01049pab a2200145 454500008004000000100002000040245007500060260000900135300001100144362000800155520064400163650003000807650001800837773004800855180718b1998   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aMulgan, Richard  aPoliticisation of senior appointments in the Australian public service  c1998  ap.3-14  aSep  aThe vexed question of politicisation and patronage in the Australian Public Service is explored in this article. Recent dismissals and appointments of department secretaries have raised concerns about political convenience, trends towards partisanship and the erosion of `frank and fearless' advice. Alternatively, governments have come to insist on `partnership' arrangements between ministers and secretaries, to enhance `political accountability' and install new management teams to better implement government policy. But do such forms of politicisation risk drifting toward a new `spoils system' most would want to avoid? - Reproduced  aCivil service - Australia  aCivil service  aAustralian Journal of Public Administration