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
States need to lift their game
Australian states and territories appear to have been steadily losing friends for a long period of time. The group of those not enamoured with the...
Farewell to politics of plenty
These days there's not too much talk about a soft landing for the global economy. The descriptions of the landing we can now hope for from the...
Where's the local goodwill when it comes to rates
How do we know that our local councils have raised far more money than they need? It isn't the fact that local governments have enough money to...
Get off the turps - idiots are the problem, not alcohol
Hardly a weekend goes by without a heavily publicised nightclub bashing or brawl plastered all over the newspapers. Melbourne seems to have...
Connies a nostalgic symbol of lost community spirit
The proposal aired in last week's Sunday Age to reinstate conductors to Melbourne's trams was greeted with unsurprising enthusiasm. But the...
Tough decisions? Give me a break
Kevin Rudd reckons the reason for the swing against Labor at the Gippsland byelection was because he has made some "tough decisions". If this is...
Publications
Taking the Pulse: Reform Initiatives for the WA Health System
A new report by Ross Fox in conjunction with the Mannkal Economic Education Foundation examining the public health system in Western Australia.
WA public hospitals have more bureaucrats and fewer nurses
WA public hospitals have more bureaucrats and fewer nurses than the average public hospital in Australia according to a major report to be released in Perth by the Institute of Public Affairs.
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