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Political Upheaval: Why Nothing is Permanent
Tom SwitzerJuly 10, 2025
Please join us as Tom Switzer and Michael Stutchbury explore why “nothing is certain in...
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My cancer diagnosis was terrifying, but there are more reasons than ever to stay positive
Tom SwitzerJune 11, 2025SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

The video released this week by Prue Car, announcing that she is facing her second...

The Incoming Executive Director of CIS: Michael Stutchbury
June 3, 2025

The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Stutchbury...

Has the US alliance distorted Australia’s defence plans?
Sam Roggeveen, Aidan MorrisonMarch 24, 2025
Has the US alliance distorted Australia's defense plans? Join a discussion on its impact on...
How Starmer’s Labour Party went from victory to chaos
Simon HefferFebruary 14, 2025AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW
The UK chancellor is going to have to do one of two things for political...
Time to say bye-bye to the wokerati’s bullying tactics
Simon HefferFebruary 1, 2025THE AUSTRALIAN

On Australia Day, Sydney’s Circular Quay, between the magnificent Harbour Bridge and the Opera...

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)...
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
Aid for growth only hope for a Pacific solution
Helen HughesMay 1, 2006The Australian

The emphasis on growth in Alexander Downer’s white paper is a victory in the struggle...

Fiddle diddle no more, tax needs an overhaul
Peter SaundersApril 28, 2006The Australian Financial Review

As budget day approaches, the Federal Government is coming under mounting pressure to reform our...

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