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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. TARGET30: Reducing the burden for future generations

    David Murray AO, Maurice Newman, Simon Cowan | 01 Jul 2013 | Policy Forum

    TARGET30 is a campaign promoting smaller government and cutting government spending to less than 30% of GDP in the next 10... Read More...

  2. TARGET30: Towards smaller government and future prosperity

    Peter Saunders, Robert Carling, Simon Cowan | 06 Mar 2013 | TARGET30 Research Papers

    TARGET30 is a campaign promoting smaller government, supported by a series of research reports providing policy solutions... Read More...

  3. TARGET30 SNAPSHOT: Towards smaller government and future prosperity

    Simon Cowan | 06 Mar 2013 | TARGET30 Snapshots

    TARGET30 is a campaign promoting smaller government, supported by a series of research reports providing policy solutions... Read More...

  4. Back to the Bad Old Days? Industrial Relations Reform in Australia

    Alexander Philipatos | 06 Dec 2012 | Policy Monographs

    Has the Fair Work Act thrown industrial relations back to ‘the bad old days?’ This report analyses the changes in industrial... Read More...

  5. Book Launch: 'The Modest Member: The Life and Times of Bert Kelly'

    Malcolm Turnbull | 04 Dec 2012 | Speeches

    While Liberals, and certainly liberals, should be proud of Bert Kelly’s legacy, it must not be forgotten that his greatest... Read More...

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Opinion & Commentary

  1. Seizing a Sino free trade moment

    Stephen Kirchner | 16 Jul 2013 | Business Spectator

    Australia’s regulation of foreign direct investment is a critical stumbling block in a free trade agreement with China.... Read More

  2. A war that’s building over bottles of beer

    Alexander Philipatos | 29 Nov 2012 | The Punch

    Watering down the building and construction industry watchdog has emboldened the union movement.... Read More

  3. Carmaker triumph or GM hypocrisy?

    Oliver Marc Hartwich | 29 Mar 2012 | Business Spectator

    It's a product of public relations that Australians believe every government supports its own car industry, and looking at ... Read More

  4. Murray's Future Fund brace is broken

    Stephen Kirchner | 23 Mar 2012 | Business Spectator

    David Murray's defence of the Future Fund can only inspire doubt about the ability of sovereign wealth funds to enhance Australia's ... Read More

  5. Minimum wage is a two-edged sword

    Alexander Philipatos | 22 Mar 2012 | The Geelong Advertiser

    Like New Zealand’s young workers, Australia’s apprentices are also highly vulnerable to market fluctuations. Many of ... Read More

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Ideas@TheCentre

  1. No need to heed the ACTU’s nonsense

    Alexander Philipatos | 25 Jan 2013

    All businesses, whether they are receiving subsidies or not, should be free to buy from whomever and wherever they please....

  2. Breaking the IR code

    Alexander Philipatos | 16 Nov 2012

    Many employers are worried that increased union presence will create an ‘us versus them’ working culture....

  3. Some positives from a disappointing review

    Alexander Philipatos | 09 Aug 2012

    Amendments to dealing with unfair dismissal applications in the review of the Fair Work Act are welcome....

  4. Slicing up a bigger national pie

    Robert Carling | 27 Jul 2012

    ABS figures for 2009–10 shed light on changes in average household incomes, their distribution, and the redistributive ...

  5. Mutual obligation as human rights abuse

    Andrew Baker | 22 Jun 2012

    The Australian Council of Social Service’s letter about the serious breach of international human rights laws here in Australia ...

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