Rozprawy doktorskie: „Queensland government”

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Cork, Julie. "The Queensland public sector : assessing the Goss government reforms /". [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2005. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe19501.pdf.

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Stanford, Lawrence John. "The Queensland raw sugar industry : government regulation and assistance /". Title page, contents and abstract only, 1993. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ECM/09ecms785.pdf.

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Fleming, Jenny, i n/a. "New Governments in Queensland: Industrial Relations, 1957-1961, 1989-1990". Griffith University. School of Humanities, 1998. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20051109.142157.

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This thesis sets out to examine the capacity of new governments to influence partisan-based policy and legislation. It examines two newly elected Queensland governments - the Nicklin Country-Liberal government in 1957- 1961 and the Goss Labor government in 1989- 1990 and analyses the introduction by those governments of major industrial relations legislative reform. The Nicklin Coalition government was elected to the Queensland parliament in 1957 after the collapse of the Gair Labor government. The Coalition was committed to extensive industrial relations legislative reform but had not prepared for, or anticipated the constitutional, administrative and legal problems associated with such reform. Nor had it taken into account the concessions that would need to be made to the state's trade unions in order to effect its reforms. Consequently it was not until 1961 that it found the time was propitious for the introduction of its major legislative reforms and the restructuring of the state's principal industrial relations legislation. By contrast, in 1989 the Goss government elected as a consequence of the National Party's collapse in the face of the Fitzgerald Inquiry of 1987 had prepared itself for government. As a result it was able to take advantage of its newly elected status and the existence of the Hanger Report (1988) to introduce its legislative intentions quickly, in such a way that it did not alienate the business community. Preparation and circumstances therefore allowed Labor to repeal earlier legislation supported by business and introduce its own changes with little or no opposition. The thesis concludes that their political and economic inheritance and the existing policy environment will in varying degrees limit new governments. But their ability to introduce partisan-based legislative change quickly is also determined by the degree of preparation for the process of government, undertaken prior to their election. This thesis demonstrates that new governments can make a difference and effect changes to the industrial relations environment. However if this potential is to be realised and new governments are to take advantage of their newly elected status it will require a significant degree of administrative preparation or a considerable period of acclimatisation to the rigours of office.

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Fleming, Jenny. "New Governments in Queensland: Industrial Relations, 1957-1961, 1989-1990". Thesis, Griffith University, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/365316.

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This thesis sets out to examine the capacity of new governments to influence partisan-based policy and legislation. It examines two newly elected Queensland governments - the Nicklin Country-Liberal government in 1957- 1961 and the Goss Labor government in 1989- 1990 and analyses the introduction by those governments of major industrial relations legislative reform. The Nicklin Coalition government was elected to the Queensland parliament in 1957 after the collapse of the Gair Labor government. The Coalition was committed to extensive industrial relations legislative reform but had not prepared for, or anticipated the constitutional, administrative and legal problems associated with such reform. Nor had it taken into account the concessions that would need to be made to the state's trade unions in order to effect its reforms. Consequently it was not until 1961 that it found the time was propitious for the introduction of its major legislative reforms and the restructuring of the state's principal industrial relations legislation. By contrast, in 1989 the Goss government elected as a consequence of the National Party's collapse in the face of the Fitzgerald Inquiry of 1987 had prepared itself for government. As a result it was able to take advantage of its newly elected status and the existence of the Hanger Report (1988) to introduce its legislative intentions quickly, in such a way that it did not alienate the business community. Preparation and circumstances therefore allowed Labor to repeal earlier legislation supported by business and introduce its own changes with little or no opposition. The thesis concludes that their political and economic inheritance and the existing policy environment will in varying degrees limit new governments. But their ability to introduce partisan-based legislative change quickly is also determined by the degree of preparation for the process of government, undertaken prior to their election. This thesis demonstrates that new governments can make a difference and effect changes to the industrial relations environment. However if this potential is to be realised and new governments are to take advantage of their newly elected status it will require a significant degree of administrative preparation or a considerable period of acclimatisation to the rigours of office.
Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Humanities
Arts, Education and Law
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Mitsdorffer, Rolf. "How chief executives and senior management teams in Queensland Government Agencies should plan information technology strategically: A Case Study of Four Queensland Government Agencies". Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1993. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/226974/1/T%28BS%29%2057_Mitsdorffer_1993.pdf.

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The objective of this research was to explore the scope for IT strategic planning in Queensland Government departments. The research problem addressed in this report is: How should chief executives and senior management teams in Queensland Government agencies plan infonnation technology strategically? Following the review of the literature of strategic management in the private and public sectors, comparisons between the two sectors are made relating to private and public sector IT planning. The review of the past and the present IT planning in the Queensland Government led to the following propositions which were tested in case studies: P 1: The mismatch of an IT project of a given type with the approach to IT project planning will prevent or endanger the successful completion of the project or lead to a sub-optimal project contribution. P2: The mismatch «la given type Q/ IT project with the degree of IT project conrrol will prevent or endanger the adoption Q/' the appropriate approach to IT project planning. P3: Planning efforts for an IT project by an agency will exceed the available degree Q/' strategic project control. P4: The evaluation Q/ Government IT projects cannot solely rely on cost just(fication. The conclusions of the research are: P 1 : IT projects types were defined by varymg degrees of uncertainty and complexity and set in relation to the adopted degree of deliberate planning and project contribution. The results proved that in order to achieve a high level of project contribution, an appropriate level of deliberate planning must be employed. P2: The degree of strategic project control was defined as the inverse of non-client external influence factors. Relating the degree of strategic IT project control to the project type and adopted level of deliberate planning, the finding was made that the lack of deliberate planning was caused by the lack of strategic project control. P3: The degree of deliberate IT project planning was compared to the degree of strategic IT project control. The finding was made that deliberate planning efforts for high contribution projects consistently exceeded the available degree of strategic IT project control. P4: Individual contribution factors of high contribution projects were analysed with the specific objective of ascertaining the magnitude of cost advantages. The findings showed a significant dominance of non-quantifiable value adding factors and a comparatively minor incidence to clear cost benefits. A clear focus on either low cost or differentiation of products and services was not evident. Additional data lead to the conclusion that the overall low level of departmental strategic control does not uniformly transfer to IT projects. The answer to the research problem of is that a twofold approach is required, one agency related and the other IT project related. First, agency related recommendations include the adopting of an overall departmental IT focus on either low cost or differentiation; efforts to minimise the effects of inter-agency dependencies on IT projects by project uncoupling and, if unavoidable, duplication of effort; sensitivity to political and other extraneous factors which could have a bearing on the agency and IT projects; supplementing, but not supplanting the political process may assist to avoid compromising departmental strategy and efficiency for short term gains, thus increasing the degree of strategic control available to the agency. Further the creation of a culture of reward and recognition for those who make extraordinary efforts to contribute to the strategic formulation and the achievement of strategic goals of an agency was recommended. Second, a substantial number of IT projects in government agencies enjoy a high degree of strategic project control leading to high levels of project contribution. These IT projects operate like their private sector counterparts. In contrast, contributions of other IT projects are limited due to the factors outside of the scope of the projects. Public sector IT managers must be alert to recognise external influence factors and to take the necessary measures, such as an increase of deliberate planning or the scaling down of the project scope to avoid low contribution IT projects.

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Timbrell, Gregory Thomas. "A meta-study of SAP financials in the Queensland Government". Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2006. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/35769/1/Greg_Timbrell_Thesis.pdf.

