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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Free speech: Hicks should keep his memoir profits
David Hicks should be able to keep the profits from his memoir. The law which confiscates literary proceeds of crime is a bad law. It's a bad law...
War to end war drugs gains allies on right flank
In 2011, the war to end the war on drugs is now being led by conservative voices, not radical ones. In March, three federal Liberal backbenchers -...
Abbott chases working votes even Menzies forgot
There's a certain irony when Tony Abbott conjures up the ghost of Robert Menzies for his "forgotten families". Menzies' forgotten people were the...
Malaysia solution puts politics before people
The United Nations can't seem to decide whether the Gillard Government's refugee swap arrangement with Malaysia is legitimate or illegitimate. The...
Refugee crime wave nothing but hogwash
Australia's large migrant, and refugee, intake is controversial. Advocates of a ‘small-Australia' point to congestion in our cities as one...
PM's selective hearing
Following his appearance on theABC's Lateline on Wednesday, Malcolm Thrnbull rejoins Marius Kloppers and Ross Garnaut in Julia Gillard's pantheon...
No reality holiday from this population challenge
If long term tourism and population forecasts are to be believed, Melbourne is nowhere near ready to handle the 1.6 million extra tourists and...
Gillard and Swan: meet the fiscal incredibles
Treasurer Wayne Swan claims to have cut some $22 billion out of the federal budget. Well actually that's not quite right - he claims to have found...
Middle class welfare: not happy Julia
Perhaps families earning $150,000 a year are "rich". Perhaps they're not. But it's intuitively obvious they shouldn't receive welfare. That's...
What happened to the meat axe?
THERE'S nothing for it. Send out a search and rescue team for Kevin07's meat axe. Treasurer Wayne Swan talked for the fourth year in a row about a...
