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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?

Fiscal Fiction: The Real Medicare Levy
Jeremy SammutMay 7, 2017RR27

The Medicare Levy is, and always has been, a fiscal fiction. The revenue raised by...

Government-sponsored bank for social housing not a solution
Michael PotterMay 2, 2017Catallaxy Files

Public housing and community housing, collectively called social housing, has numerous problems including un-maintained housing,...

A New Case for Small-Government Conservatism
Jeremy SammutMay 1, 2017Quadrant

Tony Abbott’s speech at the launch of Jim Allan’s edited collection of essays, Making Australia...

Political left and right hopelessly hooked on budget deficits
Simon CowanApril 29, 2017Canberra Times

As the budget leaks begin to stream in, the Treasurer tries to convince us that...

The good, the bad and the ugly of public debt
Robert CarlingApril 28, 2017Business Insider

Scott Morrison has been ruminating about the distinction between good debt and bad debt for...

A government-sponsored bank won’t help social housing
Michael PotterApril 28, 2017Ideas@TheCentre

Just over 400,000 Australian households live in social housing, comprised mainly of public and community...

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