Towards social markets As governments move from directly delivering services to procuring them in a competitive market, traditional public-private partnership models are evolving Chair: Graham Brooke, Lead Partner – New South Wales Government, KPMG Panellists: • Ben Dempsey, Project Director, Department of Justice and Regulation (Victoria) • Leilani Frew, Executive Director, Head of Infrastructure and Structured Finance, NSW Treasury • Tracy Howe, Chief Executive, NSW Council of Social Service (NCOSS) • Rob Koczkar, Chief Executive, Social Ventures Australia
Key points: • The public sector’s role will inexorably shift from a direct monopoly provider of community and public services, in favour of its new role as a purchaser and regulator of these services, on behalf of the community. • This shift will be led by the ‘push’ from unsustainable recurrent budget costs, but it must be about seeking value for money and outcomes, not simply cost. • Projects like the Northern Beaches Hospital PPP and the Ravenhall Prison evidence early pathfinders of this increasing shift. • The community and welfare sectors will partner on complex reform – provided it is based on solid policy and clear benefit.
L–R: Ben Dempsey, Leilani Frew, Tracy Howe, Rob Koczkar, Graham Brooke
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