Government and Politics

Individual freedom and prosperity depends on having healthy institutions. Ever expanding government and regulation leads to less competition and in turn a less responsive public sector. The CIS examines the way government poses threats to maintaining a healthy civil society.
Publications
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A Fair Go: Fact or Fiction?
| 09 May 2013 | Policy MonographsThe Australian ideal of a fair go is fact rather than fiction. By offering all individuals the opportunity to capitalise... Read More...
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TARGET30: Towards smaller government and future prosperity
| 06 Mar 2013 | TARGET30 Research PapersTARGET30 is a campaign promoting smaller government, supported by a series of research reports providing policy solutions... Read More...
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TARGET30 SNAPSHOT: Towards smaller government and future prosperity
| 06 Mar 2013 | TARGET30 SnapshotsTARGET30 is a campaign promoting smaller government, supported by a series of research reports providing policy solutions... Read More...
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Australia and the Asian Ascendancy: Why Upskilling is Not Necessary to Reap the Rewards
| 19 Feb 2013 | Issue AnalysisGovernment programs to upskill the Australian workforce for the Asian Century are a solution to a non-problem. With more... Read More...
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Future Submarine Project Should Raise Periscope for Another Look
| 24 Oct 2012 | Policy MonographsAustralia should not spend $40 billion to repeat the mistakes of the Collins Class submarine. Nuclear submarines, such as... Read More...
Opinion & Commentary
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Cure for a bloated public sector
| 05 Apr 2013 | The Canberra TimesTARGET30 is not a slash-and-burn campaign; it simply asks people to consider what they really need government to provide.... Read More
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Outcry ignores role of travellers
| 20 Feb 2013 | The Canberra TimesWhat are the responsibilities of the Australian government to help citizens who get into trouble overseas?... Read More
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Tighten the rules on welfare payments
| 08 Jun 2012 | ON LINE OpinionThere is more to welfare reform than amalgamating the benefits.... Read More
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Child protection: generation lost by not being 'stolen'
| 05 Jun 2012 | The DrumIt is incredibly simplistic and misleading to blame the serious problems many troubled children experience on the decision ... Read More
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Only migrant workers can fill the gap
| 05 Jun 2012 | Australian Financial ReviewTemporary, skilled migration is the only viable solution for the resources sector.... Read More
Ideas@TheCentre
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Requiem for a reformer
| 19 Apr 2013Thatcher’s people – and protestors – turn up in the thousands to farewell a giant of the twentieth century....
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Time to make a deal
| 19 Apr 2013In rejecting a pretty good funding school model because it is not perfect, we may end up with something much worse....
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Reforming the welfare state
| 28 Mar 2013Of the $316 billion spent on the welfare state in 2010-11, over half was on tax welfare churn....
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The phantom coup and poll-driven politics
| 28 Mar 2013Pointing the finger at the apparent shortcomings of Australia’s political culture is a convenient explanation for the recent ...
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Right to silence
| 28 Mar 2013The historical safeguard of fair criminal trials embodied in the right to silence no longer exists in NSW following the passage ...

