Australian government budgets are under pressure. In the next 10 years, they are at significant risk of posting deficits of around 4 per cent of GDP. That means finding savings and tax increases of $60 billion a year. This alarming task is not impossible, but it will require tougher choices than those made over the...

The Coalition believes all Australians should have access to fast and affordable broadband. We recognise the benefits that fast broadband provides to households and businesses and its value (along with other information and communication technologies) in fostering productivity and innovation. Broadband and the Internet are essential services. The internet’s pervasive presence in our economy and...

Finding a strategy to upgrade telecommunications in Australia has been a challenge for both Labor and the Coalition over the past decade. Between 2004 and 2008 governments from both sides of politics were were unable to reach a deal with Telstra for an upgrade that would fairly balance the interests of Telstra’s shareholders and those...

NB The full compilation of this series was launched on 26 June 2014, called "False economies: unpacking public service efficiency" and available here > • Every Australian needs to understand what politicians mean when they talk about the ‘efficiency’ of government . Why should we care? Because this is our money, being spent on us...

In November 2012 the Fair Trading Minister Anthony Roberts released an issues paper, Making NSW Number 1 Again: Reducing Regulatory Burden (the "2012 Issues Paper"). That paper proposes to repeal six pieces of legislation in the portfolio of Fair Trading, including the Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act 1948 No.25 (the LTA Act). The closing date...