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100			_aMulgan, Richard
245			_aPoliticisation of senior appointments in the Australian public service
260			_c1998
300			_ap.3-14
362			_aSep
520			_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
650			_aCivil service - Australia
650			_aCivil service
773			_aAustralian Journal of Public Administration
909			_a39642
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