This book focuses on practical ways public managers at home and abroad are dealing with these shared dilemmas. It brings together renowned scholars in the fields of public sector productivity, performance management, 'frugal innovation' and budget stringency, with leading practitioners sharing their successes and challenges.
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Part 1.Reflections on federalism.Federalism and the engine room of prosperity /Wayne Swan --Does federalism work? /John Brumby --What has federalism ever done for us /Anna Bligh --Splicing the perspectives of the Commonwealth and states into a workable federation /Terry Moran --The reform imperative and Commonwealth-state relations /John Brumby --Fostering creativity and innovation in cooperative federalism -- the uncertainty and risk dimensions/Mark Matthews --Part 2.Reflections on policy and politics.Cabinet government: Australian style /Patrick Weller --Consumers and small business: at the heart of the Trade Practices Act /Graeme Samuel --Constitutional litigation and the Commonwealth /David Bennett --Evidence-based policy making: what is it and how do we get it? /Gary Banks --Part 3.Reflections on governance and leadership --The two cultures re-examined: a perspective on leadership and policy management in business and government/Philip M Burgess --Leading the Australian Defence Force /Marshall Angus Houston --Essential linkages--situating political governance, transparency and accountability in the broader reform agenda /Andrew Murray --Part 4.Reflections on adaptive change.14. Higher education: it's time ... (to change the policy framework) /Ian Chubb --Achieving a 'conservation economy' in indigenous communities: a Canadian model for greening and growing local economies/Ian Gill --From crystal sets to the double helix in one journalist's lifetime /Peter Thompson.
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This collection of 'critical reflections' on Australian public policy offers a valuable contribution to public discussion of important political and policy issues facing our nation and society. These essays are important not only because of the reputation and position of the various contributors, but because they are incredibly 'content rich' and brimming with new ideas.
A Passion for Policy - Essays in Public Sector Reform -- Table of Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 - A Passion for Policy -- Policy-making in a contestable public sector environment -- A policy advice market -- NGOs and lobby groups -- Ministerial advisers -- The passion -- Policy and whole of government working -- Building our capability for research and policy -- Dependent Spouse Rebate -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 - The Dangers of Complacency: The Case for Reforming Fiscal Policy in Australia -- Bibliography
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"The business of government is necessarily diverse, changing and of considerable scale. A focus on improving the implementation of government programs and initiatives is important because the community expects the Government to deliver on its policies, as does the Government. The papers included in this collection address numerous aspects of improving implementation. They were initially presented at the Project Management and Organisational Change conference held in Canberra in February 2006, the first annual research conference organised by ANZSOG in conjunction with the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. This collection represents a comprehensive drawing together of experience and insight from both practitioners and academic researchers, with speakers including top public sector executives from the Australian jurisdictions as well as representatives from the United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand."--ANU Press
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This collection of papers is concerned with issues of policy development, practice, implementation and performance. It represents a range of views about diverse subjects by individuals who are, for the most part, in the public eye and who have the capacity to influence the shape and the reality of public policy. Each has a story to tell, with insights that can only be drawn by those working at the 'sharp end' of policy.
"Transparency and citizen engagement remain essential to good government and sound public policy. Indeed, they may well be the key to restoring trust in government itself, currently at an all-time low in Australia. It is ironic, then, that this has occurred at a time when the technological potential for information dissemination and interaction has never been greater. Opening Government: Transparency and Engagement in the Information Age explores new horizons and scenarios for better governance in the context of the new information age, focusing on the potentials and pitfalls for governments (and governance more broadly) operating in the new, information-rich environment. Its contributors, a range of international and Australian governance academics and practitioners, ask what are the challenges to our governing traditions and practices in the new information age, and where can better outcomes be expected using future technologies. They explore the fundamental ambiguities extant in opening up government, with governments intending to become far more transparent in providing information and in information sharing, but also more motivated to engage with other data sources, data systems and social technologies."
Sharpening the Sword of State explores the various ways in which 10 jurisdictions in the Asia-Pacific enhance their administrative capabilities through training and executive development. It traces how modern governments across this region look to develop their public services and public sector organisations in the face of rapid global change. For many governments there is a delicate balance between the public interest in promoting change and capacity enhancement across the public service, and the temptation to micro-manage agencies and be complacent about challenging the status quo. There is a recognition in the countries studied that training and executive development is a crucial investment in human capital but is also couched in a much wider context of public service recruitment, patterns of entry and retention, promotion, executive appointment and career development. This empirical volume, authored by academics and practitioners, is one of the first to chart these comparative differences and provide fresh perspectives to enable learning from international experiences
This book provides a comprehensive coverage of one of Australia's most historic elections, which produced a hung parliament and a carefully crafted minority government that remains a heartbeat away from collapse, as well as Australia's first elected woman Prime Minister and the Australian Greens' first lower house Member of Parliament.The volume considers the key contextual and possibly determining factors, such as: the role of leadership and ideology in the campaign; the importance of state and regional factors (was there evidence of the two or three speed economy at work?); and the role of policy areas and issues, including the environment, immigration, religion, gender and industrial relations. Contributors utilise a wide range of sources and approaches to provide comprehensive insights into the campaign. This volume notably includes the perspectives of the major political groupings, the ALP, the Coalition and the Greens; and the data from the Australian Election Survey. Finally we conclude with a detailed analysis of those 17 days that it took to construct a minority party government
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This book provides a comprehensive coverage of one of Australia's most historic elections, which produced a hung parliament and a carefully crafted minority government that remains a heartbeat away from collapse, as well as Australia's first elected woman Prime Minister and the Australian Greens' first lower house Member of Parliament. The volume considers the key contextual and possibly determining factors, such as: the role of leadership and ideology in the campaign; the importance of state and regional factors (was there evidence of the two or three speed economy at work?); and the role of policy areas and issues, including the environment, immigration, religion, gender and industrial relations. Contributors utilise a wide range of sources and approaches to provide comprehensive insights into the campaign. This volume notably includes the perspectives of the major political groupings, the ALP, the Coalition and the Greens; and the data from the Australian Election Survey. Finally we conclude with a detailed analysis of those 17 days that it took to construct a minority party government.