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At times, issues of international or national importance do not fit under the Economics, Education, Indigenous and Foreign Affairs programs. The publications and commentary related to non-program issues can be found here, as well as work from past programs such as Health and Aging.

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...
Lindsay Society Melbourne Launch: address by Anthony Adair
Anthony AdairNovember 16, 2022CIS

Thank you for inviting me to say a few words at the Melbourne launch of...

2022 CIS Members Christmas Soirée
Steven Schwartz, Tom SwitzerNovember 15, 2022
Thank you for your generous support throughout 2022. In recognition, CIS invites its members to...
Prudence and Power: the Writings of Owen Harries
Paul Kelly, Michael Easson, Sue Windybank, Tom SwitzerNovember 13, 2022
CIS welcomes eminent journalist Paul Kelly to launch the recent book Prudence and Power: the...
On Liberty EP103 Migrant communities in Australia
Ms Melissa Monteiro, Glenn FaheyNovember 9, 2022On Liberty
Guest host Glenn Fahey returns to discuss challenges facing new immigrants to Australia with Melissa...
Partisan games stir up the divided states of America
Tom SwitzerNovember 8, 2022THE AUSTRALIAN

US midterm elections are always a vote of confidence in incumbents, and this year’s midterms...

2025 Neville Kennard Address: The Dire Plight of the Mainstream Right
Andrew NeilOctober 27, 2025OP210

This is an edited version of the speech given to the 2025 CIS Consilium event...

2025 John Bonython Lecture: The Axis of Autocracy – New World Disorder
Andrew NeilOctober 16, 2025OP209
Far from it being the end of history, the story of this century so far...
Events, Dear Boy. Any Government Can Be Derailed
Tom SwitzerAugust 11, 2025OP207

Foreword After an election result as sobering as May 3, 2025, there is a temptation...

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Liberalism applied? Policy shifts in the transition from Chifley to Menzies
Tom SwitzerNovember 16, 2023MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Tom Switzer’s chapter in The Menzies Watershed: Liberalism, Anti-communism, Continuities 1943–1954 (Melbourne University Press) Introduction...

Bonds of belonging – renewing democracy in an atomised age
Professor Adrian PabstJune 1, 2023OP196

Introduction Liberal democracy is under threat from tech platforms, identity politics, and hostile foreign powers...

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Defining Democracy Down: Political Judicialisation, Judicial Politicisation
Helen DaleJuly 21, 2022PP46
The overruling of Roe v Wade by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS)...
Consumers, not government, conduct the Australian economy
Simon CowanFebruary 11, 2023CANBERRA TIMES

In recent weeks, as debate has raged over Treasurer Jim Chalmers Monthly essay on capitalism...

Wong’s gruel of postcolonial guilt
Peter KurtiFebruary 9, 2023SPECTATOR

No country has a spotless past. Countries such as Great Britain, that disengaged from their...

Focus needs to be on more high quality teaching
Glenn FaheyFebruary 6, 2023DAILY TELEGRAPH

All too predictably, the NSW state election could become the latest education bidding war —...

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Indigenous Voice to Parliament vote at risk due to bad faith
Simon CowanJanuary 28, 2023CANBERRA TIMES

For a project supposedly based in a call for goodwill and respect, the Indigenous Voice...

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Annoy the Woke Left, Celebrate Australia Day
Tom SwitzerJanuary 25, 2023WALL STREET JOURNAL

Americans are familiar with the woke left: noisy activists who feel the need to rewrite...

Australian schools are failing
Why Australian schools are failing
Glenn FaheyJanuary 23, 2023FINANCIAL REVIEW

A new Productivity Commission report confirms what’s long been known: Australian schools are failing on...

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