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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.

Different donors    (published: 6/2008)
   posted: 23/06/2008
Author(s): Joo-Cheong Tham (University of Melbourne)
Category: - Audit paper; Incumbency benefits; Political Finance/Govt Advertising
Joo-Cheong Tham from the University of Melbourne argues the case for treating trade union financial contributions to political parties differently from those from corporations. The paper is a response to growing support for restricting or banning political donations from all organisations.

The Lobbying Code of Conduct: An Appraisal   
   posted: 15/04/2008
Author(s): John Warhurst (Australian National University)
Category: Accountability; Incumbency benefits; - Audit paper
The Cabinet Secretary, Senator John Faulkner, released an exposure draft of the proposed Lobbying Code of Conduct on 2 April 2008. In this Audit Discussion Paper John Warhurst assesses the proposal. While welcoming the code, he writes that in important respects "it is timid and narrow".

The Democratic Audit’s Electoral Reform Agenda   
   posted: 18/02/2008
Author(s): Peter Brent (Australian National University), Norm Kelly (Australian National University), Marian Sawer (Australian National University)
Category: Accountability; Electoral; Incumbency benefits
The election of a new government means an opportunity to fix some of the things that have been going wrong with Australia’s electoral system. Australia has been making it harder to enrol and vote, and easier for private money to influence electoral outcomes.

Rolling out the regional pork barrel: A threat to democracy?   
   posted: 20/12/2007
Author(s): Geoff Cockfield (University of Southern Queensland), Scott Prasser (University of the Sunshine Coast)
Category: - Audit paper; Incumbency benefits; Accountability
Scott Prasser from the University of the Sunshine Coast, and Geoff Cockfield of the University of Southern Queensland analyse the Howard government’s Regional Partnerships Program, the subject of a recent Australian National Audit Office report. They discuss the democratic implications and question the political value of pork-barrelling.

2007 federal election - provisional voting rejection rates   
   posted: 20/12/2007
Author(s): Peter Brent (Australian National University)
Category: Electoral; Incumbency benefits; Rights
The rejection rate for voters who applied for a provisional vote in the federal election was far higher than normal, rising from about 50 per cent to about 86 per cent. The Audit’s Peter Brent comments.

Government advertising on industrial relations    (published: 11/2007)
   posted: 2/11/2007
Author(s): Fred Argy (Australian National University)
Category: - Audit paper; Incumbency benefits; Political Finance/Govt Advertising
Fred Argy, visiting fellow at ANU’s Crawford School, reviews the federal government’s publicly funded, multi-million dollar campaign to persuade the Australian electorate of the merits of the controversial WorkChoices policy.

Democratic Values: Political equality?    (published: 5/2007)
   posted: 25/05/2007
Author(s): Marian Sawer (Australian National University)
Category: - Audit paper; Accountability; Incumbency benefits
The pursuit of political equality is one of the four underpinning values of the Democratic Audit of Australia. In this new paper, Audit leader Marian Sawer reviews the state of Australian democracy in relation to this core principle. Restrictions on voting, a lack of transparency surrounding political finance, and the use of public money for party political ends are some of the areas in which Australia currently fails to measure up.

Railroading democracy    (published: 3/2007)
   posted: 29/03/2007
Author(s): Carmen Lawrence (Federal Member for Fremantle)
Category: - Audit paper; Accountability; Incumbency benefits
In the wake of the Brian Burke scandal in WA, Dr Carmen Lawrence, federal MP for Fremantle and former Premier of WA, argues for more stringent rules governing lobbyists’ activities and politicians’ dealings with them. Drawing on international examples, she argues that, at the very least, the transparency of the lobbying process needs to be far greater, yet the WA proposals fall well short of what is required.

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.

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