Description |
xiv, 351 pages : charts. ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
Contents |
Job of a minister -- Pathways to the ministry -- Taking over : moving into government -- Ministers and departments -- How departmental secretaries see ministers -- Ministers in cabinet -- Ministers, prime ministers and central direction -- Selling the government : ministers in parliaments, the media and the community -- Ministers and their private offices -- Can ministers cope? |
Summary |
An in-depth examination of the day-to-day life of Australia's federal ministers at work. Anne Tiernan and Patrick Weller draw on extensive interviews with current and former ministers, ministerial staffers and senior officials, to discover how a new ministry learns to juggle their simultaneous roles of member of Parliament and Cabinet, local constituency representative, and media spokesperson, not to mention their lives outside work |
Analysis |
ALP Caucus |
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History, 2000-2009 |
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Interstate comparisons |
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Machinery of government |
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Ministers |
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Ministers (Government) |
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New Members |
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Politics |
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Public administration |
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Public service |
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Statistics |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-337) and index(es) |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-337) and index(es) |
Subject |
Cabinet officers -- Australia.
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Public administration.
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SUBJECT |
Australia -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009597 -- 2001-
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Author |
Weller, Patrick Moray.
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LC no. |
2011486160 |
ISBN |
9780522857986 (paperback) |
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