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
Barack to the future
Barack Obama and his supporters in America and abroad are understandably thrilled after winning a remarkable electoral victory. They are entitled...
The 50,000+ staff draining our economy
'Fiscal austerity'' has become the phrase of choice for Western countries that need to rectify the excesses of recent decades, culminating in the...
In praise of ticket scalping, horse eating and trading in human organs
Should we be able to buy horse meat at restaurants or for home cooking? It is not as if horses are a protected species. We already export them for...
2016 holds hope for Republicans
Looking at the current crop of Republican presidential hopefuls, it's no wonder many conservatives are despondent. To call the field lacklustre is...
Crippled by its crutches
According to Ralph Norris, overseas investors are worried about the Gillard government. No matter how worried overseas investors are, they should...
The less Parliament sits, the better off we all will be
'We're getting on with the job.'' This has long been the standard response of Julia Gillard and her leadership team to questions about low poll...
Publications
Project Western Australia: A Growth and Productivity Agenda for the Next Government
The need for sound economic reform never ends. But there has never been a more important time than now. In this important volume, John Hyde and Andrew Pickford pull together the most important priorities for the next government of...
Accountability for our aid dollar - Time to hit the pause button?
There are serious questions to be asked about the number of NGOs that actively campaign for more aid expenditure in Australia, while they are concurrently recipients of that aid. Some of these NGOs receive aid funding to engage in...
Abolish the grants commission: IPA
Free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs has called for the abolition of the Commonwealth Grants Commission as part of a wholesale reform agenda for Australian federalism. According to Julie Novak, Research Fellow at the IPA, 'The...
