Presents a range of views on the reasoning behind, and the options for, what’s almost bound to be Australia’s most expensive and complex defence project - the replacement of the Collins class submarine fleet some time next decade. Overview In April this year ASPI staged a conference called The Submarine Choice. In this book you’ll...

Finance Minister Mathias Cormann claims Labor is opposing $5 billion in savings that it initiated when it was in government.

This report discusses the outlook for and drivers of Australian Government spending to help inform discussion about the sustainability of spending over the medium term.

This paper presents an overview of Australia's principal public broadcaster, the ABC, with reference to its origins, current composition and functions and its vision for a viable future within a changing media environment. The paper also makes reference to some of the controversies which have been integral to long-running discussion about the ABC - allegations...

This report argues that the government should reform family payments to help parents who are disincentivised from working as much as they wish. Overview In 2013–14, $32 billion was spent on family payments, amounting to 7.7% of total federal expenditure in that year, and 22% of total federal spending on social security and welfare. Family...