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February 27, 2010
At the opposition policy forum organised by the Menzies Research Centre last week, CSI's Peter Shergold called on governments to "accept the default provision that all government human services should be delivered by community -based organisations and not public services".
Shergold urged the opposition to ensure that beauracratic red tape did not prevent policy innovation. He called for not-for-profit service providers to have the opportunity to be involved in policy development and to negotiate the contracts and guidelines under which they work instead of having them imposed.
"Make sure the public servants are monitoring the program, ensuring public accountability and then, the most important stage, get out of the way."
Read article in The Australian, by Christian Kerr