The Nanny State Awards
This year’s highly un-coveted Nanny State Award was a tight contest, with a horde of strong contenders from around the…
Using political logic, quarantines, border closures and lockdowns may never end
The recent knee-jerk lockdown has sparked more discussion about the ‘value’ of a human life. Yes, it may sound callous to put a price on life; yet we…
Why stop at ending HECS-HELP for failing students? Give the universities some skin in the game
Some students have accumulated hundreds of thousands of dollars in student debt without obtaining a qualification. In response, the government…
Coronavirus: advice for the perplexed and bewildered
Are you bewitched, bothered and bewildered about how to deal with the coronavirus? Be not dismayed; you are not alone.…
Only big government can save us from Roquefort cheese: the 2019 Nanny Award winners unveiled
The Centre for Independent Studies’ highly uncoveted Nanny Awards (The Nannies) go to the year’s most absurd, ridiculous, and bizarre…
The NAPLAN nervous ninnies
NAPLAN results are out and high gain schools are receiving their just recognition. Yet, critics are calling for a review…
Here we go again
The upcoming senate election in Western Australia shows Paul Keating was right: the upper house is unrepresentative swill
