Centre For Independent Studies

It is one of a number of Australian think tanks, and one of six recognised by the National Institute For Research Advancement (NIRA) in Tokyo , Japan .

The CIS has a focus on Australia and New Zealand and states that it supports a " Free Enterprise economy and a Free Society under Limited Government where individuals can prosper and fully develop their talents". It claims to have a focus on:

---''voluntary processes in providing many of the goods and services normally supplied by the compulsory methods of government''

Individual Liberty and choice, including Freedom Of Association , Religion , Speech and the Right To Property

CONTROVERSY

The CIS is often in controversy with other think tanks and welfare bodies, particularly Centrist and Left-wing organisations such as the Australia Institute , the Social Policy Research Centre at the University Of New South Wales , the Society Of Saint Vincent De Paul , the Smith Family and the Australian Council Of Social Service . Most recently, the CIS has criticised the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul's research on the state of welfare in Australia.

RESEARCH PROGRAMS

The CIS has research programmes on:

LECTURE SERIES AND SEMINARS

PUBLICATIONS (EXAMPLES)

CIS Policy Monographs

''Conspicuous Compassion: Why Sometimes it Really is Cruel to be Kind'', Patrick West

''Australia's Welfare Habit: and how to kick it'', Peter Saunders (Director of Social Research)

Occasional Papers (OPs)

---No. 56: Universities In A State: The Federal Case Against Commonwealth Control Of Universities, Andrew Norton

---No. 54: A New Deal For Aborigines And Torres Strait Islanders In Remote Communities, Helen Hughes And Jenness Warin

---No. 51: Only 18% Why ACOSS Is Wrong To Be Complacent About Welfare Dependency, Peter Saunders

REFERENCES

"Surfing the wave of ideas", '' The Independent Weekly '' (Adelaide, South Australia), 22 May 2005

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