The Canberra Times | 1 July 2014

Fiona Katauskas 'Decoding cuts' cartoonExcerpt from CPD’s False Economies report series…

An extract from CPD’s recently compilation False economies: unpacking public service efficiency was published in the July ‘Public sector informant’ column of The Canberra Times. Columnist Markus Mannheim chose to highlight insights by CPD Public Service Research Program research director Christopher Stone, into the need to shift the budget debate to serious discussions on the role of government. The excerpt also points to some negative consequences of reducing public sector capacity – especially where more effective strategies to drive efficiency exist.

 

Read the excerpt in The Canberra Times here

Read more about the False Economies report series

 

 

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