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.
Sub-topics of Governance & Service Provision
Publications
Abolish the grants commission: IPA
Free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs has called for the abolition of the Commonwealth Grants Commission as part of a wholesale reform agenda for Australian federalism. According to Julie Novak, Research Fellow at the IPA, 'The...
Towards true transparency
In recent years, Australian politics has been dominated by calls for greater transparency and accountability. Advances in online technology such as the rise of social networking and ‘web 2.0' allows citizens to interact with the government...
Showdown in Wisconsin
The Midwestern US state of Wisconsin, home to long winters, strange delicacies such as fish boils, and sporting teams such as the Green Bay Packers, seems a strange epicentre for one of the great public policy battles of today: how to rein in...
Next Generation State Budgets
Next Generation State Budgets: Stronger Fiscal Rules for Better Budgetary Outcomes and More Prosperous States
Green groups and the government
Green groups and the government: a dangerous duopoly
IPA applauds Gillard honesty: carbon tax will send electricity prices soaring, honesty now needed on price of renewables
'The Institute of Public Affairs congratulates Julia Gillard's honesty today when she admitted that a carbon tax would send electricity prices soaring', said Director of Climate Change Policy, Tim Wilson. In her press conference today announcing...
Victoria looking ahead: Policy priorities for the Victorian government
The election of the new government in Victoria in November 2010 provides an opportunity to embark on a reform agenda to improve living standards and quality of life for Victorian people.
Submission to the Senate inquiry into Competition within the Australian Banking Sector
The rise and rise of the Tea Party
When Barack Obama won the White House and his Democratic Party increased its majorities in both houses of Congress in 2008, the conventional wisdom pointed to a political realignment in the United States. Conservatism, which had shaped much of...
Newspoll findings show support for electoral reform
A Newspoll survey commissioned by the Institute of Public Affairs has found that Australians have an appetite for substantial electoral reform. "The so?called ‘new paradigm' is an opportunity for our national leaders to embrace substantive...
