Government by fiat
Subtitle: the retreat from responsibility
By: Warwick Funnell.
Publisher: UNSW Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Sydney
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
Subjects: Administrative agencies -- Australia -- Accounting.; Administrative agencies -- Australia -- Management.; Freedom of information -- Australia.; Australia -- Politics and government -- 1945-
Description: Looks at the accountability - or increasingly the lack of accountability - of Australia's state and federal governments. Its focus is on the government-directed public-sector reforms of the last two decades that have made governments less accountable for service delivery, and the repercussions these reforms have had.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.