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In a CEDA report published in July 1986 called Expenditure Management, participants of the Strategic Issues Forum assessed the management of public expenditure in Australia.
The debate around the sustainability of Australia’s budget is hardly new. Expenditure Management highlights concerns around the level of government expenditure and the impact of budget deficits on economic activity.
Read pages 2 - 17 of Strategic Issues Forum: Expenditure Management
The report from 1986, The Role of the State and Individual Responsibility examines the welfare state and how to obtain and maintain a budget surplus. The report calls for greater review and scrutiny of the scale of welfare program spending.
Read pages 5 - 17 of Strategic Issues Forum: The Role of the State and Individual Responsibility
The below highlights refer to CEDA's research report Australia's Nuclear Options.
Read more Agribusiness November 29, 1988In 1988 CEDA issued a paper on Postal Services in Australia which discussed the regulatory framework and the social and economic effects of regulating postal services.
Read more Agribusiness February 27, 1979Published in March 1979, Resources Rent Taxes by Dr Susan Bambrick discussed the rationale behind the Government's consideration of a resources tax, the theoretical application of a resources tax, the political aspect of the debate and competition for revenue.
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