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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.

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...
Alcohol Policy and the Politics of Moral Panic
Luke MalpassMay 26, 2011PM118

Liquor reform has become a political hot potato in New Zealand. Social problems caused by...

The Multi-layered Hayek
Oliver Marc HartwichDecember 22, 2010OP122

Friedrich August von Hayek was one of the intellectual giants of the 20th century. His...

Constitutional Conservatism
Peter BerkowitzDecember 15, 2010OP119

In The Centre for Independent Studies’ annual Acton Lecture on Religion and Freedom, Hoover Institution...

Empires on the Edge of Chaos: The Nasty Fiscal Arithmetic of Imperial Decline
Niall FergusonDecember 14, 2010OP118

In the 26th John Bonython lecture, Niall Ferguson, one of the world’s leading geo-economic thinkers...

Private Housing on Indigenous Lands
Helen Hughes, Mark Hughes, Sara HudsonNovember 17, 2010PM113

Almost 20% of Australia and almost 50% of the Northern Territory are Indigenous lands. Yet...

Populate and Perish? Modelling Australia’s Demographic Future
Oliver Marc HartwichOctober 7, 2010PM112

Although population growth has been one of the most hotly debated topics in recent months,...

Polies teach us to pick our own pockets
Peter SaundersJune 2, 2006The Age

Victorian families, rejoice! As a result of John Brumby’s latest budget, all parents in the...

For decision on childcare mum’s (or dad’s) the word
Peter SaundersJune 1, 2006The Canberra Times

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has found that one-third of children in formal child care...

Structural problems unresolved
Peter SaundersMay 11, 2006The Australian Financial Review

It was a strange budget. The Treasurer addressed almost every concern that critics had expressed...

Pokie principle a winner
Peter SaundersMay 9, 2006The Australian

Australia contains one-third of 1 per cent of the world’s population. But it contains something...

We think, therefore we evolve
Greg Lindsay AOMay 8, 2006The Australian Financial Review

You’d be amazed at the range of think tanks that now exist worldwide. Take just...

NSW Transport misses the bus by sinking the ferry
May 7, 2006
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