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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?

MYEFO is a symptom of Australia’s investment drought caused by high taxes
Michael PotterDecember 20, 2016Australian Financial Review

It seems the fiscal tanks are going to be being bone dry for another year,...

Stop begging, Queensland
Rebecca WeisserDecember 16, 2016Ideas@TheCentre

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk had her begging bowl out at COAG last week, panhandling for...

How green is the grass on the other side
Robert CarlingDecember 12, 2016Spectator - Flat White

The change of prime minister has put New Zealand in the news on this side...

Bold strategy needed to save us from economic purgatory
Simon CowanDecember 11, 2016Canberra Times

The Australian economy shrunk in real terms 0.5% in the third quarter of this year....

Unproductive? Go figure…
Rebecca WeisserDecember 9, 2016Ideas@TheCentre

The Federal Government has asked the Productivity Commission to spend 12 months figuring out how...

MEDIA RELEASE: Critique of fiscal stimulus highlights ineffectiveness and costs
Robert CarlingDecember 9, 2016

  A Treasury-released paper critiquing Australia’s fiscal stimulus during the global financial crisis of 2008-09...

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