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7. Is Implementation Only About Policy Execution?: Advice for public sector leaders from the literature8. National Competition Policy and Cooperative Federalism; 9. The Malfunctions of New Public Management: A case study of governance in Indigenous affairs1; 10. Australian Sub-National Compacts with the Not-For-Profit Sector: Pathways to cross-sector cooperation; 11. Championing Change in a Highly Contested Policy Area: The literacy reforms of David Kemp, 1996-2001; 12. Cross-Jurisdictional Performance Audits: Impacts and options for the Australian National Audit Office.
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; Foreword; Contributors; 1. Introduction -- Embracing New Accountabilities, Confronting New Challenges: Canvassing options for next generation improvements; 2. Restoring Trust in Government; 3. Parliamentary Scrutiny of the Australian Public Service; 4. Assessing Access to Information in Australia: The impact of freedom of information laws on the scrutiny and operation of the Commonwealth government; 5. Through a Glass Darkly: The vicissitudes of budgetary reform in Australia; 6. Constrained Parliamentarism: Australia and New Zealand compared.
This important and challenging volume of essays draws on insights from leading academics and public servants from Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Canada and elsewhere. It provides an excellent series of critiques of both the systemic accountabilities and the policy processes of government by drawing on meticulously researched, topical and real-world case studies of governance. Its contribution to the understanding of the applied processes of government in this way is exemplary. Topics covered include: restoring trust in government, parliamentary scrutiny of the APS, administrative law and FOI, budgetary reforms, implementation issues, competition policy, indigenous administration, collaboration with the NGO sector, educational reforms and the changes to the Auditor- General's mandate