Centre for Independent Studies
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Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
The Most Consequential Budget of our Generation. Covid-19 has blown an unprecedented hole in the budget and rapidly changed policy debates in Australia. Our 30 year run of growth is gone. The recession has returned and predictions of surplus have been replaced by dire forecasts of debt and deficits.
The Australia that emerges post coronavirus will be very different and Australia’s think tanks are presenting contrasting visions for the future. We invited Emma Dawson, executive director of Per Capita, Stephen Kirchner, program director of trade and investment at the United States Studies Centre and Danielle Wood, chief executive of Grattan Institute to debate the outcome of the long-awaited 2020 Federal Budget.
Monday Oct 12, 2020
Monday Oct 12, 2020
This week, we host a special Episode of On Liberty host by CIS Research Director Simon Cowan. Simon Will speak with Senior Fellow of the CIS Economics Program Robert Carling.
On April 16, Prime Minister Morrison signalled after the immediate pandemic-induced crisis, a market-oriented economic agenda is needed to help the economy rebound and drive investment for tomorrow’s prosperity. A growth agenda that is provided not by politicians throwing money at favoured sectors, but by the private sector being freed to invest by being taxed and regulated less.
Join us for a special On Liberty with host CIS Research Director Simon Cowan as he speaks Senior Research Fellow in the economics program, Robert Carling. Rob and Simon will analyse, comment, and digest the #Budget2020. You too can join the live conversation and ask questions by tuning in from 10 am (AEST) via YouTube or here on Facebook.
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
"The argument that you need government funding to encourage innovation is not true", Matt Ridley.
Matt Ridley’s new book is called "How innovation works and why it flourishes in freedom". The main lesson of the book is: prosperity comes from innovation. Matt focuses on how certain deregulation would improve the rate in which we can innovate and therefore be prosperous. He tells us, "the worst thing government can do for innovation is to make decisions slowly."
CIS is focused on how best to revive the Australian economy and boost productivity. We are committed to promoting policies that allow people to be free to innovate, that shake up the culture of over-regulation that has shackled the entrepreneurial spirit of the economy for too long.
Join CIS Executive Director Tom Switzer as he asks what should governments do to encourage innovation? What deregulation will clear barriers for entrepreneurs? Why has innovation worked so well with technology but not vaccines or drug discovery? And given all the current doom and gloom, are you still a rational opportunist?
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
We welcomed psychiatrist Dr Carlos d'Abrera, a regular contributor to CIS. Carlos has worked in public hospital and community mental health services across Australia and the UK, alongside his written work. He is author of a 2018 CIS paper, Dying with Their Rights On: The myths and realities of ending homelessness in Australia.
Since the onset of the covid-19 pandemic, Australia’s health system has overnight transformed from a bureaucracy into an autocracy. With such uncertainty, the public has, for the most part, have behaved obediently and with good grace in the face of indefinite lockdowns, restrictions and under health orders -- though, how long can this last?
Join in the conversation live as host Salvatore Babones talks to Carlos about some of the unintended consequences that have arisen from this crisis. How have lockdowns impacted on rates of homelessness and the delivery of homelessness services? What is the long-term impact of abruptly mandating social isolation, particularly on the mental health outcomes and suicide rates? and, how are the different jurisdictions across Australia responding to these issues?
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
All eyes are on America in the lead up to November 3. When the presidential race comes to an end one thing is certain, the US will be fractured.
If Donald Trump is re-elected, outrage by left-wing political and media sophisticates will further alienate tens of millions of Americans who do not share their values. Yet, if Joe Biden wins, a display of anything other than humility would be equally alienating and would divide even more deeply a crisis-ridden nation.
How has it come to this? What is the likely path the US will take, both at home and abroad, once the pandemic passes? Are these two old men really the best America has to offer?
On Thursday, 1 October at 9 am we hosted a US Election election special with PJ O’Rourke & Conrad Black to hear two strikingly different views of how the September 30 Presidential debate went down and which candidate they thought would, or should, win the 2020 US Presidential Election.
Thursday Sep 24, 2020
Thursday Sep 24, 2020
We are pleased to welcome John Anderson, former Leader of the National Party and Deputy Prime Minister to On Liberty, this Thursday, 24 September. John has published many recent articles on topics including: civic freedoms, global food security, modern slavery and the economy. On top of this he runs johnanderson.net.au, where he hosts regular interviews with prominent Australian and international guests.
