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What is the proper role of government? What services should the government provide, and not the private sector? Here you will find the IPA's work on the cause of limited government, the ABC, the proper running of government services in Australia and public sector reform.

Government Services

Why We Don’t Want Another Joseph Chamberlain

Richard Allsop Started 1 June 2017 Government services, Western civilisation,

Britain should be worried about Theresa May seeking political inspiration from Joseph Chamberlain, writes Richard Allsop. Nick Timothy, the former Chief of Staff to UK Prime Minister Theresa May...

Government Services

Who Will Drain The Canberra Swamp?

Morgan Begg Started 1 June 2017 Government services,

‘Drain the swamp’ was a core message of Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign. This simple message referenced the entrenched special interests feeding from the taxpayer-funded trough in Washington...

Finance and Economics

How To Fix The NDIS

Vern Hughes Started 23 April 2017 Finance and economics, Government services,

This article first appeared in the April 2017 edition of the IPA Review and is written by Director of Civil Society Australia, Vern Hughes. Seven years have passed since a campaign for the...

Research Papers

Abolish The Australian Communications And Media Authority

Daniel Wild 7 April 2017 Government services, Ipa today,

The Australia Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) should be abolished. 1. The ACMA is a threat to free speech. 2. The ACMA’s functions are redundant. 3. The ACMA imposes costs on the...

How To Fix The NDIS

Vern Hughes Started 1 April 2017 Government services, Ipa today,

Seven years have passed since a campaign for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was launched by disability service providers and several funded advocacy bodies. Its architects...

Government Services

Our Humble Servants?

William Coleman Started 1 March 2017 Government services,

Australia’s bloated bureaucracy stems back to colonial days and just keeps getting bigger, writes William Coleman. ‘Public Servant’—in the sense of ‘government employee’—is an Australianism that...

Book Reviews

Power And The Passion

Richard Allsop Started 1 March 2017 Book reviews, Government services,

Paul Keating’s economic reforms put today’s poll-driven politicians to shame, writes Richard Allsop. Almost a decade ago, the IPA Review published a cover story about Paul Keating headlined ‘What...

Government Services

Smothered by Nostalgia

Daniel Wild Started 1 December 2016 Government services,

Politicians yearning for a nostalgic return to glory days are failing modern America, according to a book reviewed by Daniel Wild. Modern politics in America has a nostalgia problem. Americans...

Dignity of Work

Uber Markets

Evan Mulholland Started 1 December 2016 Dignity of work, Government services,

Uber and Airbnb are part of a wider market revolution changing the way the world does business, writes Evan Mulholland. The last few decades have delivered us a monumental shift in how we...

Government Services

The Big Cure

Jason Potts Started 1 December 2016 Government services,

New technology can fix Australia’s ailing health system, but only if To fix health care and human services – two government programs as egregiously expensive as they are important – we...

Opinion

Public Service Perks Don’t Pass The Pub Test

Aaron Lane 17 November 2016 Government services, Ipa today,

Enterprise bargaining is a two-way street. Public sector unions cannot continue to argue that well-paid public servants deserve additional entitlements without considering the trade-offs that...

Federal Spending A Dangerous Drug Of Dependence

Brett Hogan 22 September 2016 Government services, Opinion,

While the deal struck last week between the government and opposition to get $6.3 billion of savings over four years through the Parliament is welcome, it is still just treating the symptoms...

Opinion

Still A Strong Case For Keeping Privatisation In The Reform Tool Kit

Mikayla Novak 22 August 2016 Finance and economics, Government services,

Despite recent concerns raised by the head of Australia’s competition watchdog, privatisation remains a viable reform option. Even though it has been firmly established as a modern economic...

Volunteerism And Civil Society

IPA Review Started 21 August 2016 Government services, Publications,

The United Firefighters Union’s attempted power grab over the Country Fire Authority is more than a Victorian industrial dispute, it’s an attack on civil society and the Australian tradition of...

Opinion

Energy Ministers Need To Facilitate, Not Limit, Consumer Choices

Brett Hogan 19 August 2016 Energy and resources, Government services,

As the nation’s Energy Ministers prepare for Friday’s meeting in Canberra to discuss how to “ensure energy markets remain stable and secure” it would be a major step...

Opinion

ABS Census Farce Reminds Us Statistics Are The ‘Eyes Of The Bureaucrat’

John Roskam 12 August 2016 Faith and society, Government services,

In 1961, Murray Rothbard, the most important libertarian economist of the 20th century, wrote about the evils of government statistics. “Statistics are the eyes and ears of the bureaucrat...

Government Services

Spill the Beans

James Bolt Started 1 August 2016 Government services,

Ever wondered why coffee sometimes spills when you walk? What’s that? You’ve literally wondered that every waking second of your life? The endless pursuit of the truth has left you unemployable...

Government Services

Trump: Chief Critic of American Conservatism

Andrew Bushnell Started 1 August 2016 Government services,

The outcry associated with Trump fundamentally misunderstands right-wing politics, writes Andrew Bushnell Since the Second World War, right-wing politics in the United States has been dominated...

Government Services

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