Chris Berg has a paper out on the growth of the regulatory state in Australia and the different forms and arms it takes as legislation as well as delegatory bodies. A common aspect of modern government is the increasing growth of legislation and complexity, even from what the older nanny-state and social-states comprised.

Even within the political philosophies of the free market and limited government the state has found ever increasing ways to increase its complexity, and ultimately, its burden on the population. This has ramifications on the ease and liberty of self-organisation, whether economic, cultural, social; or political.
Cam Riley: South Sea Republic. Freedom, liberty, equity and an Australian Republic.