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This thesis consists of three related studies: an ERP Major Issues Study; an Historical Study of the Queensland Government Financial Management System; and a Meta-Study that integrates these and other related studies conducted under the umbrella of the Cooperative ERP Lifecycle Knowledge Management research program. This research provides a comprehensive view of ERP lifecycle issues encountered in SAP R/3 projects across the Queensland Government. This study follows a preliminary ERP issues study (Chang, 2002) conducted in five Queensland Government agencies. The Major Issues Study aims to achieve the following: (1) identify / explicate major issues in relation to the ES life-cycle in the public sector; (2) rank the importance of these issues; and, (3) highlight areas of consensus and dissent among stakeholder groups. To provide a rich context for this study, this thesis includes an historical recount of the Queensland Government Financial Management System (QGFMS). This recount tells of its inception as a centralised system; the selection of SAP and subsequent decentralisation; and, its eventual recentralisation under the Shared Services Initiative and CorpTech. This historical recount gives an insight into the conditions that affected the selection and ongoing management and support of QGFMS. This research forms part of a program entitled Cooperative ERP Lifecycle Knowledge Management. This thesis provides a concluding report for this research program by summarising related studies conducted in the Queensland Government SAP context: Chan (2003); Vayo et al (2002); Ng (2003); Timbrell et al (2001); Timbrell et al (2002); Chang (2002); Putra (1998); and, Niehus et al (1998). A study of Oracle in the United Arab Emirates by Dhaheri (2002) is also included. The thesis then integrates the findings from these studies in an overarching Meta-Study. The Meta-Study discusses key themes across all of these studies, creating an holistic report for the research program. Themes discussed in the meta-study include common issues found across the related studies; knowledge dynamics of the ERP lifecycle; ERP maintenance and support; and, the relationship between the key players in the ERP lifecycle.

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Davey, Peter J. "Municipal Public Health Planning and Implementation in Local Government in Queensland". Thesis, Griffith University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/365756.

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The furious pace of global urbanisation has serious impacts on the long-term sustainability and health of the local communities in which we live. The debate about relationships between population size, environmental management and human well-being must now encompass the fundamental concept of sustainability (Rees, 1992; WCED, 1990; McMichael, 2002; Hancock, 1996). Increasingly, the local municipal level is the most influential setting in which to change our relationship with the environment (Chu, 1994; Chu et al., 2000). In the 1980s, the World Health Organisation (WHO) met this global challenge by advocating healthy public policy and laying foundations for its global Healthy Cities Movement. Significant support developed in the early nineties for participatory health planning action in local government: over 2000 cities world-wide developed municipal public health plans (MPH Plans). The Healthy Cities Movement through regional networks of cities and towns encouraged government partnerships with non-government agencies and industry, to anticipate and mitigate urbanisation’s negative impacts. In Queensland eighteen local governments have developed and implemented MPH Plans using a seven-step process (Chapman and Davey, 1997; WHO (1997b) to improve local planning for health and address the social determinants of health through agency collaboration. There is however limited understanding and evidence of the success factors for the effective implementation of MPH Plans. Studies of the evaluation of Municipal Public Health Planning (MPHP) approaches have focused predominately on the evaluation of the process of planning, without conducting comprehensive evaluation of its implementation. The organisational barriers that contribute to ineffective health-planning implementation have not been well researched and documented. Here lies the gap in the research: MPHP requires thorough qualitative assessment, not only of the planning process, but also the implementation impacts. This research explores the achievements, barriers and success factors associated with MPHP implementation in local government organisations by developing a process and impact evaluation framework and applying it to two MPHP projects in Queensland: one, local planning in an expanding tourist city of over 400,000 people; the second, a regional approach involving two provincial cities with a combined population of 100,000 residents. The research examines the degree of collaboration resulting from health planning and assesses if the aims of the MPH Plans have been met. MPHP is both a health promotion tool and a strategic business planning process applied in local communities: this research seeks to understand more about organisational strategic management issues that act as barriers to planning or impact on the success of planning outcomes. This study design uses qualitative methods with a triangulation approach to analyse and understand the complexities of MPH Plan implementation. Grounded theory provides a methodology for interpreting meanings and discovering themes from the comprehensive process and impact evaluation consisting of preliminary cases studies, key informant interviews, using specific process and impact indicator questions and an analysis of MPHP models compared to other CPHP models and legislative frameworks. The impacts of the intervention are discussed and relate to the implementation effects of MPHP on individuals and organisations including council, government and non-government agencies and on the community. Achievements and barriers associated with MPHP are identified and discussed. Three main factors emerged. Firstly, MPHP had significantly increased the degree of intersectoral collaboration between the agency project partners, with particular success in clarifying the role of agencies in the management and delivery of public health services. The principles of successful partnerships need to be further articulated in local government settings to successfully implement MPHP. Secondly, positive political and organisational support was found to be a critical factor in the success of the planning implementation. Thirdly, and most importantly, the aims of the MPHP had not been substantially met due to a lack of financial and human resources. The study concluded that, although MPHP has strengths and weaknesses compared to other CPHP models, its features most suit local government. Success factors recommended for effective MPHP include formalising collaboration and partnerships and improved agency organisational governance in planning; building individual and organisational capacity to strengthen strategic planning; integrating the many layers of regulatory planning in local government and other agencies; sustaining planning structures and processes through regulation and commitment to investment in implementation stages of MPHP. The study’s major recommendation is that, for MPHP local government should facilitate a three-dimensional platform approach: healthy governance – long-term vision, recognising the many layers of planning, supported by state legislation and local industry and with awareness of legislative planning frameworks; a platform mechanism – sustaining agency networking, hosting the stakeholder forum, supporting the advisory committee, enhancing communication; and strategy implementation – in the context of an improved understanding of organisational behaviour, local government and agencies must action priority strategies, formalising agency partners responsibility, articulating desired outcomes, monitoring progress and evaluation. This recommended Platform Approach to MPHP provides an effective model for managing and implementing future MPH Plans, allocating resources three ways: to build people’s capacity to engage in planning mechanisms, to build organisational capacity to manage planning outcomes and to build more effective Healthy Cities planning approaches. The MPHP evaluation framework developed in this thesis could be used to evaluate other MPHP projects in local governments both in Australia and internationally.
Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Centre for Environment and Population Health
Faculty of Environmental Sciences
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Liebrecht, Tanya Louise. "Inter-government Collaboration and the Policy Process: An assessment of Inter-government Collaboration in Central Queensland 2004 - 2006". Thesis, Griffith University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367941.

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In recent times, collaboration has remerged to become popular internationally under ‘Third Way’ politics. In Australia, governments have increasingly used it to redevelop linkages within the public sector, and to improve the policy process. Governments assume that the use of intra-governmental (e.g. between departments) and inter-governmental (e.g. between State and Local government) collaboration is highly beneficial for resolving policy problems. In Queensland, the Beattie Government embraced the idea in the late 1990s; however, there is little evidence to suggest collaboration can deliver the assumed benefits. This thesis presents a study of how intra-governmental and inter-governmental collaboration affected the policy process in Central Queensland from 2004 to 2006. Four case studies are used: the Airlie Beach/Whitsunday Integrated Development Planning Project; the Gladstone Area Infrastructure Planning Project; Central Queensland: A New Millennium; and the Yeppoon Bypass/Capricorn Integrated Development Proposal. It is argued that, although good collaboration may enhance the policy process, poor collaboration can inhibit the process and in some cases may even prevent the achievement of policy goals. In such circumstances, it may be better not to attempt to collaborate at all. This research found that the ability of collaboration to improve or inhibit policy development depended upon a number of factors: the attitudes of participants; the personal history between the participants; the prevailing institutional culture; the broader public policy approach; the structures of government institutions; and the history of regional policy development. Evidence from the case studies indicates that under some circumstances collaboration can complicate policy development by causing the process to slow as the number of participants is increased. This may be exacerbated further by the absence of crucial decision-makers and a lack of technical capacity in the regions, which are needed to make collaboration work effectively. Conversely, the research found that collaboration can enhance the policy process, albeit under certain economic, political and institutional conditions. The choice of participants, staffing, good policy design and good process are also critical to successful collaboration. Overall, this thesis shows that, in practice, collaboration does not necessarily deliver the benefits assumed. As a consequence, governments need to consider carefully the use of collaboration to improve the policy process because it is not a panacea that can be applied to all situations.
Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Griffith Business School
Griffith Business School
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Warren, Clive M. J. "Commercial property asset management in the Australian public sector : towards best practice procurement /". [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2006. http://adt.library.uq.edu.au/public/adt-QU20060508.150150/index.html.

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Allen, Deirdre Nicole. "Increasing change effectiveness : the role of change units and agents in Queensland state government departments". Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2000.

