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Reflecting Back: John Howard and Alexander Downer on Power, Alliances and Australia
John Howard OM AC, Tony Parkinson, Alexander Downer, Michael StutchburyFebruary 5, 2026
Drawing on their experience during the Howard government, Alexander Downer and former Prime Minister John...
NEXT50 Series: Strengthening Australia with Angus Taylor
Angus Taylor, Michael StutchburyJanuary 16, 2026
Join us on Monday, 16 February at CIS for a lunch forum with Angus Taylor...
Alexander Downer: Leadership Between Allies and the Region
Alexander Downer, Michael Stutchbury, Tony ParkinsonDecember 12, 2025
Join us for the book launch of A Step to the Right: The Life and...
2025 CIS Members Christmas Soireé
October 29, 2025
CIS invites you to celebrate the festive season with fellow CIS members!...
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...
Early Childhood Intervention: Assessing the evidence
Trisha JhaSeptember 20, 2016Research Report 19

Early childhood interventions are programs that aim to improve a child’s development trajectory over the...

The Battle of Ideas: can the beliefs that feed terrorism be changed?
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Denis Dragovic, Tanveer Ahmed, Peter KurtiSeptember 19, 2016OP149

Defeating violent Islamic extremism has been a high priority for all western countries, including Australia,...

The Limits of Australian Anti-discrimination Law
Helen AndrewsAugust 3, 2016Research Report 17

Anti-discrimination law has existed in Australia for only fifty years, and yet in that comparatively...

The High Court, Democracy and Same Sex Marriage
Barry MaleyJuly 19, 2016OP147

The High Court in 2013 overturned the understanding of marriage in the Marriage Act 1961...

Investor-State Arbitration and the Rule of Law: Debunking the Myths
Patrick CarvalhoApril 13, 2016Research Report 13

Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) is a legal provision in international agreements that enables foreign investors...

The myths of the generational bargain
Simon CowanMarch 1, 2016Research Report 10

There has been a marked growth in pension cost and cohort. The percentage of people...

Stop the churning to extend direct benefits
Peter SaundersJanuary 30, 2007The Australian

WHAT kind of welfare state should Australia have in 30 years? If the trends of...

Howard a social democrat in disguise
January 29, 2007The Courier Mail

In his first speech to Parliament as Opposition Leader, Kevin Rudd compared John Howard's government...

Why China first wooed then jilted Kiribati
Sue WindybankJanuary 29, 2007The Canberra Times

The news that a Chinese missile shot down an old satellite has made headlines around...

Furore over private-school fees is just a distraction
Jennifer Buckingham OAMJanuary 20, 2007The Australian Financial Review

A couple of times each year, there is a lot of fuss about increases in...

Law must be upheld by all sides
Kirsten StorryJanuary 17, 2007The Australian

FIFTEEN years after the royal commission, the appalling handling of the death in custody of...

Tofu terror added to list of reasons to be fearful
Peter SaundersJanuary 17, 2007The Sydney Morning Herald

This has been a good week for hypochondriacs. Two new reports have been published warning...

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