In this article Ann Scott suggests that one result of the cut-backs across the public service, both in Queensland and now at the Federal level, is to reduce the capacity of governments or the community they serve to measure the effects of their policymaking. There is a disturbing and conflicting trends between increased data collection and the loss of public servants with the training and experience to interpret what they mean.
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