Managing intergovernmental relations in Australia : The case of Agriculture policy cooperation
By: Botterill, Linda Couryenay
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ArticlePublisher: Carlton : Blackwell Publishers Asia Pty Ltd, June 2007Subject(s): Política Agrícola | Política Ambiental | Política Pública | Conselho Consultivo | Conselho de Administração | Desenvolvimento Regional | Cooperação | Acordo | Eficiência | Serviços Públicos | Reforma Econômica | Oceania | AustráliaAustralian Journal of Public Administration-AJPA 66, 2, p. 186-197Abstract: In June 2004, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) announced changes to the guidelines and protocols of some 40 ministerial councils and intergovernmental fora which comprise the web of intergovernmental consultative arrangements. This article examines the impact of the guidelines on the operation of the oldest of the sectoral ministerial councils, those relating to agriculture. The COAG guidelines aim to increase the strategic focus of the councils. However, in the case of agricultural policy there appears to have been a centralising of policy control, both within state governments and towards the Commonwealth, which undermines that objective and leaves the ministerial councils focusing on the more technical issues which they are more effective at addressing
In June 2004, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) announced changes to the guidelines and protocols of some 40 ministerial councils and intergovernmental fora which comprise the web of intergovernmental consultative arrangements. This article examines the impact of the guidelines on the operation of the oldest of the sectoral ministerial councils, those relating to agriculture. The COAG guidelines aim to increase the strategic focus of the councils. However, in the case of agricultural policy there appears to have been a centralising of policy control, both within state governments and towards the Commonwealth, which undermines that objective and leaves the ministerial councils focusing on the more technical issues which they are more effective at addressing
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