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==Funding==At the [[John Bonython]] lecture in 2005, CIS Director Greg Lindsay said that the Centre had an annual income of around $2 million, of which 1/3 came from corporations, 1/3 from foundations, and 1/3 from individuals. The CIS is very secretive about its funding, almost always refusing to disclose who funds its research. It does, however, not accept government funding or undertake commissioned work. Companies which have been publicly disclosed, historically, and confirmed by the CIS as its funders of the CIS [http://smh.com.au/articles/2003/08/11/1060588322537.html] include:
*[[McDonald's]] Australia
*ICI - now a subsidiary of [[Orica]]
*[[Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation]]
*[[Philip Morris]]
rewrite and split past/present known funders
In 1979, six companies - WMC, CRA, BHP, Shell, Santos and the Adelaide Advertiser - provided financial backing to the CIS, each pledging to donate $5,000 each year for five years.
==Funding==The Centre now has a budget of $2.5 million, and employs more than 20 23 staff.[http://www.abc.net.au/rn/counterpoint/stories/2006/1622495.htm#] In May 2005 CIS Director Greg Lindsay said that the Centre had an annual income of around $2 million, of which one-third came from corporations, one-third from foundations and one-third from individuals. "We've never committed ourselves to do anything for any of our supporters," he said. [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/counterpoint/stories/2006/1622495.htm] On its website it states that "we do not accept government funding, nor do we derive any income from political parties or groupings." [http://www.cis.org.au/CISinfo/FAQs.html#government] "'Independent' in our name means: We are politically non-partisan; Research is not directed by our supporters," it states. [http://www.cis.org.au/CISinfo/FAQs.html#top] While CIS receives approximately $800,000 from corporations, its policy is only to identify sponsors where they agree. Otherwise it declines to identify them. [http://smh.com.au/articles/2003/08/11/1060588322537.html]
*[[BHP Billiton]]
*[[Shell]]
*ICI - now a subsidiary of [[WMCOrica]] - Western Mining Corporation Some of these no longer support the Centre. Individuals who fund the CIS include *[[Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation]] [http://smh.com.au/articles/2003/08/11/1060588322537.html]:
Some of the individuals who fund the CIS include [http://smh.com.au/articles/2003/08/11/1060588322537.html]:
*[[Dame Elisabeth Murdoch]] - Mother of media mogul [[Rupert Murdoch]]
*[[Neville Kennard]]
*[[Robert Champion de Crespigny]]
===Former Funders===
*[[McDonald's]] Australia
*[[Philip Morris]]
*[[Pratt Foundation]]
*[[WMC]] (once known as Western Mining Corporation, WMC was taken over by BHP-Billiton).
==Personnel==
=== Board Members ===
*[[Greg Lindsay]], Executive Director
