Government and bureaucracy
The size and conduct of government itself: the public service and bureaucracy, royal commissions, regulators as organisations, lobbying and vested interests.
Books 2
Policy 4
Unleashing Prosperity: How to cut red tape on farmers and AustraliansBerg, C. (2016) · Speeches and presentationsSubmission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Tax and Revenue Inquiry into the External Scrutiny of the Australian Taxation OfficeBerg, C. and Davidson, S. (2016) · Submissions and reportsThe Biggest Vested Interest of All: How Government Lobbies to Restrict Individual Rights and FreedomBerg, C. (2013) · Institute of Public AffairsPolicy without Parliament: the growth of regulation in AustraliaBerg, C. (2007) · Institute of Public Affairs
Media 1
Commentary 63
Automating the big state will need more than computersAustralian Financial Review · 20 Dec 2019Malcolm Turnbull’s Super MinistryRMIT Life · 27 Jul 2017Medicare details available on dark web is just tip of data breach icebergCanberra Times · 18 Jul 2017Australia isn’t immune to the Brexit debateABC The Drum · 14 Jun 2016Why Anti-Bank Populism Is A Fundamental Part Of Australia’s Political CultureABC The Drum · 20 Apr 2016Kevin Rudd guaranteed bank deposits and gave us something we already hadThe Conversation · 29 Jan 2016How to be a thoroughly liberal governmentIPA Review · 1 Dec 2015A Nudge In The Right Direction? How We Can Harness Behavioural EconomicsABC The Drum · 1 Dec 2015Don’t Blame Voters For A Lack Of Competition ReformABC The Drum · 20 Oct 2015Unelected Officials Are Stifling Our Democratic FreedomsThe Age · 21 Jun 2015Meet The Man Who Could Change The BudgetABC The Drum · 3 Mar 2015Big Government, Big Opportunity For Rent-SeekersABC The Drum · 11 Nov 2014The WHO Has Failed The Ebola DisasterABC The Drum · 21 Oct 2014Shining A Light On The Dangers Of Royal CommissionsABC The Drum · 1 Jul 2014Beware The Border Force FetishABC The Drum · 13 May 2014Tony Abbott’s culture challengeIPA Review · 1 May 2014It’s Power Grabs We Should Fear, Not CybercrimeABC The Drum · 1 Apr 2014Freedom: The Forgotten Human RightABC The Drum · 12 Nov 2013Accountability Goes Missing In Iraq Bank Note ScandalABC The Drum · 8 Oct 2013Teaching The Public Service To Obey Its New MastersABC The Drum · 10 Sep 2013
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Secrets And Fears Of A Paranoid GovernmentABC The Drum · 25 Jul 2013US Surveillance Scandal Just The Tip Of The IcebergThe Sunday Age · 16 Jun 2013When Does Mission Creep Become Censorship?ABC The Drum · 21 May 2013Power Is Not Meant For Bureaucratic HandsABC The Drum · 23 Apr 2013Everyone Promises Less Red Tape, But Very Few SucceedABC The Drum · 2 Apr 2013Beware Elite Technocrats And Their Open Disdain For DemocracyThe Sunday Age · 24 Mar 2013The Orwell Cult Is Way Out Of HandABC The Drum · 29 Jan 2013Policy Without Politics Is PointlessABC The Drum · 2 Jan 2013We Do Not Need An Internet OverlordABC The Drum · 9 Oct 2012Don’t Just Tinker With Government – Reduce ItABC The Drum · 2 Oct 2012Be like Gough: 75 Radical Ideas To Transform AustraliaIPA Review · 5 Aug 2012Happy Birthday To Free Market LiberalismABC The Drum · 13 Jun 2012Locking People Away Forever Because ASIO ReckonsABC The Drum · 22 May 2012The Real Reason for the Tragedy of the TitanicABC The Drum, Wall Street Journal · 12 Apr 2012Regulating From A Distance: Finkelstein, Politics, PowerABC The Drum · 7 Mar 2012Behavioural Economics: An Excuse To Tax And RegulateABC The Drum · 15 Feb 2012The Dramatic Collapse Of Trust In GovernmentABC The Drum · 25 Jan 2012Idealism Turns Us On, But Reality BitesThe Sunday Age · 23 Oct 2011‘Carbon Cops’ Destined To Join Mega-Regulators ClubABC The Drum · 3 Aug 2011‘Red Toryism’ Holds Little But Giggles For Local LiberalsABC The Drum · 8 Jun 2011Natural Disasters Give Economic Growth A Moral DimensionABC The Drum · 16 Mar 2011Micromanagement In The Regulatory StateABC The Drum · 25 Jan 2011Healthy Living… In A Nanny StateABC The Drum · 3 Nov 2010Snapping at heels of civil libertyThe Sydney Morning Herald · 4 Sep 2010Budget honesty charter corruptedThe Sunday Age · 15 Aug 2010A speech for Tony AbbottABC The Drum · 6 Aug 2010Why trimming the waste line is harder than it looksThe Sunday Age · 16 May 2010Who Should Run The Biggest Business In The Country?ABC The Drum · 7 Apr 2010IPA Review Editorial, March 2010IPA Review · 1 Mar 2010Small Government Does Not Mean CheapThe Sydney Morning Herald · 12 Dec 2009The Meter’s Running As Canberra Eyes States’ PowersThe Sunday Age · 15 Nov 2009Big Government: A Love StoryCrikey · 4 Nov 2009Meet The Nanny Spider: It Wants To Wrap You Up In Little Rules And Eat Your LifeThe Sunday Age · 4 Oct 2009Generation Pepsi All Froth And Bubble On LeadershipThe Sunday Age · 29 Mar 2009Go On, Mate, Get Out There And Make A DifferenceThe Sunday Age · 4 Jan 2009Where’s The Local Goodwill When It Comes To Rates?The Sunday Age · 28 Sep 2008Set Traps For Rats In The RanksThe Australian · 5 Mar 2008IPA Review Editorial, January 2008IPA Review · 1 Jan 2008No Street Cred For Council Party PoopersThe Sunday Age · 25 Nov 2007Telco Industry’s ‘Red Tape’ Burden UnfairABC News Online · 2 Oct 2007A Capital Idea: Move Them Out To Move Us OnThe Sunday Age · 24 Sep 2007The Regulatory State’s democracy problemIPA Review · 1 Jul 2007Lucky Australia Hasn’t Avoided MistakesABC Perspective · 29 Nov 2006