Centre for Independent Studies
| Motto | Ideas for a better Australia |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Greg Lindsay |
| Established | 1976 |
| Focus | A "free enterprise economy and a free society under limited government where individuals can prosper and fully develop their talents". |
| Executive Director | Greg Lindsay |
| Address | Level 1, 131 Macquarie Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2000 |
| Website | http://www.cis.org.au/ |
The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) is an Australian libertarian think tank. It was founded in 1976 by Greg Lindsay. The CIS focuses on libertarian issues such as free market economics and reducing the size and scope of government. The CIS is endowed by donations, membership subscriptions, and book and event sales. According to the 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report (Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program, University of Pennsylvania), CIS is number 101 (of 150) in the "Top Think Tanks Worldwide" and number 11 (of 60) in the "Top Think Tanks in Southeast Asia and the Pacific."
The Centre favours a "free enterprise economy and a free society under limited government where individuals can prosper and fully develop their talents". Many CIS scholars are self-described classical liberals. As classical liberalism is often critical of government intervention in the economy and personal life, the Centre does not accept government funding out of principle. Instead, the CIS is funded by private sector donations from individuals, companies and charitable trusts. It does not disclose the names of donors, and in 2016 received a rating of 'highly opaque', and zero out of five stars, in a survey by Transparify.
CIS scholars are often in conflict with other think tanks and welfare bodies, particularly those it considers centrist and left-wing, such as the Per Capita, The Australia Institute, the Social Policy Research Centre at the University of New South Wales, the Society of St Vincent de Paul, The Smith Family, and the Australian Council of Social Service.
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