NGO donations put at risk by electoral laws The federal parliament is close to passing new laws which will ban or deter donors to non-government organisations, says a new report being released on Friday. ... Read More
Over the last decade, schools policy in Australia has undergone significant changes. As a policy researcher at The Centre for Independent Studies and former schools editor at The Australian newspaper,...... Read More
The three-hundred page reform ‘blue print’ from the National Health and Hospital Reform Commission has endorsed a range of health reform measures that will not solve the hospital crisis in this country,...... Read More
It is not underfunding or an overwhelming workload that has caused child protection services to fail the vulnerable children they exist to protect, it is the failure to investigate reports and remove children...... Read More
A carbon tax could reduce income tax or petrol prices: The New Zealand government’s emissions trading system, due to come into force in 2010 for energy and 2013 for agriculture, is the wrong approach,...... Read More
Federal politicians should face pay cuts for fiscal irresponsibility as part of a radical overhaul of the Charter of Budget Honesty, according to a new paper from the Centre for Independent Studies, Fiscal...... Read More
CDEP POLICY KEEPS INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OUT OF JOBS AND WITHOUT SERVICES: Established in the 1970s as a transition to work program, the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) has become an obstacle...... Read More
In Defence of Non-Government Schools: Non-government schools are providers of public education and deserve adequate public funding, says a new report to be released on Thursday. ... Read More
This collection of essays from the Centre for Independent Studies show that increased regulation and expenditure have put a handbrake on economic growth and prosperity in this country. The global financial...... Read More
With the onset of the global economic crisis, China remains one of the only major economies likely to avoid recession. Released in 2007, the first edition of Will China Fail? looked at the profound and...... Read More
There was a time when it was easy to look at the formal organisations in a modern society like Australia and identify three clear sectors. Government (public sector) made laws and generally ran things....... Read More
Neoliberalism is a political swearword today, but its inventor intended it to mean a ‘Third Way’ ideology much like that of the Labor Government, says a new report released on Thursday.... Read More
Neoliberalism is a political swearword today, but its inventor intended it to mean a ‘Third Way’ ideology much like that of the Labor Government, says a new report released on Thursday.... Read More
BUDGET MARKS NEW ERA OF BIG GOVERNMENT: The 2009 Budget sees the biggest increase in government spending since Gough Whitlam, according to Centre for Independent Studies’ economist, Dr Stephen Kirchner.... Read More
The current economic downturn is a dangerous time to unwind tough welfare rules and labour market flexibility, which could intensify rising unemployment, says a new report being released on Wednesday.... Read More
JOBS COMPACT IS A STEP IN RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT LABOUR MARKET REFORM IS ALSO NEEDED ... Read More
Australians will spend the first 112 days of this year working for the government. “April 23 marks the first day Australians will start working for themselves, or Tax Freedom Day,” according to Centre...... Read More
Governments have been setting targets to ‘close the gap’ in Indigenous education for the past 20 years, and yet literacy and numeracy have not improved. Large volumes of taxpayer funds have been committed,...... Read More
NZ COULD CATCH UP ON WELFARE DURING THE RECESSION The government’s welfare policy is moving in the right direction and a recession is a good time to reform the welfare system, says a new report being...... Read More
HOLDEN SHOULD BE ON RUDD’S AGENDA IN WASHINGTON NEXT WEEK With the US car manufacturing industry faltering further, the Rudd government’s massive taxpayer-funded support for the Australian car industry...... Read More