Governance & Service Provision
Governance & Service Provision
The Institute of Public Affairs examines the the critical area of government and public sector reform, the importance of a strong civil society and high levels of social capital, and the importance of choice and competition in the traditionally government provided sectors of health and education.
Sub-topics of Governance & Service Provision
News
Expect Libs to go in for the kill
Despite calls for consensus politics, for the next three years Australians should expect a Liberal-led opposition to behave like an animal that's...
Minority government gridlock good for the ALP
Labor lost the war. But it won the reconstruction handily. Nobody thought the Gillard team could come together as it did in the last two weeks....
A cynical look at parliamentary reform
We're usually a distrustful lot. When it was revealed Andrew Wilkie had asked for federal funds to redevelop the Royal Hobart Hospital, everybody...
Life under Gillard could be an expensive business
If Julia Gillard holds government, the alliance she will have cobbled together will speak in one voice on one major issue - climate change. Andrew...
As a business manager, Victoria doesn't hold water
Rain is falling in Victoria and water restrictions are being relaxed. How well has the Government performed as a business manager in...
Snapping at heels of civil liberty
It was obviously a tactical error for Paul Hogan to tell the Australian Taxation Office to "come and get me, you bastards". The ATO claims Hogan...
Publications
The post-hope Prime Minister
President Obama and former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd both catapulted to power principally by harnessing the politics of hope. But, as recent events have shown, in politics, hope can turn to hopeless pretty quickly. Politicians who try to tap into...
Green Excuses: Collusion to promote protectionism?
The trade of forestry products on international markets is becoming increasingly controversial. For years environmental groups have been claiming that there is mass deforestation and illegal logging occurring in the developing world to create...
These people are in charge
Kevin Rudd never tires of talking about ‘working families'. But like John Howard's frequently expressed support for families, this is not spin. Both major political parties give families with dependent children an extraordinary amount of...
