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David Cameron has championed the ‘Big Society’ – but is it the right fit for Australia? Andy Rain / AAP

Will a smaller state create a bigger society in Australia?

By Helen Sullivan, University of Melbourne

Public service reform is never far from the minds of newly elected governments, particularly in times of fiscal constraint. The pressure to cut budgets combined with a determination to “do something” about…
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Policies of austerity are a fundamental burden on low-income earning women in the UK. Image from www.shutterstock.com

Women are paying the price for economic austerity

By Diane Elson, University of Essex

Since 2010, many European governments have adopted austerity policies in an attempt to reduce the budget deficits and increases in government borrowing that were caused by the 2007/8 financial crisis…

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