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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?

Infrastructure, not entitlement, needed to boost productivity
Greg LindsayJuly 25, 2013The Australian Financial Review

Australia has a productivity problem. In the past decade, multi-factor productivity has declined by 5...

Smaller government is vital for business growth
Simon CowanJuly 16, 2013The West Australian

Australia is at risk of waking up from the mining boom with nothing to show...

Why we should support car workers (find new jobs)
Simon CowanJuly 12, 2013

Unconfirmed rumours persist that Holden is looking for a massive taxpayer bailout of $265 million....

TARGET30: Reducing the burden for future generations
David Murray AO, Maurice Newman, Simon CowanJuly 1, 2013PF25

TARGET30 is a campaign promoting smaller government and cutting government spending to less than 30%...

Freedom and smaller government
Simon CowanJune 28, 2013

The size and role of government is at the heart of many problems that society...

Ignoring the writing on the wall
Alexander PhilipatosJune 28, 2013

Ford’s recently announced departure from Australian manufacturing may be the only signal strong enough to...

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