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Eono, Jean-Claude. "Market and non-market benefits in government-assisted reforestation in the Queensland wet tropics /". St. Lucia, Qld, 2003. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe17263.pdf.

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Stoneham, Melissa J. "Healthy public policy in local government facilitating and inhibiting factors: Shade creation as a case study". Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2001. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36761/1/36761_Digitised%20Thesis.pdf.

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Sun safe behaviour is a modifiable behaviour and therefore the potential for change is large. Targeted interventions that use multi-strategy or healthy public policy approaches may be successful at increasing sun safe behaviours and creating supportive environments that promote positive health outcomes. This research considered sun safety, and more specifically shade creation, within the domain of public places that integrate human leisure-time exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR). It was felt that the potential for behaviour change through the adoption of healthy public policy was probably greatest in this domain. Specifically this research considered the creation of shade as a complementary strategy to individual sun safe behaviours, and investigated how best local governments can create shade at public facilities. Policy considerations that have the potential to increase shade creation were identified within the many activities at the local government level. For example, legislation and regulations that control a community's infrastructure may be modified to mandate shade for walkways, public parks and swimming pools for new communities. Policy changes may also promote or change behaviours related to sun safety. Authors have stated that strategies such as governmental legislation and policies that are being used to diffuse an innovation should be investigated to determine the factors that have played crucial roles in the process (Oldenburg, Hardcastle & Kok, 1997a). This research considered these comments and aimed to identify public health efforts to increase shade that expanded beyond targeting individuals, to include activities that create complex changes in community design and facilities through the introduction of healthy public policies. Aims: The research described in this thesis was designed to provide local governments throughout Australia, and more specifically Queensland, with information and a model of how best to develop and adopt healthy public policy to ensure public health issues that had no legal standing were integrated into their core business. An important aspect of the study was to investigate local governments that were at different stages of the policy process to enable the identification of a range of inhibiting and facilitating factors. Methods: This research relied on case studies of local governments that examined the variables such as policy design, key stakeholders, resources, sources of diffusion, community involvement, environment receptivity, policy outcomes and barriers to successful healthy public policy development, adoption and where possible, implementation. In total, fifteen local governments were included in this study. Qualitative research methods were used extensively to gather data within each case study setting. Open-ended questionnaires were used to target three groups of professionals. These included key informants, additional stakeholders and professionals external to the local government setting. Key informants were identified as the primary policy adopter. Additional stakeholders had the potential to influence shade creation within the Local government context, and the professionals external to the local government were identified as being able to assist in developing, adopting and implementing shade creation policies within the community setting. Data were predominantly analysed through content analysis where major themes were identified in responses, coded and counted to identify the leading trends. Relation to Previous Work: All Queensland local governments (n=125) were forwarded a copy of "Shade Creation for Local Government - Policy Guidelines" (AIEH, 1995) which contained a model shade creation policy, in 1995. This dissemination occurred prior to this research commencing. Results: This research subsequent to this dissemination of information identified a number of facilitating and inhibiting factors for the development and adoption of healthy public policy at the local government level. The facilitating factors that promoted policy development and adoption included the nature and position of local government within the community, the perceived priority of the policy process, the disposition of local government Officers and the extent of community or external stakeholder input. Five primary barriers to the development and adoption of healthy public policy at the local level included deficiencies in policy design, inadequate political support, organisational barriers, resource constraints and external factors such as the risk of vandalism. Based on these findings a systems model was developed with the objective of guiding the development and adoption of healthy public policy at the local level. Conclusion: This research identified that although many local governments have been creating shade for many years, this has been occurring on an ad hoc basis, without support from formal policies or procedures. Without formal policy, there is little galvanising infrastructure to ensure shade creation activities occur into the future, regardless of staffing levels and interests or funding. This research investigated this process and identified a number of factors that inhibit and facilitate the healthy public policy process in the local government setting.

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Kraaier, Niels. "The Politics of Government Communication: An Examination of the Work Practices of Government Communication Professionals in Queensland and the Netherlands". Thesis, Griffith University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/365377.

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The nature of government communication in a range of global settings has received growing attention from scholars around the world. However, no considered examination of the subject exists that provides either an account of the contemporary landscape regarding government communication, or an exploration of common and diverging themes on a cross-national basis. This thesis aims to fill this gap. It elucidates the work practices of government communication professionals in Queensland and the Netherlands and considers these practices within their political contexts and national cultures: the Westminster system and a “masculine” society in Australia versus the multiparty system and a “feminine” society in the Netherlands. The study builds on the work of Dutch-American political scientist Arend Lijphart, who found that policies supported by a broad consensus are more likely to be successful than policies imposed by a “decisive” government against the wishes of broad sections of society; as well as on research done by Dutch social psychologist Geert Hofstede, who distinguishes between so-called “masculine societies” such as Australia where “the winner takes it all” and “feminine societies” such as the Netherlands where participation is more important than winning. The degree and forms of changes surrounding the work practices of government communication professionals are to a large extent determined by the cultural and political context in which they take place and thus cannot be assumed universal.
Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science
Arts, Education and Law
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Hefferan, Michael John. "Development of a process for dealing with underutilised Queensland government properties with heritage significance". Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1994. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36214/6/36214_Digitised%20Thesis.pdf.

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This thesis addresses the contemporary issue of the control, restoration and potential for reuse of State Government-owned heritage properties with commercial potential. It attempts to reconcile the sometimes competing interests of the range of stakeholders in such properties, particularly those seeking to maximise economic performance and return on one hand and community expectations for heritage preservation and exhibition on the other. The matters are approached principally from the Government's position as asset owner/manager. It includes research into a number of key elements - including statutory, physical and economic parameters and an analysis of the legitimate requirements of all stakeholders. The thesis also recognises the need for innovation in approach and for the careful structuring and pre-planning of proposals on a project-by-project basis. On the matter of innovation, four case studies are included in the thesis to exhibit some approaches and techniques that have already been employed in addressing these issues. From this research base, a series of deductions at both a macro and micro level are established and a model for a rational decision-making process for dealing with such projects is developed as a major outcome of the work. Finally, the general model is applied to a specific project, the currently unused Port Office heritage site in the Brisbane Central Business District.

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McKibbin, Charmaine Zoe, i n/a. "Parent Participation, Action Research and Government Through Community: Lessons from a 1990s Queensland Case Study". Griffith University. School of Arts, Media and Culture, 2004. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20050210.154526.

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This thesis examines the historical relationship between government and self-government, and the contemporary role that Action Research (AR) occupies as a liberal technology of government. It draws upon the Teaching for Effective Learning in Senior Schooling (TELSS) project as the example. This project, which was based on a 'collaborative' AR methodology, was just one of the many national post-compulsory schooling reform initiatives that emerged during the late 1980s and 1990s. At that time, AR and Participatory Action Research (PAR) were preferred methodologies by education faculty personnel, and some teachers, as practical alternatives to 'positivist' social science approaches. This is still the case, both locally and internationally. The initial focus of the thesis is to trace the role of the school and the family in the government of populations, and show how AR is currently positioned as a mechanism for establishing and installing new forms of self-management within these historical institutional arrangements. This includes enticements and inducements to participate in one's own self-management. The AR perspective seeks to make a practical intervention in the re-organization and management of schools, as well as other workplaces and organizations, as a means to promote and develop ongoing professional learning within these organizations. The thesis highlights some confusing issues surrounding contemporary attempts by schools to open themselves to the community, however. AR has achieved considerable success to the extent that expert AR consultants have been commonly employed by Education Departments in many countries to foster new ways of attaining educational goals. Drawing upon other examples, as well as this case study, the contrast between the high expectations of project participants, and their limited outcomes, suggests the need to query AR's representations of participation. This includes some contemporary conceptions of how 'the school community' operates. Is there another way that we can understand this particular territory, and parent involvement in schools more generally, other than in political terms such as the need to 'democratize the community'? The AR commentary focuses on the 'egalitarian' ideal of emancipation and empowerment via participation. AR's preference for participation through human self-determination over that of statist instrumental rationality is questioned, however, by drawing upon empirical evidence generated by the case study, as well as other theoretically informed material. The thesis moves to an account of the role of different forms of government which enable self-management, particularly the role of the school community within the field of education and its administration. By situating the TELSS case study and its limits in what Michel Foucault (1991) terms the history of 'governmentality', AR is described as part of government and an aid to social reform programmes. Inside this discussion, some of AR's self promotions and understandings will re re-defined. These include an anti-bureaucratic rhetoric, concerns about hierarchical power relations, and aspirations of self-autonomy, emancipation and social justice. How is it that educational bureaucracies are so amenable to taking on board goals for educational reform expressed in the form of frequently anti-bureaucratic radical critique? The thesis undertakes the task of investigating this peculiarity, as well as some of the negative outcomes of such liberal governmental undertakings.

