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The seventeenth annual conference of the Australian Regional Groups was held in Canberra on 11th—13th November, 1974. The general topic was “Public Administration in Co‐operative Federalism”. We publish in this issue the papers presented at the conference and a summary of the discussion. The conference chairman was Mr Walter Ives, Secretary of the Australian Department of Agriculture. On the first evening, The Honourable Sir John Kerr, K.C.M.G., K. St. J., Q.C., Governor‐General of Australia, delivered the Sir Robert Garran Oration, with the title, “Ethics and Public Office”. Dr R. L. Wettenhall, President of the Australian Capital Territory Group, was

ISSN:0313-6647    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8500.1975.tb00558.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1975

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My Chairman, Mr H. H. Dickinson, was honoured to be offered the role of keynote speaker for the 1974 Annual Conference of the Royal Institute of Public Administration. He had proceeded a considerable distance along the road of preparing his address when he was unexpectedly called on to visit Canada on government business. On his behalf I wish to apologize to the organizers for his absence today. He regrets it very much. The address I am about to give is in some sense therefore a joint effort, encapsulating the theme judged by Mr Dickinson to be most appropriate for this occasion, within a framework which enables me to develop and expound that theme.

ISSN:0313-6647    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8500.1975.tb00559.x

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年代:1975

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A paper of this type clearly calls for some definition of terms. Although “The Public Services” are usually seen to comprise the State Public Services and the Australian Public Service, in reality of course, government institutionalized services to the public go beyond these seven agencies. All the statutory authorities—Commissions, Corporations, Boards and Trusts—are part of public administration; so also are local government bodies. There are in the various public services some agencies which form part of the public service proper (i.e. a Department defined as such under one or other of the Public Service Acts) whereas in others they have the independence of a corporate entity. In South Australia for instance the whole state water supply and sewerage services are provided by one public service department, the Engineering and Water Supply Department. In the other states those services are provided by more than one agency and these range from government departments and local governing bodies to statutory authorities. A similar division of responsibility exists in the road construction area where some states perform their highway undertakings through the agency of a statutory authority, while others prefer the tighter Ministerial control of a government dep

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DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8500.1975.tb00560.x

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年代:1975

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DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8500.1975.tb00561.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1975

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The Australian federation, by comparison with many others, is in a fortunate position. It does not have to deal with a legacy of interregional hostilities arising from racial, religious or other cultural differences. Although economic development has not proceeded at a uniform pace in the different States and some of them are better endowed with economic resources than others, average real incomes and living standards do not exhibit extreme differences between one State or region and another. Despite its large area and comparatively small population, the various regions of Australia are economically interdependent and the population has a high degree of geographical mobility.

ISSN:0313-6647    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8500.1975.tb00562.x

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年代:1975

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In 1974–75 the Queensland Government will spend approximately $1 million on the co‐ordination of activities directed towards development of the State. Each year the Co‐ordinator‐General is required by the government to furnish to the Minister—in this case the Premier—a plan for a co‐ordinated programme of works, which programme, if approved by 'the Minister, is submitted for approval to the Governor in Council. This programme includes not only those works carried out by government departments but also the loan works proposals of local authorities and semi‐government bodies such as Harbour Boards, River Improvement Trusts and Abattoir Boards which borrow on the debenture loan market or are granted

ISSN:0313-6647    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8500.1975.tb00563.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1975

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This conference on “Public Administration in Co‐operative Federalism”, fittingly convened by the Royal Institute of Public Administration, is a most timely one. It is tangible evidence that co‐operative federalism is not only possible but, in many areas, positively flourishes, and it provides an opportunity for those of us with state or federal responsibilities in public administration to state our problems fairly and frankly and seek ways of extending co‐operation to secure future prosperity for

ISSN:0313-6647    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8500.1975.tb00564.x

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年代:1975

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ISSN:0313-6647    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8500.1975.tb00565.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1975

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Ideally, the evolution of a regional policy should provide a continuing testing ground on which to formulate ways of administering truly co‐operative policies, involving all three levels of government. As the previous speakers, Sir Charles Barton and Mr Cappie‐Wood, have demonstrated, there is presently a great interest in regionalism in this country. Some commentators have seen this as a re‐awakening of the views of the post‐war planning period, but with the significant change that this time, governments of all political colours are taking a definite interest in regional c

ISSN:0313-6647    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8500.1975.tb00566.x

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年代:1975

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I am pleased to be able to speak today to this conference of the Royal Institute of Public Administration. Your conference comes at a time of renewed interest in federalism. In the past year or so there has been an upsurge of new studies and assessments of federalism in the universities and in the press. New life has been breathed into a subject which for so long has seemed dead in spirit, if not in die flesh.

ISSN:0313-6647    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8500.1975.tb00567.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1975

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