Economic Policy

Freely functioning markets embedded in robust institutions underpin the strong economies that give Australians and New Zealanders the capacity and power, as individuals and through voluntary and public sector organisations, to help those who experience hardship and to play their part in maintaining our physical environments.

The advent of the Global Financial Crisis is giving rise to even bigger government hence the CIS sees an increasingly urgent need for further and continuing economic reform. It is especially important that we rationalise the regulatory environment and reform the way services are provided by the public sector. The new policies we need should be based on the same kinds of fundamental economic principles that have underpinned reforms of the financial system and product markets.