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CIS 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.

Australia built one of the world’s most successful multicultural societies. New CIS research suggests confidence in that...
16/10/2026

Australia built one of the world’s most successful multicultural societies. New CIS research suggests confidence in that story is slipping.

Parnell Palme McGuinness’s new report finds that while 54% of Australians believe migration has historically benefited the country, only 25% feel the same about migration today, and a majority 52%, now see its impact as negative. Her research finds this isn’t because people have abandoned belief in multiculturalism; it’s because both long-term residents and migrants increasingly feel the bargain of mutual obligation has frayed. Her recommendations centre on integration and reciprocity: clearer citizenship expectations, English as the common language, and renewed investment in a shared national identity.

Read the weekly ideas: https://www.cis.org.au/ideas-october-16-2026/

15/10/2026

Green Party's Antisemitic Platform Exposed: Shocking Statements Revealed | Lord Andrew Roberts

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Migrants are prouder to be Australian than people born here — 83% to 79%. But many still don’t feel accepted.New CIS res...
13/10/2026

Migrants are prouder to be Australian than people born here — 83% to 79%. But many still don’t feel accepted.

New CIS research by Parnell Palme McGuinness finds a “reciprocity gap” opening up in Australia’s migration settlement. New Australians feel they’re contributing more than they’re credited for. Australians born here feel they’re giving more than they get back. Both can’t be right, but both are losing confidence.

The polling of 3,552 Australians found 52% now believe current migration is having a negative impact — against just 25% who think it’s positive.

Yet the common ground is substantial. Both groups want a strong national identity, and both prefer integration over either assimilation or cultural separation.

The report calls for government to define the integration model it wants, make the responsibilities of citizenship explicit, reaffirm English as the common language, keep migration skill-selective, and redirect multicultural funding towards a shared Australian identity.

“Integration is not about erasing anyone’s heritage. It is about ensuring Australians of every background have something important in common.”

Read here: https://www.cis.org.au/publication/a-culture-of-reciprocity-what-australia-owes-immigrants-and-what-immigrants-owe-australia/

12/10/2026

Britain's Antisemitism Crisis: Stabbings, Firebombs, and Fear | Lord Andrew Roberts

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We’ve poured tens of billions of extra dollars into Australian schools over the past decade. Student results haven’t bud...
09/10/2026

We’ve poured tens of billions of extra dollars into Australian schools over the past decade. Student results haven’t budged. New CIS research suggests one reason why: teachers themselves may not have been taught the science of how children actually learn.

Trisha Jha’s Knowledge is Power II surveyed 377 Australian teachers on basic, well-established teaching principles, the average score was just 4.5 out of 10. Nearly 9 in 10 still believe in the “learning styles” myth, long debunked by research. Education ministers have mandated explicit instruction in classrooms, but that won’t help much if teacher training itself hasn’t caught up.

Read the weekly ideas: https://www.cis.org.au/ideas-october-9-2026/

Ask an Australian teacher 10 basic questions about how students actually learn, and the average score is 4.53 out of 10....
08/10/2026

Ask an Australian teacher 10 basic questions about how students actually learn, and the average score is 4.53 out of 10.

That's the finding of new Centre for Independent Studies research. Fox & Hedgehog surveyed a broadly representative sample of 377 teachers for the report Knowledge is Power II, and the results are sobering. Only 4% answered eight or more correctly.

Nearly nine in 10 teachers (88%) believe students learn better when teaching is matched to a supposed visual, auditory or kinaesthetic "learning style" — an idea that has been tested and found wanting for decades. Two in three believe students learn little from reading or listening but a great deal from doing activities and teaching others. Four in 10 think testing detracts from learning, despite frequent low-stakes testing being one of the best-evidenced ways to strengthen retention.

Teachers got plenty right, too: 96% recognised that attention is a precondition for learning, and 92% that problem solving has to be practised in context.

But report author Trisha Jha is clear about what the pattern means. "This is not about blaming teachers. It is about an education system that has failed to give them a clear, coherent and evidence-based understanding of how students actually learn."

And the gap doesn't close by itself. Scores didn't differ reliably by age, gender, or whether teachers worked in primary or secondary schools. There's little reason to assume this knowledge simply accumulates over a career.

Read the full paper: https://www.cis.org.au/publication/knowledge-is-power-ii-australias-teacher-professional-knowledge-gap/

08/10/2026

Nova Survivor Recalls Harrowing Testimony of Abuse | Lord Andrew Roberts

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06/10/2026

October 7th Violence: Disturbing Patterns Against Men Revealed | Lord Andrew Roberts

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05/10/2026

Law, Trust, and Civil Society: Ordering Our Affairs | Judges Andrew Oldham & Amul Thapar

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03/10/2026

Supermarkets: Economic Heroes Politicians LOVE to Attack | Brett Stevenson

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