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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Publications
The republic: Has Labor got the perfect wedge?
Liberal Party politicians probably only have two or three years to decide what to do about the republic issue before the federal government puts it firmly on the agenda. If they want to avoid being completely alienated from their support base,...
Can government be restrained?: Making the state small is a huge task
The 2007 election illustrated clearly how at both the federal and state levels the Labor Party has moved further away from socialism towards the centre of the political stream. In that sense the coalition parties can claim a ‘victory',...
The Growth of Australia's Regulatory State: Ideology, accountability and the mega-regulators
Regulation is a political activity. It sets the framework for the market economy by defining the boundaries between private action and government action. Yet those boundaries are not fixed. Australian governments are growing the body of regulation...
Corporate research and development beyond the reach of even the federal Innovation Minister
Innovation, Industry, Science and Research Minister Kim Carr has promised that the Labor government will ‘review' the R&D tax concessions. One of the early decisions of the Howard government was to reduce the 150 per cent R&D...
Australia's federation: How it is broken and why it has to be fixed
In harm's way
How 'health promotion' has damaged the relationship between doctor and patient.
Four points on federalism
Policy without Parliament: the growth of regulation in Australia
This year, there will have been more legislation and regulation imposed in Australia than any other year in history. Furthermore, federal regulatory agencies have grown dramatically in the last decade. The budget and staff of the three major...
Water provision for the poor: how ideology muddles the debate
Even though private water provision sees clean and safe water delivered to millions around the world, many politicians and NGOs remain irrationally opposed to the idea that profit should be made from "essential resources" like water. This mindset...
