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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?

Radical Surgery: The Only Cure for New South Wales Hospitals
Wolfgang KasperJanuary 27, 2009PM91

NSW public hospitals are plagued by massive systemic failures, as diagnosed in the Garling report....

Beyond Symbolism: Finding a Place for Local Government in Australia’s Constitution
January 20, 2009

Local governments could provide schools and fast development approvals if they receive more than just...

A Streak of Hypocrisy: Reactions to the Global Financial Crisis and Generational Debt
Jeremy SammutDecember 15, 2008PM90

This paper examines the policy challenges associated with the ageing of the Australian population through...

Million Dollar Babies: Paid Parental Leave and Family Policy Reform
November 18, 2008IA102

In February 2008, the federal government asked the Productivity Commission to recommend a national paid...

Government Intervention in Mortgage Finance: The Case Against ‘AussieMac’
Stephen KirchnerSeptember 8, 2008IA99

The sub-prime mortgage crisis in the United States that began in August 2007 has had...

The Bipolar Pacific
Helen HughesAugust 21, 2008IA98

Australians have become accustomed to bad news from the Pacific islands. Conflict in the Solomon...

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