Opinion & Commentary
Opinion and Commentary contains media articles written by CIS researchers.
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The buck must not stop with the RBA
Intervention in the foreign exchange market to counter an appreciation in the Australian dollar is unlikely to be effective unless backed by changes in monetary policy.... Read More
Why our kids still cannot read
The perennial struggle to provide all children with effective teaching in reading is becoming less like a war and more like a merry-go-round.... Read More
Finger-pointing over power ignores crucial facts
The issue of electricity prices is a plague on both houses.... Read More
Taming the banks, but at what cost?
As the world's financial institutions regroup following the devastating global financial crisis economic policy is under the spotlight.... Read More
There is more to regional policy than big, well meant dollars and buzz words
Regional development policy doesn't often make the headlines in metropolitan Australia but is of enduring importance for the roughly one third of Australians that live outside the major cities.... Read More
Coalition tightening of foreign investment policy a step backwards
The Coalition had the right policy 24 years ago. It should commit to the repeal of the Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act and the abolition of the Foreign Investment Review Board.... Read More
Different justice?
Treating Aboriginal people differently causes more problems than it solves and sets a dangerous precedence that other ethnic groups could use to argue for different treatment by the courts.... Read More
When religion just won't do
Why are so many climate enthusiasts all too often in the grip of apocalyptic mania?... Read More
Swan stuck in tired old groove
There was an unacknowledged tension at the heart of Wayne Swan’s John Button lecture that sheds an interesting light on the way he thinks about the world and the country he is charged with governing.... Read More
How to fund a disability scheme
First there was the carbon tax, then the mining tax, then the flood tax – and now calls for a national disability insurance scheme (NDIS) levy. Will the stream of new taxes and levies never end?... Read More
Navel gazing and infrastructure buck passing
Finding a long-term solution to the problem of infrastructure funding is in the interests of both the federal and the NSW governments.... Read More
APY Lands women say income management ensures kids have enough to eat
Opinion is divided over the impact of income management on indigenous communities.... Read More
Politics hinders school reform in NSW
The mooted changes of NSW school reform detailed this week are relatively minor.... Read More
Region needs US to counter rising Chinese power
Containment versus accommodation is an exciting prism through which to view the rise of China.... Read More
There's a place for (some) public science funding
Government should not be funding every little idea that pops into the head of our ivory tower professors.... Read More
You’ve got mail. ASIO wants to read it. All of it.
The growing desire of governments to monitor, filter and organise what we can say and write in newspapers, watch on TV, and read on the internet is a true threat to our freedom.... Read More
Applying a market screen to NSW Health
Health Minister Jillian Skinner has rebirthed the flawed health policy of the discredited former Labor Government.... Read More
Ability, not disability, should determine access to support
Blind people are exempt from certain income support tests, and this anomaly should stop.Blind people are exempt from certain income support tests, and this anomaly should stop... Read More
How the NSW Coalition should govern health
The focus of NSW health policy must be to reform the rigid public service monopoly model of public hospital care.... Read More
Privatise hospitals and allow local autonomy, says think tank
THE private sector should run hospitals and local health districts be allowed full control of their budgets to get spiralling health costs under control.... Read More
