It is better to grow the Australian economy faster today by spending on productivity-enhancing infrastructure and establishing a lower tax burden than for the government to hoard financial and other assets...... Read More
Australians are being ripped off according to the report Price Drivers - Five Case Studies in How Government is Making Australia Unaffordable.... Read More
As the world economy moves towards the abyss, the Gillard government must postpone the introduction of carbon and mining taxes or risk looking irresponsible, warns The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS).... Read More
In Droughts and Flooding Rains: Water Provision for a Growing Australia, CIS Researcher Rebecca Gill argues that we have the technology and innovation to ensure that Australia’s water resources can continue...... Read More
In How! Not How Much: Medicare Spending and Health Resource Allocation in Australia, CIS Research Fellow Dr Jeremy Sammut argues that how we currently overspend on minor health issues through Medicare...... Read More
In Malaysian Dilemma: The Enduring Cancer of Affirmative Action, CIS Foreign Policy Research Fellow Dr John Lee argues that the New Economic Model (NEM) announced by Prime Minister Najib Razak is the first...... Read More
In Tax, Borrow, Spend: How the States Compare, CIS Senior Fellow Robert Carling, contrasts the recent performance of the states in fiscal management, using the indicators of debt, spending and taxation....... Read More
In Jakarta’s Juggling Act: Balancing China and America in the Asia-Pacific, CIS Research Fellow Jessica Brown says Indonesia needs US support to protect its key maritime interests but does not wish to...... Read More
Whoever is leading China is not a dominant leader with real power, but a figure riding a streak of tigers often pulling in different directions.... Read More
In Europe’s Painful Farewell: An Essay on the Decline of the Old World, CIS Research Fellow and German economist Dr Oliver Marc Hartwich argues that no matter how many rescue packages are announced or...... Read More
In Private Housing on Indigenous Lands, Professor Helen Hughes senior research fellow at the CIS, Mark Hughes an independent researcher and Sara Hudson a CIS policy analyst argue that ‘social’ housing...... Read More
No Quick Fix: Three Essays on the Future of the Australian Hospital System outlines a 12-point plan to fix public hospitals in Australia. The plan is based on three studies of the ‘hospital crisis’...... Read More
In Populate and Perish? Modelling Australia’s Demographic Future, Dr Oliver Marc Hartwich, CIS Research Fellow and Jessica Brown, CIS Policy Analyst, modelled 36 scenarios and found that—unless migration...... Read More
There is no evidence that religious schools cause problems for their students or society argues a new report being released by the Centre for Independent Studies.... Read More
Australia’s child protection services operate based on myths and vested interests, and the bureaucracies in charge should be closed down for good, argues a new report released by The Centre for Independent...... Read More
India is well placed to become a leader in the Asian Century but it first must fully develop both its ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ power credentials argues a new report released by The Centre for Independent...... Read More
Outback Stores in remote Indigenous communities have done nothing to improve healthy eating in these areas, argues a new report released by The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) this week.... Read More
Red tape and excessive regulation should be treated as pollution, argues a new report released by The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) today.... Read More
China is too big, too proud and too independently mined to be tamed states a new report released by the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) this week.... Read More
The Henry Review should seize the opportunity to move Disability Support Pension (DSP) reform out of the ‘too hard’ basket, says a report released by The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) this week.... Read More