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NGOs out in the cold: the Howard government policy towards NGOs

16 June, 2006
16 June 2006 | Joan Staples argues that the federal government’s policies towards non-government organisations are undermining the democratic process. She writes that the government has been inspired by public choice perspectives in its attempts to limit the advocacy role of NGOs.