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Ideas@TheCentre

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3 short articles from CIS researchers emailed every Friday on the issues of the week.

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Publications

  1. 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...

  2. 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...

  3. 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...

  4. 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...

  5. 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...

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Opinion & Commentary

  1. Big Brother deters charity

    Peter Kurti | 26 Apr 2013 | The Australian

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

  2. Faith-based initiatives deserve a place in the public sphere

    Ryan Messmore | 22 Oct 2012 | The Australian

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

  3. Honesty the best policy for those in government

    Peter Kurti | 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, ... Read More

  4. Egged on to heed Easter

    Peter Kurti | 08 Apr 2012 | Herald Sun

    Chocolate has taken over the Easter message.... Read More

  5. Religious freedom must not be taken for granted

    Peter Kurti | 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 ... Read More

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Ideas@TheCentre

  1. Absurd reaction to first Muslim frontbencher

    Peter Kurti | 05 Jul 2013

    The anti-Islamic rants against Ed Husic this week were both absurd and inconsistent....

  2. Parliament must let charities speak out

    Peter Kurti | 21 Jun 2013

    The proposed clarification of the law about the scope of charitable purpose is to be welcomed....

  3. The uncivil society

    Andrew Baker | 01 Mar 2013

    The expansion of Australia’s welfare state has eroded not just the institutions of civil society but also the culture of ...

  4. Pope Benedict’s legacy

    Peter Kurti | 22 Feb 2013

    What will Pope Benedict XVI’s legacy be characterised by?...

  5. Making the moral case for capitalism

    Peter Kurti | 23 Nov 2012

    Popular conceptions of capitalism are tinged with images of indecency, rapaciousness and greed....

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