Opinion & Commentary

Opinion and Commentary contains media articles written by CIS researchers.

Big Brother deters charity

26 Apr 2013 | The Australian

Reforms intended to boost confidence in Australian charities risk turning the charitable sector into just another arm of government. Read More

Faith-based initiatives deserve a place in the public sphere

22 Oct 2012 | The Australian

WHAT'S the most significant threat to religious liberty in the West? Read More

Honesty the best policy for those in government

12 May 2012 | The Australian

"HONESTY is the first chapter in the book of wisdom," said Thomas Jefferson. Without honesty there is no trust. Without trust, there is no confidence others will follow the rules. Abuse the virtue of... Read More

Egged on to heed Easter

08 Apr 2012 | Herald Sun

Chocolate has taken over the Easter message. Read More

Religious freedom must not be taken for granted

24 Feb 2012 | ABC Online

The importance of religious belief is both derided and attacked in our public debates. Tony Abbott's Christian faith is often used as a stick with which to poke, if not beat, the Opposition Leader Read More

Does gay marriage prove marriage matters?

29 Sep 2011 | Online Opinion

Gay couples dragging marriage back into vogue. Read More

Don’t gamble with people’s freedom

29 Sep 2011 | The Drum

New Poker Machine laws are impeding people’s freedom Read More

Greens boycott is anti-Semitic

06 Sep 2011 | The Canberra Times

Recently the Greens have refused to back a motion in the Senate condemning efforts by protesters from the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign to bar would-be customers from entering... Read More

It's Anglicanism, Jim, but not as we know it

02 Sep 2011 | ABC Religion and Ethics

If we think of individual churches as religious firms, then collectively they form a religious market Read More

A confident secularist society would tolerate school religion

28 Jul 2011 | The Sydney Morning Herald

A confident secular society, one that trusted in its rationalist public institutions, should have no problem with occasional church-run classes. Read More

Beware pink totalitarianism

15 Jul 2011 | The Spectator

Gay marriage dissenters deserve the same respect as advocates Read More

Must Religion be a Threat to Liberty?

Robert Sirico | 21 Jul 2008

The arguments for the unity of freedom and unbelief are common cultural currency. We are told that faith makes us subservient to authority. It makes us unwilling to think for ourselves, so that we become... Read More

Publications

In the Pay of the Piper: Governments, Not-for-Profits, and the Burden of Regulation

Peter Kurti | 23 Apr 2013 | Issue Analysis

Reforms intended to boost confidence in Australian charities risk turning the charitable sector into just another arm of... Read More...
What Kind of Religion Is Free in the Public Square? A Warning from the United States

Ryan Messmore | 06 Mar 2013 | Occasional Papers

In the 14th Acton Lecture, Dr Ryan Messmore, President of Campion College, asks what kind of religion is free in the public... Read More...
Moral Wisdom and the Recovery of Virtue

Peter Kurti | 06 Feb 2013 | Occasional Papers

What are the moral skills we need to cultivate to live effectively in the social media world of the twenty-first century... Read More...
After the Riot: the Meaning for Multicultural Australia

Benjamin Herscovitch, Jeremy Sammut, Peter Kurti | 11 Oct 2012 | Issue Analysis

The riot on 15 September in the Sydney CBD by Muslim protestors has raised questions about the health of Australian multiculturalism.... Read More...
What’s New with Anti-Semitism?

Paul Kelly, Peter Kurti, Philip Mendes | 13 Aug 2012 | Policy Forum

Criticism of Israeli government domestic policy has intensified in Australia with the emergence of the international Boycott,... Read More...

View All