The CIS Event Experience

About The CIS Event Experience

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!

Publisher

cisevents

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Feb 2025

Latest episode

8 May 2026

Latest episodes

41 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   8 May 2026

   Australia's Broken Budget | Chris Richardson, Michael Stutchbury, Robert Carling & Richard Holden

   Watch here: https://youtu.be/NpXfg20UPWg As Treasurer Jim Chalmers prepares to hand down his fifth federal budget on 12 May 2026, four of Australia’s leading economists gather at the Centre for Independent Studies to ask: is this budget up to the challenge? Hosted by CIS Executive Director Michael Stutchbury, this roundtable brings together Robert Carling (CIS Senior Fellow, former Treasury and IMF official), Professor Richard Holden (UNSW Business School), and Chris Richardson (Principal, Rich Insight and Australia’s most cited budget economist) for a frank, wide-ranging conversation on the fiscal pressures facing Australia. They discuss rising inflation, a productivity slowdown, a housing crisis, a federal debt approaching $1 trillion, and whether Chalmers’ promises on savings, tax reform, and intergenerational equity stack up. 👉 Support CIS Research: 🔹 Become a member:  https://www.cis.org.au/membership-2-step-1/ 🔹 Make a donation: https://www.cis.org.au/support/donate/today/ 🔹 Learn more: https://www.cis.org.au/ 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.

2. 

   10 Apr 2026

   Antisemitism Is Not a Jewish Problem, It's an Australian Problem | Frydenberg, Finlay & Sackville

   In the wake of the Bondi attack, this panel confronts the rise of antisemitism in Australia. Josh Frydenberg, Lorraine Finlay and Ronald Sackville explore failures of leadership, legal tensions, and the limits of institutional responses. Moderated by Peter Kurti, the discussion calls for national responsibility and meaningful, lasting action.

3. 

   20 Mar 2026

   Behind Every Great Teacher Is a Great System | David Didau, Jenny Donovan & Trisha Jha

   David Didau and Dr Jenny Donovan join CIS to argue that meaningful education reform lies in redesigning systems, not fixing teachers. Blending classroom insight with policy expertise, they explore attention, learning, leadership, and why focusing on in-class impact—not external factors—offers the strongest path to improvement.

Who has been a guest on The CIS Event Experience

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• John Howard
• Alexander Downer
• Peter Kurti
• Andrew Bragg
• Peter Tulip

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 23 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

32

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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