The Rudd Government Australian Commonwealth Administration 2007–2010

The Rudd Government Australian Commonwealth Administration 2007–2010

Edited by Chris Aulich and Mark Evans

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National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry

Title: The Rudd government : Australian Commonwealth administration 2007 - 2010 / edited by Chris Aulich and Mark Evans.

ISBN: 9781921862069 (pbk.) 9781921862076 (eBook)

Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects: Rudd, Kevin, 1957---Political and social views. . Public administration--Australia. Australia--Politics and government--2001-

Other Authors/Contributors: Aulich, Chris, 1947- Evans, Mark Dr.

Dewey Number: 324.29407

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This edition © 2010 ANU E Press Contents

Acknowledgments...... vii Contributors...... ix

Part I. Introduction 1 . It was the best of times; it was the worst of times...... 3 Chris Aulich

2 . Issues and agendas for the term...... 17 John Wanna

Part II. The Institutions of Government 3 . The Australian Public Service: new agendas and reform...... 35 John Halligan

4 . Continuity and change in the outer public sector...... 55 Roger Wettenhall

5 . The Rudd administration and the Senate: business as usual . . . . . 87 Harry Evans

6 . Federalism: a fork in the road? ...... 97 Geoff Anderson and Andrew Parkin

7 . The opposition ...... 119 Gwynneth Singleton

Part III. Policy Issues 8 . Citizen-centred policy making under Rudd: network governance in the shadow of hierarchy? ...... 143 David Marsh, Chris Lewis and Paul Fawcett

9 . The education revolutionary road: paved with good intentions. . . 161 Carole Kayrooz and Stephen Parker

10 . The economy...... 181 Anne Garnett and Phil Lewis 11 . Climate change...... 199 Andrew Macintosh, Deb Wilkinson and Richard Denniss

12 . Sorry, but the Indigenous affairs revolution continues ...... 221 Will Sanders and Janet Hunt

13 . Foreign policy...... 241 Andrew Carr and Chris Roberts

Part IV. Rudd as Prime Minister 14 . The rise and fall of the magic kingdom: understanding ’s domestic statecraft...... 261 Mark Evans