Reducing Tensions in Australian Intergovernmental Relations through Institutional Innovation (关键词: 政府间协定、绩效、问责、伙伴关系 。 通过体制创新来减少澳大利亚政府间关系紧张)

In: Australian journal of public administration, Band 72, Heft 3, S. 382-389

Abstract

Australia remains under‐institutionalised in structures to manage intergovernmental relations. Negotiation and agreement remain dependent on the ad hoc summitry of COAG with deliberations dominated by the 'soft' factors of partisanship, personality and the political cycle. This articles outlines the 'soft' factors which dominate intergovernmental relations and argues institutional innovation is needed to formalise the management of multi‐level governance in Australia.