Centre for Independent Studies
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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.
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Politically Feasible Health Reform event with Dr Peta Seaton - Part 2
November 23, 2016 00:00 - 10 minutes - 14.7 MBDespite the ever-escalating cost of health posing severe fiscal sustainability challenges, health reform has been dumped even more firmly in the politically too-hard basket since the ‘Mediscare’ federal election. A politically-feasible reform strategy is required to catalyse much-needed innovation in the health sector and deliver more cost-effective healthcare. Dr Peta Seaton, health consultant and commentator, discussed what it will take to achieve meaningful change in the $155 billion healt...
Politically Feasible Health Reform event with Jeremy Sammut - Part 1
November 23, 2016 00:00 - 11 minutes - 15.9 MBDespite the ever-escalating cost of health posing severe fiscal sustainability challenges, health reform has been dumped even more firmly in the politically too-hard basket since the ‘Mediscare’ federal election. A politically-feasible reform strategy is required to catalyse much-needed innovation in the health sector and deliver more cost-effective healthcare. Jeremy Sammut, fellow researcher at the CIS discussed what it will take to achieve meaningful change in the $155 billion health secto...
Politically Feasible Health Reform event with Terry Barnes - Part 4
November 23, 2016 00:00 - 25 minutes - 35.2 MBDespite the ever-escalating cost of health posing severe fiscal sustainability challenges, health reform has been dumped even more firmly in the politically too-hard basket since the ‘Mediscare’ federal election. A politically-feasible reform strategy is required to catalyse much-needed innovation in the health sector and deliver more cost-effective healthcare. Terry Barnes, health consultant and commentator, discussed what it will take to achieve meaningful change in the $155 billion health...
Politically Feasible Health Reform event with Gerald Thomas - Part 3
November 23, 2016 00:00 - 11 minutes - 16.4 MBDespite the ever-escalating cost of health posing severe fiscal sustainability challenges, health reform has been dumped even more firmly in the politically too-hard basket since the ‘Mediscare’ federal election. A politically-feasible reform strategy is required to catalyse much-needed innovation in the health sector and deliver more cost-effective healthcare. Gerald Thomas, health entrepreneur, discussed what it will take to achieve meaningful change in the $155 billion health sector. ____...
Rediscovering Humility: Religious Freedom in 21st Century Pluralist Society
November 14, 2016 00:00 - 42 minutes - 58 MBTim Wilson MP is the Federal Liberal Member for Goldstein in Victoria. He is well known as Australia’s former "Freedom Commissioner" and is a proud defender of universal, individual human rights. He has worked with government to reform laws to stop and prevent terrorism, improve economic opportunities for Indigenous Australians, and support marginalised communities. He is a passionate advocate for protecting free speech and religious freedom. Religious liberty is central to the Australian wa...
David Kilcullen Lighthouse Lecture - Terror Challenges in the 21st Century
November 10, 2016 00:00 - 37 minutes - 52.1 MBDr David Kilcullen delivers a timely Centre for Independent Studies Lighthouse Lecture on the alarming topic of increasing global terror, and provides both global and local comments on how we can adapt to the ‘new normal’. ____________________ The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) promotes free choice and individual liberty, and defends cultural freedom and the open exchange of ideas. CIS encourages debate among leading academics, politicians, media and the public. We aim to make sure go...
David Kilcullen & Tom Switzer - Terror Challenges in the 21st Century
November 10, 2016 00:00 - 41 minutes - 57.1 MBDr David Kilcullen and Tom Switzer in conversation following the CIS Lighthouse Lecture 'Terror Challenges in the 21st Century'. David Kilcullen is a world renowned terror expert and also took questions from the floor. ____________________ The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) promotes free choice and individual liberty, and defends cultural freedom and the open exchange of ideas. CIS encourages debate among leading academics, politicians, media and the public. We aim to make sure good ...
Direct Instruction event with Glenn & Kiriana White from the Coen Campus, Cape York Academy - Part 3
November 03, 2016 00:00 - 17 minutes - 24.5 MBGlenn & Kiriana White outlined the success of Direct Instruction teaching method in lifting the education levels of school children. ____________________ The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) promotes free choice and individual liberty, and defends cultural freedom 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 continue to prosp...
Direct and Explicit Teaching Methods - Direct Instruction event
November 03, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 137 MBJennifer Buckingham (fellow researcher at the CIS, Paul McDermott, Glenn & Kiriana White, and Noel Pearson (Founder and Co-chair of Good to Great Schools Australia) all outlined the success of Direct Instruction teaching method in lifting the education levels of school children. ____________________ The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) promotes free choice and individual liberty, and defends cultural freedom and the open exchange of ideas. CIS encourages debate among leading academics, ...
Direct Instruction event with Dr Jennifer Buckingham - Part 1
November 03, 2016 00:00 - 20 minutes - 27.8 MBDr Jennifer Buckingham, fellow researcher at the CIS, outlined the success of Direct Instruction teaching method in lifting the education levels of school children. ____________________ The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) promotes free choice and individual liberty, and defends cultural freedom 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...
