Anne Tiernan is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Politics and
Public Policy at Griffith
University. She is author of Power Without Responsibility. Her
research addresses
the capacity and performance of executive advisory systems, and
particularly
relations between partisan and non-partisan advisers. Dr Tiernan
sits on the Board of
Commissioners of the Queensland Public Service Commission and
regularly advises
governments on public sector issues.
Patrick Weller, AO, a graduate of Oxford and the ANU, is the
Premier of Queensland Chair of Public Management and Director of
the Centre for Governance and Public Policy at Griffith University,
where he has held a chair since 1984. He is the author, co-author
or editor of some 36 books on Australian politics and comparative
institutions, including Malcolm Fraser- Prime Minister, Australia's
Mandarins and Cabinet Government in Australia.
Entertaining and accessible through . . . surprisingly candid
opinions from ministers past and present." —Courier Mail
"A must for anybody interested in where the real work of politics
occurs." —Weekend Australia
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