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.
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Good intentions don't mean good policy
Banking is risky business. Banking policy is even more risky. Good intentions often lead to increased moral hazard and expensive policy failure....
Pursuit of climate change treaty is a waste of energy
Climate change negotiations should be put on ice. This morning Australian time, the sun will set on the UN climate change negotiations in Cancun,...
Overreaction to terrorism the big threat
Governments take terrorist threats very seriously. But the seriousness of terrorism has to be balanced against how very ineffective - even...
Breaches will breed secrecy
Why such a panic about WikiLeaks? Didn't we already know that Silvio Berlusconi has an eye for pretty ladies? Or that Kevin Rudd is a control freak...
Sequel to Copenhagen Resembles the Remake of a Bad Movie
One year after the Copenhagen climate change circus, the Gillard government is being dragged by the Greens towards policies that are out of step...
WikiLeaks and the virtue of transparency
WikiLeaks's release of American diplomatic cables "may put lives at risk". The White House spokesman Robert Gibbs claims that the release may...
Result shows Liberal Party a broad church
Assuming Ted Baillieu pulls off victory following Saturday's decisive swing, both the new government and the Liberal Party will have to act quickly...
If marriage is so good, why not invite everyone in?
It didn't take much for a wave of pro-gay marriage sentiment to echo through the socially liberal wing of the Labor Party. A Greens motion that...
Staring through the Greens' populist prism
In The Drum last week, Liberal shadow minister Kevin Andrews described the Greens as little more than Marxists for Forests. The Victorian Liberal...
Single authority no panacea for Victorian public transport
Despite scarcely rating a mention in the leaders' debate, public transport is clearly a crucial issue in this month's Victorian election. It might...
