Centre for Independent Studies

Centre for Independent Studies
Other nameCIS
Founder(s)Greg Lindsay
Established1976; 47 years ago (1976)
Executive DirectorTom Switzer
Address131 Macquarie Street, Sydney City
Location, ,
Australia
Websitewww.cis.org.au

The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) is an Australian right-wing think tank founded in 1976 by Greg Lindsay. The CIS specialises in public policy research and publishes material in areas such as economics, education, culture and foreign policy. Although there are no explicit ties between the CIS and the centre-right Liberal Party, the CIS is politically aligned with the Liberal Party, praising Liberal Party founder Robert Menzies, hosting various Liberal Party politicians and holding very critical views of the Labor Party. However, it has also hosted Labor prime ministers and politicians, and often also criticises the Liberal Party's policies.

The CIS is funded by donations, membership subscriptions, and book and event sales from individuals, companies and charitable trusts. It does not accept government funding.

Philosophy

The CIS describes itself as a "classical liberal think tank."

CIS is affiliated with the United States-based Atlas Network, which advocates free market economic policies across the world.

Staff

Tom Switzer has been executive director of CIS since 2018, succeeding founder Greg Lindsay who had held the position for forty-two years. In 2019, Nicholas Moore was appointed chairman of the CIS board, succeeding Peter Mason.

Notable individuals in the research staff include Gary Banks, Salvatore Babones, Nyunggai Warren Mundine and Steven Schwartz.


This page was last updated at 2023-10-30 03:16 UTC. Update now. View original page.

All our content comes from Wikipedia and under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.


Top

If mathematical, chemical, physical and other formulas are not displayed correctly on this page, please useFirefox or Safari