Labor's idea of an Evaluator General could dramatically cut wasteful spending
- Written by Peter Siminski, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Technology Sydney
Labor has promised to establish a new office of Evaluator General to oversee high-quality evaluations of government programs.Sven Mieke/UnsplashThe Australian federal government plans to spend A$500 billion this year. With 188 federal agencies and departments, it funds everything from preschool to pensions, from the army to the arts.
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