Rethinking caretaker conventions for australian
By: Davis, Glyn
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Contributor(s): SCALES, Bill | LING, Alice | WILKINS, Roger.
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ArticlePublisher: Oxford : Blackwell Publihers Limited, September 2001Australian Journal of Public Administration 60, 3, p. 11-26Abstract: Australia has well-estlabished conventions for caretaker governments. These conventions regulate how a government should operate on election is called, and have been documented for some decades. Yet the current conventions date from an era when elections usually produced clear and imediate results. Can our caretaker conventions cope with the emerging reality of indecisive elections and long delays before a new government is confirmed? This paper canvasses the state of Australia`s caretaker conventions and offers suggestions for an expanded, contemporary code
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Australia has well-estlabished conventions for caretaker governments. These conventions regulate how a government should operate on election is called, and have been documented for some decades. Yet the current conventions date from an era when elections usually produced clear and imediate results. Can our caretaker conventions cope with the emerging reality of indecisive elections and long delays before a new government is confirmed? This paper canvasses the state of Australia`s caretaker conventions and offers suggestions for an expanded, contemporary code
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