ACT counts the dividends of efficiency, and the cost of efficiency dividends by Stephen Easton | 0 comments This week's ACT Budget lists a range of efforts to save money in the public service, from property management to procurement reform and general efficiency improvements. It also laments the local economic impact of the federal government's efforts to do the same.
Decentralisation: ‘ideologically driven Canberra bashing’ by Stephen Easton | 0 comments When Victoria tried public sector decentralisation, it hit a snag. The federal government is moving ahead anyway with agencies preparing to depart Canberra. But will their experience be any different?
‘Dotcommunism’ dashed: ACT’s smart regulation of the sharing economy by Stephen Easton | There’s no better example of how to regulate the sharing economy than the ACT government’s embrace of Uber, according to a pair of bright young public policy wonks who worked for former prime minister Kevin Rudd.
ACT budget: Barr spends big on government IT by Stephen Easton | 0 comments The Mr Fluffy asbestos saga has blown a large hole in the ACT budget, but apart from that, Treasurer and Chief Minister Andrew Barr is staying on track.