Direct Instruction event with Noel Pearson Founder of Good to Great Schools Australia - Part 4
November 03, 2016 00:00 - 31 minutes - 43.3 MBNoel Pearson (Founder and Co-chair of Good to Great Schools Australia) and Phyllis Yunkaporta both outline the success of Direct Instruction teaching method in lifting the education levels of school children in Indigenous communities. ____________________ The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) promotes free choice and individual liberty, and defends cultural freedom and the open exchange of ideas. CIS encourages debate among leading academics, politicians, media and the public. We aim to ...
Leadership Lunch with Dominic Perrottet: GST carve-up does not reward State Reform
October 25, 2016 00:00 - 25 minutes - 35.3 MBThe current GST carve-up does not reward political reform, The Hon. Dominic Perrottet MP, NSW Minister for Finance, Services and Property said at the CIS. Speaking at the Centre for Independent Studies, Mr Perrottet said that under the principle of horizontal fiscal equalisation - where all citizens can expect to have access to equal standards of government services - non-reforming states are being rewarded for their inaction. He referred to the states that receive more money being those that...
Rod Sims - Getting Privatisation Right
October 06, 2016 00:00 - 27 minutes - 37.5 MBChairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Rod Sims speaks about why privatisation should be done for efficiency, not for money windfalls. ____________________ The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) promotes free choice and individual liberty, and defends cultural freedom 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 tha...
Leadership Lunch with Alan Joyce CEO Of Qantas
September 13, 2016 00:00 - 17 minutes - 23.9 MBQantas boss Alan Joyce talks about market freedom, innovation and how we will soon have direct flights from Sydney to London. ____________________ The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) promotes free choice and individual liberty, and defends cultural freedom 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 continue to prosper into...
Henry Olsen - Trump, Brexit & the Forgotten People
August 18, 2016 00:00 - 23 minutes - 31.7 MBIn partnership with the Menzies Research Centre, Henry Olsen joined us to speak on Trump, Brexit and the Forgotten People. He explained how this constituency drove Donald Trump to become the Republican Party Presidential nominee, pushed Britain out of Europe and are disrupting the status quo around the globe. ____________________ The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) promotes free choice and individual liberty, and defends cultural freedom and the open exchange of ideas. CIS encourages d...
PJ O’Rourke at the Sydney Opera House - Dangerous State of the Nation Talk
August 09, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 105 MBHot off the US convention and campaign trail, America’s favourite living wit and best-selling author PJ O’Rourke headed to Sydney to deliver his Dangerous State of the Nation talk at the Sydney Opera House in collaboration with CIS. ____________________ The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) promotes free choice and individual liberty, and defends cultural freedom and the open exchange of ideas. CIS encourages debate among leading academics, politicians, media and the public. We aim to ma...
PJ O'Rourke at the Sydney Opera House - Dangerous State of the Nation Talk
August 09, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 105 MBHot off the US convention and campaign trail, America’s favourite living wit and best-selling author PJ O’Rourke headed to Sydney to deliver his Dangerous State of the Nation talk at the Sydney Opera House in collaboration with CIS. ____________________ The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) promotes free choice and individual liberty, and defends cultural freedom and the open exchange of ideas. CIS encourages debate among leading academics, politicians, media and the public. We aim to ma...
Homeland Truths: the unspoken epidemic of violence in Indigenous communities
June 28, 2016 00:00 - 41 minutes - 56.7 MBThe first Helen Hughes Talk for Emerging Thinkers allowed a prominent emerging thinker to discuss a pertinent social or economic policy issue of national importance. Jacinta Nampijinpa Price is a Walpiri/Celtic woman who grew up in Alice Springs. In 2015, Jacinta was elected into Alice Springs’ Town Council and is deeply involved within her community as well as remote communities of the Northern Territory. Jacinta advocates against violence against women and the need for positive cultural cha...
Leadership Lunch with Ian Narev CEO of The Commonwealth Bank Group
June 02, 2016 00:00 - 23 minutes - 32.2 MBIan Narev, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Commonwealth Bank Group, delivers a Leadership Lunch address at the CIS outlining that if banks do not innovate, they "will be toast". ____________________ The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) promotes free choice and individual liberty, and defends cultural freedom 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 ...
Niall Ferguson at the Sydney Opera House
May 22, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 112 MBFrom the rise and fall of the British and American Empires, to the killer apps that Western cultures have used to create prosperity, to a financial history of the world, Niall Ferguson writes and broadcasts about enormous topics, and brings them to life for contemporary audiences. A distinguished historian, prolific commentator on current politics and economics who readily engages with controversial issues. Join him for a wide ranging discussion of the most important economic and geo-politica...
Aayan Hirsi Ali - Heretic Book Talk
May 16, 2016 00:00 - 34 minutes - 47.9 MBInternationally renowned activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali spoke at the Centre for Independent Studies about her book, Heretic. ____________________ The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) promotes free choice and individual liberty, and defends cultural freedom 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 continue to prosper into the fu...