Governance & Service Provision
Governance & Service Provision
The Institute of Public Affairs examines the the critical area of government and public sector reform, the importance of a strong civil society and high levels of social capital, and the importance of choice and competition in the traditionally government provided sectors of health and education.
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News
NZ gets its ACT together
New Zealand's electoral system might be completely incomprehensible, but it does have some benefits. At the election last weekend, the ACT party,...
Billions lost as SA finances melt away
IN the modern economy, everything is interconnected. Poor financial regulation in the U.S. leads to a meltdown in their housing market; banks...
Clamp on conflict of interest may hobble sound judgement
Do we want our councillors to be even less interested in local government policy than they already are? As potential councillors submit their...
Bartlett's big spend may miss its mark
Following the Federal Government's $10.4 billion package to pump-prime the national economy, Premier David Bartlett has announced his own extra...
Confidence tricks fail to secure our economic future
The Rudd government's $10.4 billion fiscal stimulus package is nothing more than a set of confidence tricks played out on the Australian people....
Big bucks roll in poll quest
Despite both Labor and the Liberals promising to outdo each other on the fiscal conservative criteria, The Canberra Times election "spendometer" in...
Publications
Did global warming send Lehman Brothers broke
NOVEMBER 2008: There's much debate about the causes of the global economic crisis. According to the popular media some of the chief suspects include ‘greed', ‘obscene executive salaries', and ‘predatory lenders'. But maybe the...
Taking the Pulse: Reform Initiatives for the WA Health System
A new report by Ross Fox in conjunction with the Mannkal Economic Education Foundation examining the public health system in Western Australia.
WA public hospitals have more bureaucrats and fewer nurses
WA public hospitals have more bureaucrats and fewer nurses than the average public hospital in Australia according to a major report to be released in Perth by the Institute of Public Affairs.
