The CIS Event Experience
The CIS Event Experience
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From the studios of CIS our events team brings you engaging discussions from our live events, featuring lectures, panel discussions, and conversations with leading experts. From economic policy and social issues to international relations and cultural debates, our events explore the ideas and challenges shaping our world.
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The podcast covers a range of topics including economic policy, social issues, international relations, and cultural debates with episodes discussing Indigenous policy reform, population decline, political shifts toward conservatism, and housing policy success in New Zealand.
From the studios of CIS our events team brings you engaging discussions from our live events, featuring lectures, panel discussions, and conversations with leading experts. From economic policy and social issues to international relations and cultural debates, our events explore the ideas and challenges shaping our world.
Tune in from anywhere to be part of the conversation. Find us wherever you listen to your podcasts and subscribe now to ensure you never miss an episode!
As part of the Centre for Independent Studies annual Christmas Soirée, this episode explores the ever expanding reach of the modern nanny state through the lens of the 2025 Nanny State Award shortlist.
Presented by Peter Kurti, Director of CIS’s Culture, Prosperity and Civil Society program, the discussion surveys some of the most striking examples of government and institutional overreach from the past year. A recurring theme emerges around food, drink and lifestyle choices, with growing efforts to regulate not just behaviour but taste, advertising and personal preference.
From bans and planning controls to warning labels, taxes and compliance schemes, the episode examines how well intentioned policies can slide into excessive paternalism, often at significant cost to taxpayers and civil liberties. It also touches on expanding regulation beyond government, including activism that seeks to reshape sport, family life and everyday habits.
Witty, sharp and unapologetically sceptical, this conversation asks a larger question. When does public interest become intrusion, and how much control over ordinary life are Australians prepared to accept.
Recorded live at the Centre for Independent Studies annual Christmas Soirée.
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