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100			_aHeatley, Alistair
245			_aPolitical management in Australia: the case of the Northern territory
260			_c1996
300			_ap.54-64
362			_aJun
520			_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
650			_aAdministrative reform
773			_aAustralian Journal of Public Administration
909			_a33004
999			_c33004 _d33004