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McKibbin, Charmaine Zoe. "Parent Participation, Action Research and Government Through Community: Lessons from a 1990s Queensland Case Study". Thesis, Griffith University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366796.

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This thesis examines the historical relationship between government and self-government, and the contemporary role that Action Research (AR) occupies as a liberal technology of government. It draws upon the Teaching for Effective Learning in Senior Schooling (TELSS) project as the example. This project, which was based on a 'collaborative' AR methodology, was just one of the many national post-compulsory schooling reform initiatives that emerged during the late 1980s and 1990s. At that time, AR and Participatory Action Research (PAR) were preferred methodologies by education faculty personnel, and some teachers, as practical alternatives to 'positivist' social science approaches. This is still the case, both locally and internationally. The initial focus of the thesis is to trace the role of the school and the family in the government of populations, and show how AR is currently positioned as a mechanism for establishing and installing new forms of self-management within these historical institutional arrangements. This includes enticements and inducements to participate in one's own self-management. The AR perspective seeks to make a practical intervention in the re-organization and management of schools, as well as other workplaces and organizations, as a means to promote and develop ongoing professional learning within these organizations. The thesis highlights some confusing issues surrounding contemporary attempts by schools to open themselves to the community, however. AR has achieved considerable success to the extent that expert AR consultants have been commonly employed by Education Departments in many countries to foster new ways of attaining educational goals. Drawing upon other examples, as well as this case study, the contrast between the high expectations of project participants, and their limited outcomes, suggests the need to query AR's representations of participation. This includes some contemporary conceptions of how 'the school community' operates. Is there another way that we can understand this particular territory, and parent involvement in schools more generally, other than in political terms such as the need to 'democratize the community'? The AR commentary focuses on the 'egalitarian' ideal of emancipation and empowerment via participation. AR's preference for participation through human self-determination over that of statist instrumental rationality is questioned, however, by drawing upon empirical evidence generated by the case study, as well as other theoretically informed material. The thesis moves to an account of the role of different forms of government which enable self-management, particularly the role of the school community within the field of education and its administration. By situating the TELSS case study and its limits in what Michel Foucault (1991) terms the history of 'governmentality', AR is described as part of government and an aid to social reform programmes. Inside this discussion, some of AR's self promotions and understandings will re re-defined. These include an anti-bureaucratic rhetoric, concerns about hierarchical power relations, and aspirations of self-autonomy, emancipation and social justice. How is it that educational bureaucracies are so amenable to taking on board goals for educational reform expressed in the form of frequently anti-bureaucratic radical critique? The thesis undertakes the task of investigating this peculiarity, as well as some of the negative outcomes of such liberal governmental undertakings.
Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Arts, Media and Culture
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McLennan, Lesley. "Competition policy and its impact on the performing arts in Queensland". Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2000. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36342/1/36342_McLennan_2000.pdf.

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National Competition Policy as a cornerstone in the commercialisation and corporatisation of the public services signalled government moving away from an interventionist position by adopting private enterprise and market driven decision making as the preferred model. The impact of this movement on the interface between government and the traditionally subsidised perforrning art..s companies in Queensland is the subject of this research. When the public sector begins to imitate the private sector and government departments call to accountability their agencies, these non-profit service agencies then have a chameleon like image of public provider in private enterprise clothing. So arts organisations, statutory authorities, arts service networks take on a new role in response to the changing guise of the provider. Selected Queensland performing arts companies were surveyed to investigate key changes in company administration and policy over the last five years, and to create a snapshot of contemporary company structures of both subsidised and non-subsidised companies. Key Queensland arts industry figures were interviewed to further identify issues regarding subsidy and government interface in an environment of changing public administration attitudes and foci with particular reference to competition policy issues. A synthesis of the research results, literature review and analysis concludes in a table of comparative subsidy models. The object of this table is to understand how the structure of subsidy reflects, supports or contradicts the wider policies of current public administrations.

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Foster, Gary Alan. "Male rape and the government of bodies : an unnatural history of the present /". [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2005. http://adt.library.uq.edu.au/public/adt-QU20070105.111612/index.html.

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Stewart, Douglas J. "School principals and the law: A study of the legal knowledge needed and held by principals in government schools in Queensland". Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1996. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36533/1/36533_Digitised%20Thesis.pdf.

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This study was concerned with an aspect of the professional knowledge needed by principals to meet the demands that an increasing number of managerial tasks requiring specialist understandings are making of them. In this regard an emergent area of concern to principals is that associated with the considerable volume of legislative, common and criminal law which they are involved with in the management of their schools. Overall the findings indicate that the claims concerning the legalisation of education in Australian schools is well founded and that, as a consequence, there are a number of implications that can be drawn for education authorities and for school practitioners as well as for future research. In particular, the findings may be of value in the current efforts by the Queensland Department of Education Centre for Leadership Excellence to identify areas of professional knowledge appropriate for the induction and ongoing training of new principals. It is hoped, also, that the findings might have considerable importance for school administration and management in that legal risk strategies should ideally be reflected in a range of school policies and practices. The study concludes with a number of suggestions emanating from the findings concerning possibilities for further research which would add to the conclusions reached here.

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Kelly, Ann. "The work of clerical trainees in local government council offices : an ethnomethodological study of competence and competency standards /". St. Lucia, Qld, 2003. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe17370.pdf.

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Tomerini, Deanna Majella. "The Impact of Local Government Mosquito Control Programs on Ross River Virus Disease in Queensland, Australia". Thesis, Griffith University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366893.

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In this study, I have investigated the relationship between mosquito control and mosquito-borne disease rates within Queensland, Australia. The thesis considers the most prevalent arbovirus causing human disease in Australia (Ross River virus) and estimates, how much Ross River virus disease is avoided through local government mosquito control in Queensland, and then compares the monetary value of avoided Ross River virus disease with the financial costs of local government mosquito control. A survey to collect information about mosquito control costs and practices was designed and implemented in each of the 125 local governments in Queensland. This survey collated previously dispersed information; because, although local governments in Queensland are legally obliged to perform mosquito control for disease prevention and nuisance reduction, there is no formal or regular reporting of mosquito control costs and practices to the State. A substantive conclusion from this research is that mosquito control has resulted in lower Ross River virus disease notifications in some local government areas. Ross River virus disease notifications are consistently lower in local government areas that implement mosquito control programs that pre-empt mosquito outbreaks using routine surveillance and then reduce mosquito abundance using mosquito control. Furthermore, there is evidence that local governments using extensive freshwater mosquito control, in addition to saltwater mosquito control, have relatively lower annual Ross River virus disease rates and lower standard deviations of the annual Ross River virus disease rates (indicating the freshwater mosquito control is important in suppressing outbreaks of Ross River virus disease). In contrast, mosquito control practices in the inland local government areas tend to be reactive to community complaints of mosquito abundance causing nuisance, and generally include ad-hoc mosquito control treatments. There is no evidence that reactive, adhoc mosquito control programs result in reduced Ross River virus disease notifications. The numbers of avoided Ross River virus notifications were estimated for the local governments that are located in the south eastern coastal region of Queensland. It has been estimated that an annual average of 2206 Ross River virus disease notifications have been avoided through effective mosquito control; and, for each actual notification of Ross River virus disease in the southern coastal local governments, two notifications have been avoided. The survey revealed that in excess of $10 million was spend by local governments implementing mosquito control in Queensland in 2004. The majority of this expenditure occurs in the more densely populated local governments located in the southern coastal strip of the state. A comparison of the financial costs of mosquito control and the financial value of avoided disease produced a cost-benefit ratio of 0.37, meaning that on average, 37% of the costs of mosquito control are directly recouped through the value of avoided Ross River virus disease. In years when the risk of Ross River virus outbreaks is relatively low, due to below average rainfall, the costs of mosquito control exceed the value of avoided Ross River virus notifications—but in years where the risk of an epidemic of Ross River virus is high, effective mosquito control practices can avoid an epidemic of Ross River virus disease, and in this situation the financial value of avoided disease exceeds the costs of the mosquito control program.
Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Griffith School of Environment
Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology
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Cirella, Giuseppa Tommaso. "Developing a Quantitative Multi-Criteria Method of Sustainability Assessment: With Application in Queensland, Australia". Thesis, Griffith University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367641.

