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Report No. 10: Marketing Government: The public service and the permanent campaign    (published: 10/2008)
   posted: 29/10/2008
Author(s): Kathy MacDermott ()
Category: Focussed Audits; Incumbency benefits; Public service/statutory bodies
Kathy MacDermott shows how the marketing of government has invaded the core business of policy development and the everyday work of public servants. Her case studies illustrate how public servants have become part of the 'permanent campaign', putting at risk the distinction between marketing and explaining government policy and between genuine and politically tailored data.

Hereditary Relics Holding Back the AEC    (published: 5/2008)
   posted: 15/05/2008
Author(s): Peter Brent (Australian National University)
Category: - Audit paper; Electoral; Public service/statutory bodies
Peter Brent examines the regional structure of the Australian Electoral Commission and argues that the existence of permanent District Returning Offices is wasteful and is holding back the adoption of world's best practice enrolment procedures.

Not so special anymore: The demise of SBS television – An Audit discussion paper   
   posted: 1/02/2008
Author(s): Emma Dawson (Monash University)
Category: - Audit paper; Public service/statutory bodies; Media
Monash University’s Emma Dawson assesses the state of SBS as a public broadcaster reflecting the concerns of ethnic Australia. Dawson discusses how SBS management has responded to being caught up in the culture wars, attempting to adequately respond to the interests of its viewers, and its political masters.

Whatever happened to frank and fearless? The systems of New Public Management and the ethos and behaviour of the Australian Public Service    (published: 10/2007)
   posted: 19/10/2007
Author(s): Kathy MacDermott (Former Group Manager, Evaluation Group, Australian Public Service Commission)
Category: - Audit paper; Public service/statutory bodies; Accountability
Kathy MacDermott, former head of evaluation for the Australian Public Service Commission, considers the tension between the public service’s role in providing ‘frank and fearless’ advice to government and its role in development and implementation of government policy.

The role of ministerial advisors    (published: 7/2007)
   posted: 22/07/2007
Author(s): Norman Abjorensen (Australian National University)
Category: Accountability; - Audit paper; Public service/statutory bodies
As one of his first moves, the new British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has released a Green Paper, The Governance of Britain, to launch discussion of a wide range of constitutional reform. The Green Paper is available here.
Norman Abjorensen discusses the proposals relating to ministerial advisors.

A shrinking Australian electoral roll?    (published: 6/2007)
   posted: 20/06/2007
Author(s): Peter Brent (Australian National University), Simon Jackman (Stanford University)
Category: - Audit paper; Electoral; Public service/statutory bodies
In a new paper for the Audit, Peter Brent and Simon Jackman review the slowing rate of increase of the Australian electoral roll. They find that the Australian Electoral Commission has become more proficient at expunging than at enrolling or re-enrolling voters.

The Australian Wheat Board and the Oil for Food program    (published: 2/2007)
   posted: 13/02/2007
Author(s): Linda Botterill (Australian National University)
Category: - Audit paper; Public service/statutory bodies; Accountability
Linda Botterill, Australian National University, considers the outcome of the Cole Inquiry into the AWB Ltd’s alleged bribery in Iraq. The problem was not so much one of government culpability, she argues, but shortcomings in the way in which the original privatisation of the wheat exporting institutions were carried out.

Time to tighten the caretaker conventions    (published: 2/2007)
   posted: 13/02/2007
Author(s): Paul Malone (Canberra Times)
Category: - Audit paper; Incumbency benefits; Public service/statutory bodies
The Canberra Times’ Paul Malone reviews the current caretaker conventions, designed to ensure that a government does not exploit its position once an election is called. The conventions are, however, interpreted very differently between departments, particularly in relation to departmental websites. New guidelines should minimise the scope for conflicting interpretations.

Whistleblowing – A review of the law    (published: 8/2006)
   posted: 30/08/2006
Author(s): A.J. Brown (Griffith Law School)
Category: Accountability; - Audit paper; Public service/statutory bodies
A J Brown of Griffith Law School reviews Australian laws on public interest disclosures. He finds significant variation in the scope of whistle-blowing law between the different States and Territories, and calls for a ‘second generation’ of law throughout Australia.

Making independent bodies independent    (published: 7/2006)
   posted: 26/07/2006
Author(s): Andrew Macintosh (The Australia Institute)
Category: - Audit paper; Accountability; Public service/statutory bodies
Andrew Macintosh, deputy director of the Australia Institute, considers the process of appointment to public bodies. Where the independence of these bodies is compromised, so too are their outcomes. And yet the current processes for appointing members is far from transparent or merit-based.

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