Rabu, 30 April 2014

Canberra may cut government agencies (AAP)

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Federal agencies should be abolished, privatised or made state responsibilities in recommendations to be outlined by the federal government's Commission of Audit on Thursday.

The Commission has recommended Canberra devolve responsibility for health, education and other services in a bid to reduce the size of government in a direct snub to former prime minister Kevin Rudd's ideal of co-operative federalism.

The report, seen by a small group of ministers and bureaucrats, is believed to be built around the theme of competition, Fairfax media reports.

News Corp reports the radical reforms will stop short of calling for the dismantling of federal health and education departments, but recommend selling federal assets to pay down debt and move from non-essential services.

Among the report's 86 recommendations are calls for axing agencies, including the National Preventive Health Agency, which is due to release its report into a minimum floor price for alcohol on Thursday.

As well, Defence Housing Australia, which manages and owns properties for defence families, is also earmarked for privatisation or abolition.

Ministers and bureaucrats accept that some proposals will be adopted, while others are considered "untenable", or will be modified or placed into long-term planning frameworks, Fairfax said.

The Audit Commission report will be published at 2pm (AEST) on Thursday.


http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/23105142/canberra-may-cut-government-agencies/

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