The 20th century’s failed experimentation with socialism serve as a strong lesson that, despite its idealistic promises of equality, it has led to nothing but oppression and poverty. John will discuss the importance of civic institutions in forming cohesive societies and what can be done to ensure young people learn about socialism’s shortcomings.
Join in the conversation live as host Salvatore Babones asks John whether ‘Scandinavian Socialism’ is false dichotomy, can the impending US Presidential election usher a Democratic government in favour of socialist tendencies and why Australian youth are lurching to the left?
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⏲️ Missed last week? Watch and listen to Episode 25, Extra, with Glen Fahey and Peter Achterstraat: https://youtu.be/lr4m8RD-1P4
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Wednesday Sep 23, 2020
Wednesday Sep 23, 2020
Join us for On Liberty Extra, a one-off live webinar hosted by CIS Research Fellow, Glenn Fahey. In this webinar, Glenn will speak with Peter Achterstraat AM, the inaugural NSW Commissioner for Productivity. Peter has recently launched a Green Paper, titled Continuing the productivity discussion.
In these especially challenging economic times, productivity-enhancing reforms are needed more than ever. In Peter’s Green Paper, he highlights why investing in the knowledge and capabilities of individuals is foundational to sustaining economic prosperity. Reforms to all sectors of education have the potential to more efficiently and effectively deliver outcomes and prepare individuals for the demands of the modern workforce.
Watch online and join the conversation with Glenn as he asks Peter how education reforms can drive productivity growth, how schools and training providers can better prepare individuals amidst current headwinds, and what would more effective and efficient education look like in NSW?
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⏲️ Missed last week? Watch and listen to Episode 24, with Gene Tunny: https://youtu.be/lr4m8RD-1P4
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Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
On Liberty this week, Thursday, 17 September, we welcome Gene Tunny, Founder and Director of Adept Economics. Tunny, with co-author Ben Scott, has a forthcoming CIS paper: Rationalising Regulation: Helping the economy recover from the corona crisis.
Regulatory constraints are impeding business growth and their removal or adjustment would yield large economic benefits. The relaxation of a range of restrictions to respond to the pandemic—e.g. around supermarket delivery times and the availability of liquor for takeaway—suggests governments can move quickly to eliminate or improve regulations.
Join in the conversation live as host Salvatore Babones asks Gene what regulation is necessary to protect public health? What regulations should be lifted to assist the many struggling business owners? And what regulation amendments would have the biggest impact to the Australian economy?
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⏲️ Missed last week? Watch and listen to Episode 23, with Greg Lindsay: https://youtu.be/yGAAqcNwLK0
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Friday Sep 11, 2020
Friday Sep 11, 2020
On the show this week, Thursday, 10 September, we welcome founder of CIS Greg Lindsay AO.
From a backyard shed in Pennant Hills to shop-top above Uncle Pete’s Toys in St Leonards and now Macquarie Street in Sydney's CBD, Greg built the CIS from a one-man operation into the self-sustaining institute it is today. His goal throughout was to "make the philosophic foundations of a free society once more a living intellectual issue," as Friedrich Hayek said we must.
Join us live, to hear Greg's story and ask your own questions about how he turned a timeless idea into one of Australia's leading think tanks.
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⏲️ Missed last week? Watch and listen to Episode 22, with Chin Jin: https://youtu.be/cENayWZnD8g
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Thursday Sep 03, 2020
Thursday Sep 03, 2020
On the show this week, Thursday, 3 September, we are joined by Dr Chin Jin, president of the Federation for a Democratic China. Dr Jin will discuss the prospects for democracy in China today.
Chin is a member of the "1989 generation" of Tiananmen refugees in Australia and a longtime activist in the China democracy movement. He will explain how the tianshi, dili, and renhe of social change are all lining up for a transformation of China.
Is Xi Jinping's repression working? Or is it only bringing closer the day when the Chinese people will stand up to demand a voice in their own government? Join us live tomorrow at 10 am AEST to hear what Dr Chin Jin has to say.
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⏲️ Missed last week? Watch and listen to Episode 21, with Peter Kurti: https://youtu.be/9dPDYq5NiT0
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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, media and the public. We aim to make sure good policy ideas are heard and seriously considered so that Australia can prosper.