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Vital Signs: Victoria's privatised quarantine arrangements were destined to fail

  • Written by Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW
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Most people agree there are services government should pay for. Primary and secondary education, a dignified level of health care, emergency services and the military come to mind.

What is less clear is what services government should directly provide, and what it can safely contract out.

Past experiments in privatisation include the...

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