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Sustainability science primarily emerged from the severe global events that had and were unfolding approximately a quarter century ago; evidence from the literature review conducted in Chapter 1 exemplifies this point. From this situation surfaced a number of concepts and techniques that have been tested and continue to be assessed. The first step of the methodology is the literature review in which the overall picture of the discipline is established and what direction sustainability related science is headed. The literature review found that the forefront of this research endeavours to adapt quantitative sustainability concepts into a method that can assess and analyse a geographical area. To undertake this challenge, the index of sustainable functionality (ISF) model is used via a quantitative multi-criteria method. This method of sustainability assessment establishes a historical and current state of functionality within a geographical area by producing a trend-like record. In sustainability terms, the ISF model uses an approach that calculates the adaptive quantitative results of a geographical area over a record period of time; the methodology in Chapter 2 describes the model’s concept of assessment by way of actions via societal performance and ranking. The structure of the model is based on an engineering viewpoint; its key components umbrella a societal framework that encompasses an intertwined relationship using a triple bottom line (TBL) approach. The formation of this model is founded on a number of aspects, ideas and methodologies based on initial models of sustainability assessment. These initial forms – to mention a few include environmental accounting, integrated assessment and ecological footprint – have helped to establish the current settings of the discipline of sustainability science and the significance of related research. The methodology is broken down into two main components: (1) structure methodology which is framed around five steps that identify and define variables and (2) mathematical formulation which is used to calculate ISF records. An examination of the formulae used, also shows evidence that the principal ideas can be linked to a redefinition of sustainability; this is not the intention of this study, though in a quantitative sense the use of an action being functional or dysfunctional within society can be interpreted in this way. Actions include perspectives, functions and indicators, and sub-indicator(s); the analysis process is limited to the use of two types of data: datasets based on indicators and sub-indicator(s) used to formulate functions and data from the weightings process, that being, from the expert panel and the community telephone questionnaires. The data from the weightings process utilises the formulated functions and is the basis for the formulation of the system- vi perspective cross-reference matrix. This design is a stepladder process methodology and is the fundamental concept of the ISF’s multi-criteria assessment. This report has two applications that examine the Australian regions of South East Queensland (SEQ) and the State of Queensland; the proposed index-based model is tested over a time span of 25 years from 1980 to 2005. The primary focus of the methodology is aimed at the SEQ region, acting as the model’s core focus for its experimentation and development. The SEQ region is broken down into four sub-regions which encompass a total of eighteen councils using the council structure from pre- 15 March 2008. For these regions ISF records are developed and analytically discussed as results in Chapter 3. The results, once merged, form the ISF of SEQ and detail a slow-to-moderate increase in level of functionality. The result in sustainability terms formulate an increase in functional growth rate of 15.38%, equating to an average annual growth rate of 0.62%. For the span of the study this is positive result, showing evidence of a growth in knowledge and awareness of sound TBL measures region-wide. As an extension to the SEQ study, an ISF application of the entire State of Queensland is conducted in Chapter 4. The ISF of the State of Queensland is a case study that uses similar methodology and structure to the SEQ project and demonstrates the applicability and scalability of the model at large. For the State of Queensland, the ISF result closely mirrors its smaller SEQ corner; it is inferred that since SEQ is partially the concluding ISF result of the State application, similar ISF records would be produced. In addition to the main report, there are six annexes that further detail, support and explain subject matter and findings throughout the dissertation (Annex 1 thru 6). Due to the length of the annexes they have been included as supplementary material. As the key contributing factor of this report, the development of an ISF model, using a quantitative multi-criteria method, reveals a transposable approach to assessing other areas within Australia and internationally. It is this transposability via produced traceable records that current and future generations may better utilise decision-making and managerial planning when considering the sustainable development crisis. The intentions of this report is not to produce a solution to this crisis, it is aimed at adding to the knowledge base of the sustainability science and promoting a cleaner, safer society with sustainable higher standards of living that support future generations. From this standpoint, it is hopeful that the methodologies utilised in this report can further the interdisciplinary work and help bring together technical, communicative innovation in a vital field of research.
Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Engineering
Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology
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Matthews, Judith Helen. "Responses of senior managers to externally imposed change: A study of senior executives in the Queensland public sector". Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2000. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/107121/1/T%28BS%29%20215.pdf.

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Managers have important roles in organisations as it is through managers that organizations establish, maintain, and develop relationships with their environments. While there is a wealth of prescriptive literature about how managers should behave in situations of change, surprisingly little research that has been carried out with senior managers and their actual responses to change. The purpose of this research is to investigate the responses of senior managers to externally imposed change in fast changing environments. Specifically the focus is how senior managers respond to change in changing environments and how they respond in different changing environments. Because of the exploratory nature of this investigation, the objective was to develop a framework which could explore the responses of senior managers within changing environments. A conceptual framework based on the open systems model of systems/environment interaction of the individual managers and the relationship with environment was developed from early work on purposeful systems, and idealseeking systems. Theoretical premises and propositions were developed and used to investigate and analyse the responses of senior managers.

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O'Gorman, Lyndal May. "An even better start? : parent conceptions of the preparatory year in a non-government school in Queensland". Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2007. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/16649/1/Lyndal_O%27Gorman_Thesis.pdf.

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The introduction of a universal, full-time Preparatory Year in all Queensland schools from 2007 is a significant reform in early childhood education and care (ECEC) in that state. Rapidly increasing enrolment of children in full-time Preparatory Year programs in non-government schools has been a feature of the Queensland context over the past decade. These trends, along with efforts towards consistency of services and universal school starting ages across Australian states and territories have prompted this important reform to early education in Queensland. Constructions of the role of parents as consumers of early childhood services and/or partners in their children's early education suggest that consideration of parent views of this reform is both timely and strategic. This thesis reports the findings of a research project investigating parent conceptions of a Preparatory Year in a non-government school in outer urban Queensland. The research used a phenomenographic approach to elicit and describe the qualitatively different ways in which a group of 26 parents viewed the Preparatory Year. Analysis revealed that the range of parent conceptions of the Preparatory Year demonstrated varying emphasis on parent needs, child needs and preparation for future success in school and beyond. The study led to the construction of five categories of description outlining five different ways of understanding the Preparatory Year. The Preparatory Year was viewed in relation to (1) the current needs of the parents, (2) the current needs of the child, (3) preparation for Year One, (4) providing an advantage in primary school, and (5) preparation for future success beyond school. These five categories were linked and differentiated from each other by two central themes, or dimensions of variation: (1) a beneficiary dimension in which either the parent or the child were seen to benefit from the program, and (2) a temporal dimension in which the program was viewed in relation to meeting current needs or preparing for the future. The results of the study suggest that variation exists in the ways that parents may conceptualise the phenomenon of the Preparatory Year in Queensland. Analysis of the data further suggests that tensions exist around whether the Preparatory Year ought to emphasise preparation for the future and/or meet current needs of children; and whether those programs should meet the needs of the parent and/or the needs of the child. This thesis opens up the possibility of future tensions, with the potential for parent preferences for a formal interpretation of the Preparatory Year curriculum being at odds with the new play-based Early Years Curriculum Guidelines. Results of the study suggest that more attention be given to engaging parents and eliciting their views of the early childhood programs experienced by their children. Moreover, it provides an approach for ways in which parent views might be generated, analysed and incorporated into future policy developments and reforms.

