Opinion & Commentary
Opinion and Commentary contains media articles written by CIS researchers.
Categories
Our right to silence is too important to lose
The move to dilute the right to silence in NSW is unjust, constitutionally questionable and unnecessary. Read More
Liberals Drop Ball in Super Free-For-All
Lifting superannuation to 12% is wrong. Read More
Does gay marriage prove marriage matters?
Gay couples dragging marriage back into vogue. Read More
Living together demands civility
We should not rush to stifle public discussions on the off chance that an unhinged individual (whether politically motivated or not) misconstrues them as a clarion call to violence. Nor should the far-right... Read More
Brits recoil from teaching respect for authority at home or school
Following last week's riots in Britain, politicians and commentators have similarly been asking the wrong question. What caused thousands of (mainly) young males to torch buildings where they live, loot... Read More
Rights charter would empower only lobbyists
A federal charter of rights would only empower special interest groups. Read More
Charter of rights no protection for the vulnerable
A charter of rights that many of us imagine will not be the charter we actually get. Read More
Publications
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FEATURE: The Battlelines of Interpretation in Racial Vilification Laws
| 20 Aug 2011 | POLICY MagazineRacial vilification law ensnares courts in political disputes.
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Alcohol Policy and the Politics of Moral Panic
| 26 May 2011 | Policy MonographsNew Zealand’s proposed liquor legislation marks a return to old attitudes towards alcohol regulation that perversely believe,... Read More...
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Behind the Moral Curtain: The Politics of a Charter of Rights
| 01 Feb 2010 | Policy MonographsElise Parham argues that a federal charter of rights would be used by special interest groups as a powerful political tool.... Read More...
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BOOK REVIEW:The Henson Case
| 03 Mar 2009 | POLICY MagazineThe Henson Case by David Marr (Text Publishing, 2008).
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BOOK REVIEW: What Price Security? Taking Stock of Australia's Anti-Terror Laws
| 03 Mar 2007 | POLICY MagazineWhat Price Security? Taking Stock of Australia's Anti-Terror Laws by Andrew Lynch and George Williams (UNSW Press, 2006).
Opinion & Commentary
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Our right to silence is too important to lose
| 01 Oct 2012 | The ConversationThe move to dilute the right to silence in NSW is unjust, constitutionally questionable and unnecessary.... Read More
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Liberals Drop Ball in Super Free-For-All
| 14 Nov 2011 | Australian Financial ReviewLifting superannuation to 12% is wrong.... Read More
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Does gay marriage prove marriage matters?
| 29 Sep 2011 | Online OpinionGay couples dragging marriage back into vogue.... Read More
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Living together demands civility
| 19 Aug 2011 | The Canberra TimesWe should not rush to stifle public discussions on the off chance that an unhinged individual (whether politically motivated ... Read More
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Brits recoil from teaching respect for authority at home or school
| 15 Aug 2011 | The AustralianFollowing last week's riots in Britain, politicians and commentators have similarly been asking the wrong question. What ... Read More
Ideas@TheCentre
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Why I work for a classical liberal think tank
| 10 May 2013At the core of classical liberalism is the unwavering belief that the best chance humanity has to prosper is when people ...
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Too scared
| 19 Oct 2012Big state bureaucracies find it difficult coping with individual initiative or making room for common sense....
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Thought crime
| 20 Jul 2012Britain’s race relations laws attempt to control, not just what we do, but the way we think....
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Free to be fat
| 15 Jun 2012The obese should pay for their obesity – through market rates, not government taxes, so that the healthy are not punished ...
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Gay marriage, polygamy and the social order
| 01 Jun 2012There are no good, logical arguments against allowing gay marriage....
