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Centre for Independent Studies

Let's share good ideas. 💡The Centre for Independent Studies promotes free choice and individual liberty and the open exchange of ideas. CIS encourages debate among leading academics, politicians, med... Read more

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Bulletproof Problem Solving - Robert McLean

Bulletproof Problem Solving - Robert McLean

Managing Partner of McKinsey, Robert McLean AM and Belinda Hutchinson AM, Chancellor of the University of Sydney were at... Read more

17 Apr 2019

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A Democratic wave or Trump triumph? US Mid Terms 2018 Elections Results

A Democratic wave or Trump triumph? US Mid Terms 2018 Elections Results

US midterm elections are usually bad for the President’s party, but amid a booming economy this year’s congressional rac... Read more

7 Nov 2018

1hr 13mins

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Leeward: A Memoir: Geoffrey Lehmann

Leeward: A Memoir: Geoffrey Lehmann

Join former High Court justice Michael Kirby and Geoffrey Lehmann for the launch of Leeward: A Memoir (NewSouth) at the ... Read more

31 Jan 2019

51mins

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NSW State election preview: Nick Greiner & Bob Carr

NSW State election preview: Nick Greiner & Bob Carr

As NSW prepares for the March 23 election, the “premier state” is in reasonably good condition. Retail spending and busi... Read more

26 Feb 2019

1hr 11mins

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Amanda Stoker: The future of Liberalism

Amanda Stoker: The future of Liberalism

Queensland LNP Senator Amanda Stoker visited the CIS for our first Leadership Lunch of 2019.With a strong desire to see ... Read more

28 Feb 2019

51mins

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Alan Dupont: Mitigating The New Cold War

Alan Dupont: Mitigating The New Cold War

The downhill slide in relations between China and the US is a dangerous development. The friction does not just reflect ... Read more

26 May 2020

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Has China Won? Mahbubani Vs Mearsheimer

Has China Won? Mahbubani Vs Mearsheimer

At a time when tensions are running high, CIS Executive Director Tom Switzer asked Has China Won? Our debate between Joh... Read more

25 May 2020

58mins

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8. On Liberty Importance Of The USA And Australia Relationship

8. On Liberty Importance Of The USA And Australia Relationship

On the show this week, Salvatore Babones was joined by April Palmerlee, CEO of the AmCham, the American Chamber of Comme... Read more

25 May 2020

45mins

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5. On Liberty Jacinta Price: Lockdown And Indigenous Communities

5. On Liberty Jacinta Price: Lockdown And Indigenous Communities

Salvatore Babones speaks with Jacinta Price, Director of the Indigenous Program at the Centre for Independent Studies. J... Read more

13 May 2020

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Doug Bandow: The End Of Pax Americana?

Doug Bandow: The End Of Pax Americana?

For the past seventy or so years, the United States of America has been the bastion of freedom and democracy, shining th... Read more

26 Feb 2020

53mins

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The Next Pandemic: China's COVID-19 coronavirus

The Next Pandemic: China's COVID-19 coronavirus

Australia isn’t the only country exposed to a novel coronavirus recession in China. The COVID-19 epidemic is first and f... Read more

20 Feb 2020

1hr 15mins

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Restoring Hope: Practical Policies to Revitalise the Australian Economy

Restoring Hope: Practical Policies to Revitalise the Australian Economy

To launch Restoring Hope: Practical Policies to Revitalise the Australian Economy by Andrew Stone, CIS welcomed former P... Read more

29 Jan 2020

1hr 34mins

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The 2019 CIS Nanny Awards

The 2019 CIS Nanny Awards

The 2019 CIS Nanny Awards take a look back at the year's best and most absurd attempts of the state to try to meddle and... Read more

11 Dec 2019

18mins

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Howard & Alston: Is there more to life than politics?

Howard & Alston: Is there more to life than politics?

On Thursday, 5 December we launched Richard Alston’s new book, More to Life than Politics (Connor Court). Alston, a reno... Read more

9 Dec 2019

1hr 20mins

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Waking Up To the China Challenge

Waking Up To the China Challenge

China has become a key nation for Australia’s future – for our security, economy and identity. But what are China’s inte... Read more

9 Dec 2019

1hr 9mins

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Democracy is thin? Claire Fox on Brexit: "Democracy is thin."

Democracy is thin? Claire Fox on Brexit: "Democracy is thin."

Brexit Party MEP and Director of the Academy of Ideas Claire Fox discusses how the Remainer elite have delegitimised the... Read more

26 Nov 2019

37mins

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Hong Kong will never be the same

Hong Kong will never be the same

In conversation with Sue Windybank, Geoff Raby discusses the internal and external problems plaguing China. Unrest in Ho... Read more

26 Nov 2019

35mins

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Book Launch: Ten Remarkable Australians

Book Launch: Ten Remarkable Australians

In his book, Ten Remarkable Australians, Ian Macfarlane pens biographical essays about ten Australians, who were once pr... Read more

26 Nov 2019

55mins

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Boris Johnson and British Conservatism

Boris Johnson and British Conservatism

Hear from Simon Heffer, a leading conservative commentator who has known Boris Johnson for three decades, as we discuss ... Read more

9 Sep 2019

1hr 2mins

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Lionel Shriver: Identity Politics, Political Correctness and #MeToo

Lionel Shriver: Identity Politics, Political Correctness and #MeToo

The arts are battered and boxed in by the proliferating dos and don’ts of political correctness, the predations of gotch... Read more

3 Sep 2019

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