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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.

John Howard: A Sense of Balance – Melbourne
John Howard OM AC, Tom SwitzerFebruary 24, 2023
CIS welcomes former PM John Howard to Melbourne to address his book A Sense of...
John Howard: A Sense of Balance – Brisbane
John Howard OM AC, Tom SwitzerFebruary 24, 2023
CIS welcomes former PM John Howard to Brisbane to address his book A Sense of...
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...

Self-inflicted challenges hit West on four fronts
Tom SwitzerDecember 14, 2022THE AUSTRALIAN

As 2022 draws to a close, most people will be glad to see the back...

Prudence and Power: The Writings of Owen Harries
Paul Kelly, Michael Easson, Sue Windybank, Tom SwitzerDecember 13, 2022
The eminent journalist Paul Kelly launches our new book Prudence and Power: the Writings of...
CIS 2022 Nanny State Awards
Steven SchwartzDecember 10, 2022SPECTATOR FLAT WHITE

This year’s highly un-coveted Nanny State Award was a tight contest, with a horde of...

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)...
Split feelings over ‘Help’
Arti SharmaNovember 21, 2006The Courier Mail

Last weekend, the Australian Catholic University in Melbourne was home to a National Forum on...

Aboriginal separatist policies must be dropped
Helen HughesNovember 20, 2006The Canberra Times

The Academy of Social Science is holding its annual symposium on social issues on the...

Aid no place for preaching pop stars
Helen HughesNovember 20, 2006The Australian

Young people are understandably concerned that 50 years into the most rapid improvements in living...

China: Death of the Dragon?
John LeeNovember 14, 2006The New Matilda

In his final press conference as Chinese Premier in March 2003, Zhu Rongji confidently declared...

States’ tax system is deficient
Robert CarlingNovember 8, 2006The Australian Financial Review

The recent focus of Commonwealth-state relations on policy coordination in pursuit of improved productivity and...

Why Guestworker Scheme is ‘Uneconomic’
Helen Hughes, Gaurav SodhiNovember 1, 2006Islands Business

Dr Wadan Narsey (Islands Business October 2006) insulted Australia by implying that its unwillingness to...

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