Epilogue: The job is never done

In his prologue, Trevor Wilson observes that the period covered by the tenure of the five former DFAT secretaries encompassed times of ‘intense and relentless public stress’ for the department. During the years 1979–99, the application of ‘new public management’, with its emphases on performance, ac...

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1. Verfasser:	John Butcher
Format:	Buchkapitel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Business Business administration Economic policy Economics Governance Government Government bureaucracy Government officials Government reform Government services Human resources International economics International trade Macroeconomics Political change Political processes Political reform Political science Politics Public administration Staffing Trade policy
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Zusammenfassung:	In his prologue, Trevor Wilson observes that the period covered by the tenure of the five former DFAT secretaries encompassed times of ‘intense and relentless public stress’ for the department. During the years 1979–99, the application of ‘new public management’, with its emphases on performance, accountability and responsiveness, led to major transformations in the way Australian governments do business. The profound cultural changes wrought in the Australian Public Service (APS) over this period shaped the institutional and operational platform from which their successors, Dr Ashton Calvert (who served as secretary from 1998–2006) and Michael L’Estrange (the current DFAT