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O'Gorman, Lyndal May. "An even better start? : parent conceptions of the preparatory year in a non-government school in Queensland". Queensland University of Technology, 2007. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16649/.

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The introduction of a universal, full-time Preparatory Year in all Queensland schools from 2007 is a significant reform in early childhood education and care (ECEC) in that state. Rapidly increasing enrolment of children in full-time Preparatory Year programs in non-government schools has been a feature of the Queensland context over the past decade. These trends, along with efforts towards consistency of services and universal school starting ages across Australian states and territories have prompted this important reform to early education in Queensland. Constructions of the role of parents as consumers of early childhood services and/or partners in their children's early education suggest that consideration of parent views of this reform is both timely and strategic. This thesis reports the findings of a research project investigating parent conceptions of a Preparatory Year in a non-government school in outer urban Queensland. The research used a phenomenographic approach to elicit and describe the qualitatively different ways in which a group of 26 parents viewed the Preparatory Year. Analysis revealed that the range of parent conceptions of the Preparatory Year demonstrated varying emphasis on parent needs, child needs and preparation for future success in school and beyond. The study led to the construction of five categories of description outlining five different ways of understanding the Preparatory Year. The Preparatory Year was viewed in relation to (1) the current needs of the parents, (2) the current needs of the child, (3) preparation for Year One, (4) providing an advantage in primary school, and (5) preparation for future success beyond school. These five categories were linked and differentiated from each other by two central themes, or dimensions of variation: (1) a beneficiary dimension in which either the parent or the child were seen to benefit from the program, and (2) a temporal dimension in which the program was viewed in relation to meeting current needs or preparing for the future. The results of the study suggest that variation exists in the ways that parents may conceptualise the phenomenon of the Preparatory Year in Queensland. Analysis of the data further suggests that tensions exist around whether the Preparatory Year ought to emphasise preparation for the future and/or meet current needs of children; and whether those programs should meet the needs of the parent and/or the needs of the child. This thesis opens up the possibility of future tensions, with the potential for parent preferences for a formal interpretation of the Preparatory Year curriculum being at odds with the new play-based Early Years Curriculum Guidelines. Results of the study suggest that more attention be given to engaging parents and eliciting their views of the early childhood programs experienced by their children. Moreover, it provides an approach for ways in which parent views might be generated, analysed and incorporated into future policy developments and reforms.

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Chang, She-I. "ERP life cycle implementation, management and support : major issues with SAP financials in five Queensland Government agencies". Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2002.

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Limerick, Michael. "What Makes an Aboriginal Council Successful? Case Studies of Aboriginal Community Government Performance in Far North Queensland". Thesis, Griffith University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367186.

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Improving Aboriginal community governance is increasingly recognised as pivotal to closing the gap in social and economic outcomes between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians. The past decade has seen a shift in Indigenous policy from a preoccupation with national governance structures and a broader human rights agenda to a focus on governments engaging directly with local Indigenous communities to address the specific manifestations of Indigenous disadvantage. In discrete Aboriginal settlements, community governments are central to this new strategy, both as advocates for community needs and as agencies for program and service delivery. Yet Aboriginal Councils have had a chequered history, leading to persistent misgivings about their capacity to achieve desired outcomes. There is a dearth of empirical evidence about ‘what works and what doesn’t’ in the unique and challenging context of Aboriginal community governance. The current study was motivated by the desire to discover what is required for an Aboriginal Council to be successful in achieving the outcomes desired by its constituents. Specifically, what governance attributes contribute to successful Aboriginal community government performance? Moreover, the research sought to delve deeper, to seek answers to the more fundamental question concerning the contextual, historical or cultural factors that shape a particular Aboriginal community’s approach to governance, whether successful or unsuccessful. The research involved three case studies of Aboriginal Councils, in the far north Queensland communities of Yarrabah, Hope Vale and Lockhart River. Unlike previous studies of Indigenous community governance, the research design included a detailed assessment of the level of performance achieved by each Council, revealing one high-performing Council and two Councils whose performance was generally poor. An assessment of performance covering each Council outcome area is essential in order to make valid causal inferences about the specific determinants of Council performance. The study adopted a holistic conception of performance, focusing on the extent to which the Councils were achieving the particular set of outcomes desired by their constituents. Such an approach recognises that different communities seek different outcomes from their community governments and that desired outcomes will include not only deliverables such as programs and services but also preferences about governance processes, which will reflect cultural values. The study’s focus on Council performance recognises that, regardless of underlying questions about the appropriateness of imported Western governance structures, in practice residents of Indigenous communities express strong expectations that their elected Councils will deliver services and programs that meet their needs and aspirations and improve their quality of life. Within the constraints of prevailing legislative and policy frameworks, Indigenous communities exhibit considerable pragmatism in their efforts to optimise opportunities for self-determination through developing their community governments. The case study data canvassed a wide range of governance attributes, institutions and practices suggested by the literature as important to governmental performance, in both indigenous and other contexts. The analysis found that a particular configuration of ‘orthodox’ governance principles and practices was necessary for successful Aboriginal Council performance, comprising: a strategic orientation based on a shared vision, a clear separation of powers, institutionalising the rule of law, positive and strategic engagement with government, targeted community engagement and an effective and efficient administration featuring a commitment to sound financial management, a stable workforce and human resource management practices that value, support and develop staff. The research further identified the key contextual factors that had shaped the distinct approaches to governance in the three communities. These are significant in explaining why some Aboriginal Councils adopt the particular mix of governance attributes that are necessary to improve their performance, while others do not. Key contextual factors include: a resource base of education and skills within the community that matches the needs of the community government; a pool of community members who have had a significant degree of exposure to the outside world; strongly egalitarian political norms underpinning a ‘whole of community’ orientation to governance; and a commitment to overcoming the historical legacy of dependency through a willingness to take responsibility for community government outcomes. These findings provide an indication about the strategies that need to be pursued for Aboriginal community governments to effectively meet the needs and aspirations of their constituents and realise their promise as instruments of self-determination.
Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department of Politics and Public Policy
Griffith Business School
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Lindenmayer, Sarah. "Local government policy and planning solutions for sustainable refugee housing outcomes : the case of Maroochy Shire Council /". [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2002. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe17075.pdf.

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Kelly, Kathy A. "Perceptions and expectations for learning and development for older workers within Queensland local government councils : a case study". Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2012. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/60958/1/Kathy_Kelly_Thesis.pdf.

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Current literature warns organisations about a global ageing phenomenon. Workplace ageing is causing a diminishing work pool which has consequences for a sustainable workforce in the future. This phenomenon continues to impact on local government councils in Australia. Australia has one of the world’s most rapidly ageing populations, and there is evidence that Australian local government councils are already resulting in an unsustainable workforce. Consequently, this research program investigated the role of older workers in the Queensland local government workplace in enabling them to extend their working lives towards transitional employment and a sustainable workforce in the future. Transitional Employment is intended as a strategy for enabling individuals to have greater control over their employment options and their employability during the period leading to their final exit from the workforce. There was no evidence of corporate support for older workers in Queensland local government councils other than tokenistic government campaigns encouraging organisations to "better value their older workers". (Queensland Government, 2007d, p.6). TE is investigated as a possible intervention for older workers in the future. The international and national literature review reflected a range of matters impacting on current older workers in the workforce and barriers preventing them from accessing services towards extending their employment beyond the traditional retirement age (60 years) as defined by the Australian Government; an age when individuals can access their superannuation. Learning and development services were identified as one of those barriers. There was little evidence of investment in or consistent approaches to supporting older workers by organisations. Learning and development services appeared at best to be ad hoc, reactive to corporate productivity and outputs with little recognition of the ageing phenomenon (OECD, 2006, p.23) and looming skills and labour shortages (ALGA, 2006, p. 19). Themes from the literature review led to the establishment of three key research questions: 1. What are the current local government workforce issues impacting on skills and labour retention? 2. What are perceptions about the current workplace environment? And, 3. What are the expectations about learning and development towards extending employability of older workers within the local government sector? The research questions were explored by utilising three qualitative empirical studies, using some numerical data for reporting and comparative analysis. Empirical Study One investigated common themes for accessing transitional employment and comprised two phases. A literature review and Study One data analysis enabled the construction of an initial Transitional Employment Model which includes most frequent themes. Empirical Study Two comprised focus groups to further consider those themes. This led to identification of issues impacting the most on access to learning and development by older workers and towards a revised TEM. Findings presented majority support for transitional employment as a strategy for supporting older workers to work beyond their traditional retirement age. Those findings are presented as significant issues impacting on access to transitional employment within the final 3-dimensionsal TEM. The model is intended as a guide for responding to an ageing workforce by local government councils in the future. This study argued for increased and improved corporate support, particularly for learning and development services for older workers. Such support will enable older workers to maintain their employability and extend their working lives; a sustainable workforce in the future.

