Delivering Policy Reform Anchoring Significant Reforms in Turbulent Times
Delivering Policy Reform Anchoring Significant Reforms in Turbulent Times Edited by Evert A. Lindquist, Sam Vincent & John Wanna
Published by ANU E Press The Australian National University Canberra ACT 0200, Australia Email: anuepress@anu.edu.au This title is also available online at: http://epress.anu.edu.au National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry Author: Lindquist, Evert A. Title: ISBN: Series: Notes: Subjects: Delivering policy reform [electronic resource] : anchoring significant reforms in turbulent times / Evert A. Lindquist, Sam Vincent, John Wanna. 9781921862182 (pbk.) 9781921862199 (ebook) ANZSOG series. Includes bibliographical references. Policy sciences. Public administration. Other Authors/Contributors: Vincent, Sam. Wanna, John. Dewey Number: 320.6 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. Cover design by ANU E Press Printed by Griffin Press Funding for this monograph series has been provided by the Australia and New Zealand School of Government Research Program. This edition 2011 ANU E Press
John Wanna, Series Editor Professor John Wanna holds the Sir John Bunting Chair of Public Administration at the Research School of Social Sciences at The Australian National University and is director of research for the Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG). He is also Professor of Politics and Public Policy at Griffith University, and formerly principal researcher with the Centre for Australian Public Sector Management and the Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance at Griffith University. Professor Wanna has produced about 40 books including two national textbooks on policy and public management. He has produced a number of research-based studies on public management including: The Reality of Budget Reform in the OECD (2010); Comparing Westminster (2009); Westminster Legacies: Democracy and responsible government in Asia and the Pacific (2005); Yes Premier (2005); Controlling Public Expenditure (2003); From Accounting to Accountability (2001); and Managing Public Expenditure (2000). In 2009 Professor Wanna completed a study of service delivery in the Australian Government entitled Policy in Action: The challenge of service delivery. His most recent book, produced with Tracey Arklay, is The Ayes Have It: The history of the Queensland Parliament 1957 89 (2010), a major legislative study of historical significance. Professor Wanna has held many Australian Research Council grants over the years, but also conducts research independently and through ANZSOG. His research interests include Australian and comparative politics, public expenditure and budgeting, and government business relations. His political commentary has appeared in The Australian, The Courier-Mail and The Canberra Times and on Sky News as well as ABC Radio and TV. The ANZSOG ANU E Press, which he edits, is now approaching 30 titles. See <http://epress. anu.edu.au/titles/anzsog.html>
Contents Foreword.... ix Contributors.... xiii Part I. The reform challenge 1. Delivering policy reform: making it happen, making it stick.... 1 Evert A. Lindquist and John Wanna 2. Don t waste the crisis : the agenda for public-policy reforms in a turbulent world.... 13 Aart de Geus 3. Making reforms sustainable: lessons from the American policy reform experience... 27 Eric M. Patashnik Part II. National reform initiatives 4. How to design and deliver reform that makes a real difference: what recent history has taught us as a nation.... 43 Paul Kelly 5. The new responsibility model for New Zealand public-sector CEOs... 53 The Hon. Bill English 6. A portent of things to come: lessons from a reforming minister.... 65 The Hon. Lindsay Tanner 7. The agenda for achieving a world-class public sector: making reforms that matter in the face of challenges.... 75 Stephen Sedgwick 8. Collaborative reform: lessons from the COAG Reform Council, 2008 2010... 91 Mary Ann O Loughlin 9. Entrenching Rogernomics in New Zealand: political and academic perspectives.... 99 Jonathan Boston and Sir Roger Douglas
10. Institutional renewal and reform: the challenge of the Commonwealth of Nations.... 109 The Hon. Michael Kirby Part III. Tackling and anchoring reform initiatives 11. Tackling cartels: lessons for making and entrenching reform... 123 William E. Kovacic 12. The overhaul of Australian immigration practices, 2005 2010... 131 Andrew Metcalfe 13. Getting integrity reforms adopted internationally.... 145 Jeremy Pope 14. Sustaining water reform in Australia... 167 Ken Matthews 15. Up in smoke: combating tobacco through legislative reform... 181 Rob Moodie 16. Improving road safety: perspectives from Victoria s Transport Accident Commission... 193 Janet Dore 17. Epilogue: rules for reformers.... 201 Paul t Hart