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INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF POLICY ANALYSIS IRIS GEVA-MAY & MICHAEL HOWLETT POLICY ANALYSIS IN Australia Edited by Brian Head and Kate Crowley POLICY ANALYSIS IN AUSTRALIA International Library of Policy Analysis Series editors: Iris Geva-May and Michael Howlett, Simon Fraser University, Canada This major new series brings together for the first time a detailed examination of the theory and practice of policy analysis systems at different levels of government and by non-governmental actors in a specific country. It therefore provides a key addition to research and teaching in comparative policy analysis and policy studies more generally. Each volume includes a history of the country’s policy analysis which offers a broad comparative overview with other countries as well as the country in question. In doing so, the books in the series provide the data and empirical case studies essential for instruction and for further research in the area. They also include expert analysis of different approaches to policy analysis and an assessment of their evolution and operation. Early volumes in the series will cover the following countries: Australia • Brazil • China • France • Germany • India • Israel • Netherlands • New Zealand • Norway • Russia • South Africa • Taiwan • UK • USA and will build into an essential library of key reference works. The series will be of interest to academics and students in public policy, public administration and management, comparative politics and government, public organisations and individual policy areas. It will also interest people working in the countries in question and internationally. In association with the ICPA-Forum and Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis. See more at http://goo.gl/raJUX POLICY ANALYSIS IN AUSTRALIA Edited by Brian Head and Kate Crowley International Library of Policy Analysis, Vol 6 First published in Great Britain in 2015 by Policy Press North America office: University of Bristol Policy Press 1-9 Old Park Hill c/o The University of Chicago Press Bristol BS2 8BB 1427 East 60th Street UK Chicago, IL 60637, USA +44 (0)117 954 5940 t: +1 773 702 7700 [email protected] f: +1 773 702 9756 www.policypress.co.uk [email protected] www.press.uchicago.edu © Policy Press 2015 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record for this book has been requested. ISBN 978-1-4473-1027-3 hardcover ISSN 2059-0326 The right of Brian Head and Kate Crowley to be identified as editors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. 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Cover design by Qube Design Associates, Bristol Front cover: image kindly supplied by www.istock.com Printed and bound in Great Britain by by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon, CR0 4YY Policy Press uses environmentally responsible print partners Contents List of tables and figures vii List of abbreviations viii Australian states and territories; Australian governments from 1972; xi and map of Australian states and territories Notes on contributors xiii Editors’ introduction to the series xvii Foreword by Peter Shergold AC xix Preface xxiv One Policy analysis in Australia: context, themes and challenges 1 Kate Crowley and Brian Head Part One: The ‘policy advising’ context 21 Two Policy professionals in context: advisors and ministers 23 Patrick Weller Three The economic context of policy analysis in Australia 37 Alan Fenna Four Policy analysis and public sector capacity 53 Brian Head Part Two: Analysis and advice within government 69 Five Policy analysis at the federal government level 71 John Wanna Six Policy and policy analysis in Australian states 87 John Phillimore and Tracey Arklay Seven Policy analysis capacity and Australian local government 105 Brian Dollery, Michael A. Kortt and Simone de Souza Eight Reflections on policy advice in Australia 121 Carmen Lawrence Part Three: Policy analysis beyond executive government 135 Nine Parliamentary committees and inquiries 137 Ian Marsh and Darren Halpin Ten Expert policy advisory bodies 151 Jenny Stewart and Scott Prasser Eleven Consultants, think tanks and public policy 167 Ariadne Vromen and Patrick Hurley Twelve Media influence on public policy 183 Ian Ward v Policy analysis in Australia Part Four: Parties and interest groups in policy analysis 199 Thirteen Policy development in political parties 201 Anika Gauja Fourteen Business associations and policy analysis 217 Stephen Bell Fifteen Policy and the labour movement 231 Rae Cooper, Bradon Ellem and Chris F. Wright Sixteen Policy capacity in the community sector 245 Susan Goodwin and Ruth Phillips Part Five: Policy analysis instruction and research 259 Seventeen Policy analysis instruction in Australia 261 Michael Di Francesco Eighteen Academic research and public policy 283 Brian Head and James Walter Index 303 vi List of tables and figures List of tables 9.1 Committee workload by task, 2010–13 142 9.2 Evidence to Senate committees, 2010–12, by actor type 146 11.1 Selected Australian think tanks 172 11.2 Large Australian management consultants 177 17.1 Policy analysis instruction: field-of-study labels 269 17.2 Policy analysis programmes (Political Science departments or 271 similar) 17.3 Policy analysis programmes (Business Schools or similar) 272 17.4 Public policy and management schools 273 17.5 Policy analysis instruction: summary of structures and programmes 274 17.6 Policy analysis instruction: summary of curricula 275 17.7 Policy analysis instruction: thematic content of core curricula 275 List of figures 9.1 Actors giving evidence in 64 hearings 146 12.1 Miller and Reichert’s framing cycle model 193 vii Policy analysis in Australia List of abbreviations ABARE Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics ABC Australian Broadcasting Commission ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics ACCI Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry ACEF Australian Council of Employers Federations ACMA Associated Chamber of Manufacturers of Australia ACTU Australian Council of Trade Unions AFDO Australian Federation of Disability Organisations AGPS Australian Government Printing Service AIDA Australian Industries Development Association AIG Australian Industry Group AIMA Australian Institute of Multicultural Affairs ALP Australian Labor Party AMWU Australian Metal Workers Union ANU Australian National University ANZSOG Australia and New Zealand School of Government APS Australian Public Service ASTEC Australian Science and Technology Council AUD Australian dollars BCA Business Council of Australia BCG Boston Consulting Group BIE Bureau of Industry Economics CAI Confederation of Australian Industry CAPPA Canadian Association of Programs of Public Administration CCC Crime and Corruption Commission (Western Australia) CEDA Committee for Economic Development of Australia CGC Commonwealth Grants Commission CIS Centre for Independent Studies COAG Council of Australian Governments CPD Centre for Policy Development CRC COAG Reform Council CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation DURD Department of Urban and Regional Development ESD ecologically sustainable development EPAB expert policy advisory body EPAC Economic Planning Advisory Council FSRB Financial Sustainability Review Board GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GST Goods and Services Tax HECS Higher Education Contribution Scheme IAC Industries Assistance Commission viii List of abbreviations IC Industry Commission IGR intergovernmental relations IILG Independent Inquiry into Local Government IPA Institute of Public Affairs IPART Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal LGA Local Government Association LGAT Local Government Association of Tasmania LGAQ Local Government Association of Queensland LNP Liberal and National Parties LTCS Long Term Strategies Committee MBA Master of Business Administration MCA Minerals Council of Australia MDBC Murray Darling Basin Commission MHR Federal Member of the House of Representatives MPA Master of Public Administration MPP Master of Public Policy MRRT Mining Resource Rent Tax NASPAA National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration NATSEM National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling NCC National Competition Council NCP National Competition Policy NDIS National Disability Insurance Scheme NPM New Public Management PAC Policy Action Causes PC Productivity Commission PCO Privy Council Office PM&C Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet PMO Prime Minister’s Office PMSEC Prime Minister’s Science and Engineering Council PMSEIC Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council PSB Public Service Board PWC PricewaterhouseCoopers QLGRC Queensland Local Government Reform Commission QTC Queensland Treasury Corporation RBA research-based advocacy RCAGA Royal Commission on Australian Government Administration RCT randomised controlled trial RSPT Resource Super Profit Tax SPPs Special Purpose Payments SSS Size, Shape and Sustainability TAI The Australia Institute TCI The Climate Institute UN United Nations ix
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