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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.

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...

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Generation Left: young voters are deserting the right
Matthew TaylorJune 29, 2023RR46
This report investigates the extent to which age is a factor in determining a first...
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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...

Cohort of losers: generational burden of government Covid response
Gigi FosterJune 13, 2023AP49
In the Covid era, many policies were defended on the basis that they would help...
Housing is becoming a pipe dream for young Australians
Emilie DyeFebruary 6, 2024IA149
Housing affordability remains one of Australia’s clearest — and most frequently cited — examples of...
bracket creep
Bracket creep hits young Australians hardest
Matthew Taylor, Emilie DyeNovember 9, 2023IA148
For those on lower incomes, even a small increase in nominal income leads to a...
RR46 youth voters
Generation Left: young voters are deserting the right
Matthew TaylorJune 29, 2023RR46
This report investigates the extent to which age is a factor in determining a first...
Cohort of losers: generational burden of government Covid response
Gigi FosterJune 13, 2023AP49
In the Covid era, many policies were defended on the basis that they would help...
millennial entrepreneurship
Risky Business: Why millennials are scared off entrepreneurship
Mikayla NovakMarch 30, 2023PP50
This paper outlines the barriers to millennial entrepreneurship and proposes solutions for younger generations to...
Generation Next: Unleashing youth aspiration and upward mobility
Mikayla NovakNovember 2, 2022RR44
Growing concerns have been expressed about the economic fortunes of young Australians. One of the...
Liberals must stop treating women, professionals, young people as the disposables
Trisha JhaMay 5, 2025AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW
A frequent error is the assumption that to appeal to these demographics, Liberals must change...
Authoritarian bans on AI won’t work
Emilie DyeFebruary 1, 2025SPECTATOR FLAT WHITE

Artificial intelligence is evolving at an unprecedented pace, raising urgent questions about its impact on...

Banning under 16s? Maybe we could try literally any less draconian measure first
Simon Cowan, Emilie DyeNovember 30, 2024CANBERRA TIMES
Australia has become the first country in the world to attempt banning social media for...
Aged care deal a small step to fairer system for young workers
Emilie DyeSeptember 2, 2024AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW

The move toward greater self-sufficiency from aged care recipients is a commendable, albeit incomplete, step...

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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...

Why centre-right parties are failing Gen Z, millennial litmus test
Tom SwitzerAugust 3, 2023THE AUSTRALIAN

Political failures are combining with increasingly progressive younger generations to present a clear danger for...

What is behind the push toward corporate activism? | Simon Cowan and Emilie Dye
Emilie Dye, Simon CowanSeptember 4, 2024

CIS Researchers Simon Cowan and Emilie Dye discuss in detail the findings from their survey...

Why do companies go woke?
Emilie Dye, Randall EvansJuly 25, 2024

The Centre for Independent Studies commissiomed a survey to find out what Australians really think...

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...

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Tom SwitzerJune 12, 2024

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Bracket Creep Explained: The hidden tax cutting into your earnings
Emilie Dye, Randall EvansDecember 12, 2023

Bracket Creep Explained: The hidden tax cutting into your earnings. Bracket creep chips away at...

On Liberty EP104 The Intergenerational challenge
Matthew Taylor, Salvatore BabonesNovember 23, 2022On Liberty
On the final On Liberty for 2022, Salvatore Babones returns to discuss the new CIS...
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