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Government and Politics

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Individual freedom and prosperity depends on having healthy institutions.  Ever expanding government and regulation leads to less competition and in turn a less responsive public sector.  The CIS examines the way government poses threats to maintaining a healthy civil society.

Publications

  1. TARGET30: Reducing the burden for future generations

    David Murray AO, Maurice Newman, Simon Cowan | 01 Jul 2013 | Policy Forum

    TARGET30 is a campaign promoting smaller government and cutting government spending to less than 30% of GDP in the next 10... Read More...

  2. A Fair Go: Fact or Fiction?

    Benjamin Herscovitch | 09 May 2013 | Policy Monographs

    The Australian ideal of a fair go is fact rather than fiction. By offering all individuals the opportunity to capitalise... Read More...

  3. TARGET30: Towards smaller government and future prosperity

    Peter Saunders, Robert Carling, Simon Cowan | 06 Mar 2013 | TARGET30 Research Papers

    TARGET30 is a campaign promoting smaller government, supported by a series of research reports providing policy solutions... Read More...

  4. TARGET30 SNAPSHOT: Towards smaller government and future prosperity

    Simon Cowan | 06 Mar 2013 | TARGET30 Snapshots

    TARGET30 is a campaign promoting smaller government, supported by a series of research reports providing policy solutions... Read More...

  5. Australia and the Asian Ascendancy: Why Upskilling is Not Necessary to Reap the Rewards

    Benjamin Herscovitch | 19 Feb 2013 | Issue Analysis

    Government programs to upskill the Australian workforce for the Asian Century are a solution to a non-problem. With more... Read More...

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Opinion & Commentary

  1. Youth disgust weakens democracy

    Steven Schwartz | 08 Jul 2013 | The Australian Financial Review

    Political parties have become self-serving cliques whose methods, motives and messages have not changed since their grandfathers ... Read More

  2. Cure for a bloated public sector

    Simon Cowan | 05 Apr 2013 | The Canberra Times

    TARGET30 is not a slash-and-burn campaign; it simply asks people to consider what they really need government to provide.... Read More

  3. Outcry ignores role of travellers

    Tim Pascoe | 20 Feb 2013 | The Canberra Times

    What are the responsibilities of the Australian government to help citizens who get into trouble overseas?... Read More

  4. Tighten the rules on welfare payments

    Peter Saunders | 08 Jun 2012 | ON LINE Opinion

    There is more to welfare reform than amalgamating the benefits.... Read More

  5. Child protection: generation lost by not being 'stolen'

    Jeremy Sammut | 05 Jun 2012 | The Drum

    It is incredibly simplistic and misleading to blame the serious problems many troubled children experience on the decision ... Read More

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Ideas@TheCentre

  1. Why we should support car workers (find new jobs)

    Simon Cowan | 12 Jul 2013

    Government should support workers transition to competitive industries and abolish corporate welfare....

  2. On the trappings of power

    Peter Saunders | 12 Jul 2013

    A seat in the Royal Box at Wimbledon is one of those perks top politicians come to expect, even those who say they hate privilege....

  3. From parenting payment to prostitution?

    Andrew Baker | 12 Jul 2013

    Claims that people on welfare are being ‘forced’ into prostitution because of cuts to welfare should be treated with ...

  4. Absurd reaction to first Muslim frontbencher

    Peter Kurti | 05 Jul 2013

    The anti-Islamic rants against Ed Husic this week were both absurd and inconsistent....

  5. Fixed terms revisited

    Robert Carling | 05 Jul 2013

    The current bout of speculation about the election date reminds us that there is a way to put a stop to this silly game once ...

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