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Sinclair, Natalie. "Resilience in critical infrastructures : the case of the Queensland electricity industry". Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2009. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/35667/1/Natalie_Sinclair_Thesis.pdf.

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The reliability of Critical Infrastructure is considered to be a fundamental expectation of modern societies. These large-scale socio-technical systems have always, due to their complex nature, been faced with threats challenging their ongoing functioning. However, increasing uncertainty in addition to the trend of infrastructure fragmentation has made reliable service provision not only a key organisational goal, but a major continuity challenge: especially given the highly interdependent network conditions that exist both regionally and globally. The notion of resilience as an adaptive capacity supporting infrastructure reliability under conditions of uncertainty and change has emerged as a critical capacity for systems of infrastructure and the organisations responsible for their reliable management. This study explores infrastructure reliability through the lens of resilience from an organisation and system perspective using two recognised resilience-enhancing management practices, High Reliability Theory (HRT) and Business Continuity Management (BCM) to better understand how this phenomenon manifests within a partially fragmented (corporatised) critical infrastructure industry – The Queensland Electricity Industry. The methodological approach involved a single case study design (industry) with embedded sub-units of analysis (organisations), utilising in-depth interviews and document analysis to illicit findings. Derived from detailed assessment of BCM and Reliability-Enhancing characteristics, findings suggest that the industry as a whole exhibits resilient functioning, however this was found to manifest at different levels across the industry and in different combinations. Whilst there were distinct differences in respect to resilient capabilities at the organisational level, differences were less marked at a systems (industry) level, with many common understandings carried over from the pre-corporatised operating environment. These Heritage Factors were central to understanding the systems level cohesion noted in the work. The findings of this study are intended to contribute to a body of knowledge encompassing resilience and high reliability in critical infrastructure industries. The research also has value from a practical perspective, as it suggests a range of opportunities to enhance resilient functioning under increasingly interdependent, networked conditions.

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Parsons, Meg. "Spaces of Disease: the creation and management of Aboriginal health and disease in Queensland 1900-1970". University of Sydney, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/5572.

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Doctor of Philosophy(PhD)
Indigenous health is one of the most pressing issues confronting contemporary Australian society. In recent years government officials, medical practitioners, and media commentators have repeatedly drawn attention to the vast discrepancies in health outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. However a comprehensive discussion of Aboriginal health is often hampered by a lack of historical analysis. Accordingly this thesis is a historical response to the current Aboriginal health crisis and examines the impact of colonisation on Aboriginal bodies in Queensland during the early to mid twentieth century. Drawing upon a wide range of archival sources, including government correspondence, medical records, personal diaries and letters, maps and photographs, I examine how the exclusion of Aboriginal people from white society contributed to the creation of racially segregated medical institutions. I examine four such government-run institutions, which catered for Aboriginal health and disease during the period 1900-1970. The four institutions I examine – Barambah Aboriginal Settlement, Peel Island Lazaret, Fantome Island lock hospital and Fantome Island leprosarium – constituted the essence of the Queensland Government’s Aboriginal health policies throughout this time period. The Queensland Government’s health policies and procedures signified more than a benevolent interest in Aboriginal health, and were linked with Aboriginal (racial) management strategies. Popular perceptions of Aborigines as immoral and diseased directly affected the nature and focus of government health services to Aboriginal people. In particular the Chief Protector of Aboriginals Office’s uneven allocation of resources to medical segregation facilities and disease controls, at the expense of other more pressing health issues, specifically nutrition, sanitation, and maternal and child health, materially contributed to Aboriginal ill health. This thesis explores the purpose and rationales, which informed the provision of health services to Aboriginal people. The Queensland Government officials responsible for Aboriginal health, unlike the medical authorities involved in the management of white health, did not labour under the task of ensuring the liberty of their subjects but rather were empowered to employ coercive technologies long since abandoned in the wider medical culture. This particularly evident in the Queensland Government’s unwillingness to relinquish or lessen its control over diseased Aboriginal bodies and the continuation of its Aboriginal-only medical isolation facilities in the second half of the twentieth century. At a time when medical professionals and government officials throughout Australia were almost universally renouncing institutional medical solutions in favour of more community-based approaches to ill health and diseases, the Queensland Government was pushing for the creation of new, and the continuation of existing, medical segregation facilities for Aboriginal patients. In Queensland the management of health involved inherently spatialised and racialised practices. However spaces of Aboriginal segregation did not arise out of an uncomplicated or consistent rationale of racial segregation. Rather the micro-histories of Fantome Island leprosarium, Peel Island Lazaret, Fantome Island lock hospital and Barambah Aboriginal Settlement demonstrate that competing logics of disease quarantine, reform, punishment and race management all influenced the ways in which the Government chose to categorise, situate and manage Aboriginal people (their bodies, health and diseases). Evidence that the enterprise of public health was, and still is, closely aligned with the governance of populations.

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Babidge, Sally. "Family affairs an historical anthropology of state practice and Aboriginal agency in a rural town, North Queensland /". Click here for electronic access to document: http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/942, 2004. http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/942.

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Thesis (Ph.D.) - James Cook University, 2004.
Thesis submitted by Sally Marie Babidge, BA (Hons) UWA June 2004, for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the School of Anthropology, Archaeology and Sociology, James Cook University. Bibliography: leaves 283-303.

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Maddin, Hayley Patrice Florence. "Regulating for environmental protection : a case study of the CJC inquiry into the improper disposal of liquid waste in South-East Queensland". Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1996.

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Queensland's political history has been built upon a culture of developmentalism, particularly at the cost of environmental protection. This has been a prominent feature in the policies of past Queensland Premiers such as T.J. Ryan, Ted Theodore, William McCormack, Forgan Smith, Frank Nicklin, Johannes Bjelke-Petersen and Wayne Goss. The policies pursued by many of these Premiers often resulted in the destruction of many sensitive environmental areas, of which the effects are still evident today. This study examines how anti-environmentalism has been a recurrent theme in state politics, as well as examining the extent to which industry has influenced governmental policies toward developmentalism. In particular, this research explores in depth the theory of 'regulatory capture' and examines the extent to which this is applicable to the Queensland context. A secondary issue which is explored is that of the development of a culture of nonenforcement within government departments. The testing of these theories is conducted through an analysis of the Queensland Criminal Justice Commission Inquiry into the Improper Disposal of Liquid Waste in South-East Queensland. The outcome of this thesis certainly demonstrates that state government departments responsible for environmental protection were negligent in fulfilling their roles. This thesis will highlight how such departments were 'captured' by the interests of industry to the extent that they failed to administer and enforce effective environmental legislation. It also raises the possibility that, as a result, administrators were guilty of official misconduct. Finally this thesis argues that while departmental culture is so strongly embedded in pro-development policies, responsibility for the environment should be centralised in an agency whose sole responsibility would be environmental protection. Such an agency could be an Environmental Protection Authority.

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Flynn, John Michael. "Locally significant content on regional television : a case study of North Queensland commercial television before and after aggregation". Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2008. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/16697/1/John_Michael_Flynn_Thesis.pdf.

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This thesis is an exploration of the fate which has befallen the regional commercial television industry in North Queensland in the wake of the aggregation policy introduced by the Federal Labor Government in 1990. More specifically, it examines the effectiveness of policy outcomes which stem from the Australian Broadcasting Authority's 2001 inquiry into the adequacy of regional and rural commercial television news and information services. The research is primarily concerned with the quality of local content provided by regional commercial broadcasters in response to the implementation of the Australian Communications and Media Authority's points system for broadcast of matters of local significance. The policy outcomes are balanced against an historical context, which traces the regional commercial television industry in North Queensland back to its very beginning. Regulatory reform has resulted in a basic level of news content being maintained. However the significance of elements of this news content to local viewers is minimal. The reduction in local information content, despite being identified in the earliest stages of the ABA investigation, has not been adequately addressed by the reform process.

