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100			_aMulgan, Richard
245			_aWhere have all the ministers gone?
260			_c2010
300			_ap.289-300.
362			_aSep
520			_aThe relationship between ministers and public servants has been a longstanding topic among students of Australian public administration. Recent debate has centred on issues of supposed politicisation and excessive responsiveness in the Australian Public Service (APS), caused, in part, by the weakened tenure of department heads (secretaries). The recent Moran report has little to say on this relationship. It endorses changes to the appointment processes for secretaries which are presumably designed to strengthen secretaries' independence from their political masters. It adopts a view of citizen-centred service and strategic leadership that appears to marginalise ministers. Its approach to public sector leadership is taken from international management theory that works well in a business context and in the United States (US) government system. It is less well-suited to Westminster-style systems. - Reproduced.
650			_aMinisters
650			_aCivil service
773			_aAustralian Journal of Public Administration
908			_aN
909			_a89310
999			_c89310 _d89310