Emilie Dye

Emilie Paige Dye is an American-born writer, policy commentator, and marketing and research analyst who has lived and worked in Australia. She is a spokesperson for Sydney YIMBY, a volunteer group advocating for increased housing supply. She previously worked as a Marketing and Research Analyst at the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) and contributed commentary to Sky News Australia.

Dye has written on housing policy, taxation, corporate activism, and intergenerational inequality. She has also spoken publicly about sexual abuse in religious communities and workplace harassment in Australia, including a 2025 complaint to the Fair Work Commission involving the Centre for Independent Studies that received national media coverage. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Dye said that school officials had received several indications of abuse but did not adequately investigate the situation. Wilson has disputed allegations that church leaders attempted to conceal abuse, stating that a teacher was dismissed in 2014 for inappropriate behaviour and that church officials contacted police two years later after learning that the relationship may have been abusive. She has published reports on including housing affordability taxation and "bracket creep", and corporate political activism.

Her commentary has opposed quotas on the number of immigrants to Australia and criticised what she saw as restrictive border policies.

Fair Work Commission case In July 2025, Dye filed an application with the Fair Work Commission alleging sexual harassment by Tom Switzer, then executive director of the Centre for Independent Studies, as well as retaliatory action by the organisation after she refused to sign a non-disclosure agreement.

Dye alleged that during a night out after a CIS event, Switzer "rubbed her leg", told her she had a "great arse", described himself as "a very sexual guy" during a night out in March 2025, and asked intrusive personal questions including whether she had "ever been with a woman" and whether she "liked threesomes".

Dye further alleged that CIS engaged in retaliatory conduct after she refused to sign a non-disclosure agreement, including launching an internal investigation into her own workplace behaviour. On 5 September 2025, the organisation issued a joint statement apologising to Dye after the parties reached a resolution in the proceedings before the Fair Work Commission. The Australian Financial Review reported that the payout and legal costs associated with resolving the dispute cost the Centre for Independent Studies approximately $500,000.