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The Muslim Brotherhood operates freely in Australia. That needs to change.
'The government … needs to ban the Muslim Brotherhood and its network of companies, charities, NGOs and media outlets' said Lords Robertds. He's described the Brotherhood as "the world's largest jihadi organisation" and argued that allowing it and associated networks to operate unchecked was incompatible with a serious campaign against antisemitism.
Read more: miragenews.com/ban-muslim-br…
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A full room at CIS last week for Judge Andrew Oldham and Judge Amul Thapar, two senior judges of the US federal appellate courts, on a question that sounds technical until you see what turns on it.
Australia's High Court read a freedom of political communication into a constitution that never mentions one. Three decades later that implied freedom shapes what parliaments can do about protest. Whether that's a triumph of interpretation or an overreach depends entirely on where you think constitutional meaning comes from.
Opening remarks, a panel discussion, and a genuinely sharp audience Q&A. Photos from the evening below, thank you to everyone who came.
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My summary of the housing debate.
The expert consensus is that zoning restrictions make housing expensive.
The NSW Treasurer provides a good statement of this view.
There are three main groups who disagree. A thread. 1/6
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Chris Johnson (former NSW Government Architect and the former chief executive of Urban Taskforce) discusses the Sydney Plan.
thefifthestate.com.au/column…
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Why not tame inflation by giving everyone a pay rise?
'Talk of pay rises is emboldened by American Democratic Socialists such as New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Britain’s Andy Burnham and even by Anthony Albanese.'
Read Michael Stutchbury's latest op-ed: afr.com/politics/federal/why…
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Can't afford a home without your parents' help? That's not a housing market, that's a broken system.
“We have seen this huge redistribution of income and wealth to Baby Boomers and older people in general, at the expense of young people, so the biggest problem is in the past rather than the future.'' said @peter_tulip
theaustralian.com.au/nation/…
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FROM KALGOORLIE GOLDFIELDS TO THE FRONTLINES OF ECONOMIC FREEDOM.
Ron Manners built a mining empire, then built a movement. Join us 19 August for the launch of Heroic Humility.
Join us: cis.org.au/event/heroic-humi…
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Think young people couldn’t be any worse off? At the Labor National Conference, one group said “hold my beer”. Find out who below…👇
Whining young people say they have it too hard? Here's why they're right
''Australians aren't imagining it; they really are worse off than ever. And young Australians are increasingly worst off, despite all the headline-targeting spin about "intergenerational equity".
Read @parnellpalme's latest op-ed: cis.org.au/commentary/opinio…
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Data for DA approvals and lodgements in NSW for July have been released. After strong readings in previous months, both series were disappointingly weak.
planning.nsw.gov.au/data-and… 1/3
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This was a really interesting chat. I’ve always admired Claire’s intelligence and thoughtful reasoning and we went deep on why woman in the US are so left but women in Australia are as likely as men to support our right wing populist party, using the insights from my @CISOZ research.
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Excellent contemporary #Auspol discussion & data analysis between @clairlemon & @parnellpalme of @CISOZ - this sort of both cerebral and spirited discussion is what the ABC exists for but does not provide so good to see @Quillette filling a gaping void
youtube.com/watch?v=ZLVHR4y8…
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The federal budget's headline cash deficit hits $265bn over 5 years — almost double the $151bn "underlying" figure the government prefers to cite. Robert Carling's Fiscal Follies on the rubbery numbers behind the spin → cis.org.au/ideas-july-3-2026…
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The CIS Submission to the Productivity Commission inquiry into housing regulation has been posted.
Link: cis.org.au/wp-content/upload…
Main conclusions:
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לצאת מהמשבר הכלכלי בלי לפגוע באזרחים - האם התוכנית של אוסטרליה לצמצום הגירעון בכלל אפשרית? | רוברט קרלינג, Centre for Independent Studies
@CISOZ
#כלכלה_עולמית
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Britain's ‘strictest headmistress’ runs one of the country's highest-performing schools.
Her students are among the most disadvantaged in England.
The secret? No secret. 🧵
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Everyone wants new antisemitism laws.
Dimitri Burshtein at CIS asks: will they work?
The answer is uncomfortable. 🧵
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It's not negative gearing. It's not CGT. There's a hidden tax making your home unaffordable — and nobody's talking about it.
“Australia’s housing affordability crisis is primarily the result of planning and land-use regulations that restrict the supply of new housing and make it more expensive.” said @peter_tulip
thegoodbuilder.com.au/the-in…
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In light of @ABSStats reporting that the illicit nicotine market is now 80% of the total market, here is a report I wrote for the @CISOZ last year.
cis.org.au/publication/taxin…