Publications

Professor Geoff Gallop asks what chance is there for Australia to reform its democracy on behalf of a sustainable future? ‘In order to answer this question

This year marks 150 years since the disaster of the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War.  It was the mismanagement of the Crimean War that

The Australian Study of Parliament Group met in Sydney in October 2014.  Roger Scott writes: ‘The ASPG conference theme posed the question: “How representative is representative

Howard Guille argues that ‘dressing up privatisation as a ‘long-term lease’ cannot hide the distinct likelihood that a few financiers will get the people’s assets at a knock-down

In this Research Report Roger Scott focusses on public accountability and Parliament’s formal constitutional role, including parliamentary procedures (question time, the committee stages of legislation and

Research Report 11: ‘Contempt for Parliament or just contemptible behaviour?’ Ann Scott reports on the public hearings of the ‘Senate Select Committee into Certain Aspects of

The CCC: a model public sector integrity agency? Professor Prenzler argues that ‘The CCC is a pale shadow of a world standard mature public sector integrity

John McCollow argues that to rebuild public VET in Australia will require a deep and careful examination of questions of first principles for VET.  Unfortunately, by

Emeritus Professor Roger Scott considers the unequal impact of Christopher Pyne’s proposed university reforms on the universities across Queensland. Roger Scott Research Paper 7 Queensland universities

Newman’s ‘Ministry of Truth’ and crime statistics.  Orwellian ‘Rectifying’ of the records?  Ann Scott suggests that there was scant accountability at the Legal Affairs and Community

TJRyan Foundation Director, Emeritus Professor Paul Boreham, reviews evidence from a number of sources about the provision of social services in Australia and Queensland which shows

‘There clearly needs to be a significant rethink of the current Vocational Education and Training policies, to ensure the sector meets the needs, not of the