 24 for a...
Virtue Signalling vs Shareholder Values – Sydney
Tom Switzer, Simon Cowan, Emilie DyeJuly 1, 2024
Join Tom Switzer, Simon Cowan & Emilie Dye in Sydney on July 23 for a...
Millennials and Super: the case for voluntary superannuation
Simon CowanMay 28, 2019PP20
As a result of house prices increases, it has become much harder to save for...
The Coming Crisis of Medicare: What the Intergenerational Reports should say, but don’t, about health and ageing
Jeremy SammutNovember 1, 2007PM79

Economic growth is not going to generate the revenue we need to provide the health...

Facts of life are conservative, but younger voters are lurching left
Tom SwitzerJuly 6, 2023AFR

Margaret Thatcher said the facts of life are Conservative. Even Labor icons Bob Hawke and...

The Coalition can create generational voting change by tackling housing affordability
Simon CowanJuly 3, 2023CANBERRA TIMES

Australia’s centre-right political movement is in trouble. This may have seemed obvious from the fact...

Coalition can’t bypass Gen Z, millennial challenge
Matthew TaylorJune 29, 2023THE AUSTRALIAN

Despite having been in office for 20 of the last 27 years, predictions of the...

Covid policies policy
Covid-era policies cost young people $116bn
Gigi FosterJune 18, 2023AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW

Our policymakers have yet to apologise for or even recognise the scale of the damage...

Why we need to track intergenerational school performance
Matthew TaylorFebruary 16, 2023THE CONVERSATION

The notion of the ‘fair go’ is meant to be central to Australia’s national ethos....

Intergenerational Report: Pensioners hold the cards in the surplus equation
Matthew TaylorMarch 5, 2015Business Spectator

The latest Intergenerational Report sends a clear message to policymakers that the nation can no...

Housing, handouts, and the Collapse of the Australian Dream
Parnell McGuinnessMarch 19, 2026

Over the past several decades, Australian society has undergone profound economic, social, and cultural change....

Angus Taylor at CIS: Economic Reform, Immigration, and Australia’s Cost of Living Crisis
Angus Taylor, Michael StutchburyFebruary 19, 2026

Speaking at his first address outside Canberra since being elected Leader of the Opposition by...

If freedom doesn’t work in real life, it doesn’t work at all | Parnell Palme McGuinness
Parnell McGuinnessOctober 31, 2025

At CIS, we’ve always stood for rigorous, evidence-based research that challenges orthodoxy and speaks truth...

Trump, TikTok, and the new face of global power | Senator James Paterson & Emilie Dye
Emilie Dye, James Paterson, Randall EvansJanuary 21, 2025

Emilie Dye sits down with Senator James Paterson, Shadow Minister for Home Affairs and Cybersecurity,...

Australia has declared war on social media | Emilie Dye & Tom Switzer
Emilie Dye, Tom Switzer, Randall EvansNovember 28, 2024

The Australian government has abandoned its “misinformation” law, a major victory for free speech. This...

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The Coming Global Depopulation
Nicholas Eberstadt October 13, 2024
What could plunging birth rates mean for Australia?...
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