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At the 2013 election, many Australians expressed their concern with the chaos that surrounded the Labor minority governments of Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd. They gave their support to Tony Abbott as a Prime Minister who promised to put the grown-ups back in charge with stable and strong government, a government with no surprises. However, Tony Abbott's government proved to be anything but stable and Abbott's party replaced him with Malcolm Tu...

The years 2010 to 2013 saw a remarkable period in Australian political history: Julia Gillard became Australia's first female prime minister after she successfully staged a leadership challenge to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. A few months later she led her party to the 2010 federal election, and subsequently steered through seventeen days of negotiation with three independent members to successfully form her second, but minority, government. Yet...

This book looks at the administrative and leadership style of Prime Minister John Howard's second and third governments (1998-2004), focusing on key aspects of the government's approach during this period. It considers major changes in the public sector and its agencies, changes in the relationships between the executive and parliament, and the shift to a more privatized state. It features key policy issues of education, immigration, the repub...

This book looks at the administrative and leadership style of former Prime Minister John Howard's fourth and final term in government (2004-2007). Organized into three sections, it begins with a group of essays that reflect on key governance issues such as privatization, the management of the Howard Government's Senate majority, and issues relating to accountability and ethics. The second section examines policy issues that dominated the fourt...