JSB178 Lecture Notes - Avail, Tax Deduction
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The instrument" is the means of attaining a policy goal. Therefore it is essential that you comprehend the goal before choosing the instrument. We could subsidise home security, increase police presence in risk areas, increase penalties or all of these. Funding of public education on the issue. Public education campaigns usually take the form of advertising in the media. Ideally such a campaign would only include factual information and not become a de facto promotion of the party in power. They should be designed to inform the public of new services they can avail themselves of or warn them of new laws or restrictions that impact on their lives. In queensland in the 1970s and 1980s the government used to pay for a 5min segments on channel 9 every sunday before the 6pm news. It was promoted as essential information on what the government was achieving but focused heavily on images of government ministers and very biased commentary.
