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Energy moralising denies reality of human progress
The Hon Dr Gary JohnsOctober 26, 2022THE AUSTRALIAN

I received my Origin electricity account recently. No surprises — a big fat tariff —...

Queensland: renewable one day, not feasible the next
The Hon Dr Gary JohnsOctober 13, 2022SPECTATOR AUSTRALIA

There are numerous intelligent ways to respond to the risk of climate change. Setting costly...

Lindsay Society Launch in Melbourne
Greg Lindsay AOOctober 10, 2022
CIS invites you to join us in Melbourne for the launch of our Lindsay Society...
A remarkable 70-year reign
Tom SwitzerSeptember 9, 2022

Like so many people across the globe, we at CIS pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth...

A Sense of Balance Book Launch
John Howard OM AC, Ticky FullertonSeptember 8, 2022
We welcomed former Prime Minister John Howard OM AC for the launch of his book...
John Howard: A Sense of Balance
John Howard OM AC, Ticky FullertonAugust 16, 2022
CIS welcomes former PM John Howard to launch his new book A Sense of Balance...
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)...
Just one value will do fine – live and let live
Peter SaundersSeptember 20, 2006The Newcastle Herald

The current debate over citizenship and ‘Australian values’ makes me wish our political leaders had...

The causes of upheavals in the Solomon Islands
Helen HughesSeptember 15, 2006The Australian

Trouble in Timor Leste (one million) and the Solomons (450,000) is not coincidental, It has...

Who’s paying all their tax?
Phil RennieSeptember 14, 2006The Dominion Post

Nobody likes paying tax, but for a large number of people it’s now an inconvenience...

Trying harder to keep families together
September 8, 2006The Herald Sun

A pat on the back for John Howard, whose government has now published its plans...

Seasonal migration is not a solution
Gaurav SodhiSeptember 8, 2006The Canberra Times

The World Bank recently joined a growing list of organisations putting pressure on the Government...

Setting readers to rights
August 31, 2006The Australian

In 1997, federal, state and territory education ministers agreed that “every child commencing school from...

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