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dc.contributor.convenorDepartment of Political Studies, Otago University
dc.contributor.authorTiernan, Anne-Maree
dc.contributor.editorShaun Goldfinch (Stream Convenor)
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:57:45Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:57:45Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.identifier.refurihttp://www.otago.ac.nz/politicalstudies/apsa.html
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/2775
dc.description.abstractMinisterial staff assist overburdened ministers to cope with the demands of their positions. But recent controversies involving ministerial staff have exposed a number of features of the staffing system that are inherently problematic, raising questions about how this large, active and powerful group of political actors can be accommodated within the Australian core executive. The 2002 Children Overboard controversy was a catalyst for a wide-ranging debate about the role and influence of ministerial staff. The Senate Finance and Public Administration Committee's subsequent inquiry into staff employed under the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984, canvassed a variety of reform proposals to address problems of ministerial staff accountability, conduct and behaviour. Several of the reform proposals, notably a Code of Conduct for ministerial staff, and measures to render the staff accountable for their actions, are already in place in the Australian state of Queensland. Using recent case study evidence from Queensland, this paper evaluates the utility of the reform proposals in addressing the problems of ministerial staff.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherDepartment of Political Studies, Otago University
dc.publisher.placeDunedin, New Zealand
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.auspsa.org.au/
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofconferencenameAustralasian Political Studies Association Conference 2005
dc.relation.ispartofconferencetitleAustralasian Political Studies Association Conference 2005
dc.relation.ispartofdatefrom2005-09-28
dc.relation.ispartofdateto2005-09-30
dc.relation.ispartoflocationOtago University, Dunedin, New Zealand
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode360101
dc.titleMinding the minders: addressing the problems of ministerial staff
dc.typeConference output
dc.type.descriptionE1 - Conferences
dc.type.codeE - Conference Publications
gro.facultyGriffith Business School, School of Government and International Relations
gro.date.issued2015-06-04T03:41:45Z
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorTiernan, Anne


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