01365pab a2200169 454500008004000000100002200040245007400062260000900136300001200145362000800157520082500165650002600990773004801016909001001064999001701074952010401091180718b1996   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aHeatley, Alistair  aPolitical management in Australia: the case of the Northern territory  c1996  ap.54-64  aJun  aThis article reviews the evolution of administrative arrangements in the Northern Territory since the 1970s, covering both the devolutionary phase and, with somewhat more emphasis, the self-government period since 1978. The article centres on the theme of political management which, as in the recent works, has become a major focus in the study of Australian administrative reform. Political management involves a `modernising reform agenda ... internal in orientation and concerned mainly with making the organizational and human resources of the executive branch more responsive to the priorities of superordinates' (Halligan and Power 1992: 249). Particular attention here is given to the evolving pattern of relationships between the political and bureaucratic arms of the Northern Territory executive. - Reproduced  aAdministrative reform  aAustralian Journal of Public Administration  a33004  c33004d33004  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 55, Issue no: 2pAR33221r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR