public trust in government

High levels of control, low personal freedom and little government transparency are government attributes that few Australians would support. Increasing trust is important, but not every path to higher trust is of equal value, write Sean Innis and Ryan Young.

When more than half of Australians have little or no trust in what is supposed to be one of the world’s great public services, it’s bad for democracy. And it’s consistent with the broad decline in levels of trust in government and faith in democracy in Australia over the past three decades, writes Bernard Keane. 

Terry Moran AC, chair of the Centre for Policy Development and former secretary of the PM&C presents a review of how Commonwealth, state and local governments could work together more effectively, at the 2019 John Cain Lecture.