Time to reform ‘discretionary’ grant system

Parliament house in Canberra
Centre for Governance and Public Policy
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Australian taxpayers could be better off if the States and Commonwealth carved up grants differently, a leading economic researcher has argued ahead of next Wednesday’s Sir Samuel Griffith Forum on Australia’s Federal Future. Jonathan Pincus, Visiting Professor of Economics at University of Adelaide, has called for a substantial reduction in large and conditional grants made […]