Australia’s new election spending rules will cap the money flowing into campaigns. But the proposed limits may leave established parties with ample room to spend while making it harder for newcomers to reach voters. (more…)
Kate Griffiths
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Back in black? A menu of measures to repair the budget
The federal government needs to cut spending and raise taxes to rein in Australia’s structural budget deficit, according to a new Grattan Institute report. (more…)
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Conflicted cuts at the Audit Office (Inside Story Oct 20, 2020)
The federal agency that revealed the sports rorts scandal has had its funding cut — again.
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Lobbyland. Policy in a crisis: who makes the rules?
Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures, right? Australians are certainly living through extraordinary times. The Covid-19 crisis has put lives, jobs and businesses at stake, enormous government spending has been required, and the speed of the response mattered at least as much as the design of the policy.