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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.

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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)...
Charities must support rules
Peter SaundersAugust 28, 2006The Australian

The federal Government and the welfare lobby have fallen out yet again over the way...

Funding system is broken
August 28, 2006The Age

The annual release of the Good Universities Guide, with its estimates of how much each...

Australia’s water works
Roger BateAugust 23, 2006The Wall Street Journal

As much of Asia struggles with water shortages, Australia’s agricultural sector is thriving, despite its...

We lead the world on water
August 17, 2006The Courier Mail

Queensland’s water plan is similar to plans in other arid parts of the world. But...

Fees don’t dictate uni choices
August 14, 2006The Age

Labor’s higher education policy contains much that is new, but one proposal is a return...

Self-interest skyrockets in spoilt nation
Gaurav SodhiAugust 11, 2006The Courier Mail

The Reserve Bank’s latest interest rate rise has been particularly revealing. Not only has it...

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