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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.

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.

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

"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

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.