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Governments spend taxpayers’ money on a wide range of programmes from education to defence and from welfare to infrastructure. Yet there can be too much of a good thing, and some government spending is just wasteful. How can we ensure that taxpayers are getting value for money?

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Implications of the Retirement Income Review: Public advocacy of private profligacy?
Terrence O’BrienMarch 17, 2021AP19

The recent Retirement Income Review implies policies that would reduce after-tax returns to super saving,...

The Looming Iceberg: Australia’s post-pandemic debt risk
Robert CarlingJanuary 28, 2021PP35

After many years with low public debt, Australia is seeing a much higher debt burden...

Retirement review reveals red herrings
Simon CowanDecember 11, 2020Ideas@theCentre

Another review of the retirement income system has come ¾ and it seems, gone ¾...

Victims of failure – how the COVID-19 policy response let down Australians
Monica WilkieDecember 9, 2020AP18

The government response to COVID-19 has imposed restrictions on Australians unseen in peacetime. As Australians...

Resist protectionism and regulation
Simon CowanNovember 27, 2020IDEAS@THECENTRE

  While the short-term issues associated with the recovery are crucially important, they’re not the...

retirement superannuation super
Super system is sound
Robert CarlingNovember 27, 2020IDEAS@THECENTRE

Here we go again — yet another review of retirement incomes, this one the outcome...

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