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Flynn, John Michael. "Locally significant content on regional television : a case study of North Queensland commercial television before and after aggregation". Queensland University of Technology, 2008. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16697/.

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This thesis is an exploration of the fate which has befallen the regional commercial television industry in North Queensland in the wake of the aggregation policy introduced by the Federal Labor Government in 1990. More specifically, it examines the effectiveness of policy outcomes which stem from the Australian Broadcasting Authority's 2001 inquiry into the adequacy of regional and rural commercial television news and information services. The research is primarily concerned with the quality of local content provided by regional commercial broadcasters in response to the implementation of the Australian Communications and Media Authority's points system for broadcast of matters of local significance. The policy outcomes are balanced against an historical context, which traces the regional commercial television industry in North Queensland back to its very beginning. Regulatory reform has resulted in a basic level of news content being maintained. However the significance of elements of this news content to local viewers is minimal. The reduction in local information content, despite being identified in the earliest stages of the ABA investigation, has not been adequately addressed by the reform process.

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Kelk, Michael John. "A history of the factors involved in decisions on the adoption of computers to the Queensland government and the subsequent initial problems, 1956-1984". Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2003. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36410/1/36410_Digitised%20Thesis.pdf.

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This thesis examines the introduction of computers into Queensland Government from the late 1950s. It examines the extent to which there was an awareness of the problems of information technology that emerged over the next forty years and in particular the decision-making processes and arguments that determined major outcomes. It reveals that many Government Departments were overloaded with paper-work bottlenecks and the coming of decimal currency posed a significant problem due to the mammoth task of currency conversion. These pressures, when combined with the increasing costs of labour, became the justification for the introduction of computers. The decision to introduce computers was considered an inevitable business decision that stemmed from installing earlier punched card technologies. Some years later the problems of unemployment and privacy were realised but it was too late to turn back. Computers were here to stay. Thus, this thesis highlights some key issues relating to government decision-making processes surrounding significant new technology applications. It also provides an opportunity to examine Cabinet minutes, submissions and decisions in relation to technological innovation. In essence it is a study of decision-making, which aims to develop a better understanding of how governments deal with possible future ethical and policy dilemmas associated with major technological innovation.

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Cowan, Paula, i n/a. "'Of The People, By The People, For The People' Workers' Compensation in Queensland: The Rise and Fall of a Policy Community". Griffith University. Griffith Business School, 2005. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20060223.103131.

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The central question posed in this thesis is why has the Queensland model of workers' compensation been so enduring? The legislation remained largely intact from 1916 until 2001, with the exception of the years from 1996 to 1998. This was so despite the fact the central feature of a state-controlled monopoly that underpinned this model was always potentially divisive in line with the variances between liberal-conservative traditions and social-democratic ideals that subsisted in broader political culture. In addressing this question of longevity, this thesis explores the capacity of an initially contentious piece of legislation to draw strong support from former opponents, and the argument is put forward that it is best explained through the development and operation of a policy community that fostered a shared set of core values relative to broad workers' compensation policy preferences. These core values were compulsory state monopoly, no fault insurance and full access to common law. Thus, the longevity of the legislation is attributed to the continued support by key stakeholders of these core values. The thesis also demonstrates that policy community relations deteriorated during the 1990s as governments responded to broader political pressures precipitated by reform agendas. Inconsistencies in core values and policy outcomes for each stakeholder emerged as governments attempted to assert unprecedented control over the direction of workers' compensation in order to meet broader political goals. The legislation was threatened as relations within the policy community proved unsustainable when existing core values were contested.

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Cowan, Paula. "'Of The People, By The People, For The People' Workers' Compensation in Queensland: The Rise and Fall of a Policy Community". Thesis, Griffith University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/365385.

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The central question posed in this thesis is why has the Queensland model of workers' compensation been so enduring? The legislation remained largely intact from 1916 until 2001, with the exception of the years from 1996 to 1998. This was so despite the fact the central feature of a state-controlled monopoly that underpinned this model was always potentially divisive in line with the variances between liberal-conservative traditions and social-democratic ideals that subsisted in broader political culture. In addressing this question of longevity, this thesis explores the capacity of an initially contentious piece of legislation to draw strong support from former opponents, and the argument is put forward that it is best explained through the development and operation of a policy community that fostered a shared set of core values relative to broad workers' compensation policy preferences. These core values were compulsory state monopoly, no fault insurance and full access to common law. Thus, the longevity of the legislation is attributed to the continued support by key stakeholders of these core values. The thesis also demonstrates that policy community relations deteriorated during the 1990s as governments responded to broader political pressures precipitated by reform agendas. Inconsistencies in core values and policy outcomes for each stakeholder emerged as governments attempted to assert unprecedented control over the direction of workers' compensation in order to meet broader political goals. The legislation was threatened as relations within the policy community proved unsustainable when existing core values were contested.
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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Griffith Business School
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Pitman, Grant. "Police Minister and Commissioner Relationships". Thesis, Griffith University, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/365696.

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Australian Police Ministers and Commissioners occupy a pivotal position in the system of law enforcement. Collectively, they are responsible for the general policy, administration and operational direction and control of policing through the Australian States. There has been in the past twenty five years a growing complexity and a variety of problems facing police agencies which are arduous and demanding. Continuing social tension of recent years have given police ministers and commissioners higher public profiles than ever before. The research undertaken in this thesis examines the difficulties experienced between police ministers and commissioners in Queensland and New South Wales from 1970 to 1995. Three models have been developed as a framework to analyse the relationships and how they operate. The three models are called - 'Dependency', 'Independency' and 'Interdependency'. Twenty-one police ministers, commissioners and advisers from Queensland and New South Wales were interviewed during the course of the research. Five separate case studies were developed to analyse and interpret the relationships within the context of the three models. A summary chapter of additional research data provides supporting information which was used to substantiate the case study material. The conclusion argues that relationships operate more effectively when elements of the 'Interdependency' model exist. The need for further debate about the administrative, legal and management elements of the working relationship between a police minister and commissioner is essential to achieve a balance between policy, administration and operational requirements within a modern western democratic policing system.
Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Public Policy
Arts, Education and Law
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Bowie, Russell Reid. "Nor any drop to drink' : an analysis by case study of the role of the institutional framework in the in the co-ordination of water resource management and urban and regional planning with particular reference to the control of land uses and land management practices in the catchment areas of water storages". Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1987. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36254/1/36254_Bowie_1991.pdf.

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The role of urban and regional planning in the process of government has expanded considerably in recent years. The last two decades have seen unparalleled growth in the breadth and sophistication of planning schemes throughout Australia yet during this period attempts to relate land use planning to the other activities of government have met with limited success resulting in a complex mix of land use controls for various purposes. This study examines, in the context of the management of water storage catchments, the relationships between those agencies interested in the control of land uses for water quality purposes and the traditional land use planning authorities, with particular reference to the way in which the institutional framework of government provides for co-ordination between them.

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Potter-Hay, Emma J. "Broadcast, promote, respond, engage: Competing understandings of the purpose and value of social media in an emergency management organisation". Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2017. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/103324/2/Emma%20Potter-Hay%20Thesis.pdf.

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This project examined the use of social media in emergency management organisations. It involved an organisational ethnography conducted at the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services, observing and participating in their use of social media for a period of two years. This thesis found that the organisational restructure that occurred during the study had a direct and disruptive effect on their use of social media, and describes how the organisation largely normalised (rather than adapted to) social media. In doing so, the organisation's efforts to engage in a two-way conversation with their audience were secondary to their one-way communication responsibilities.

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Pitman, Grant Alan, i n/a. "Police Minister and Commissioner Relationships". Griffith University. School of Public Policy, 1998. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20030228.140953.

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Australian Police Ministers and Commissioners occupy a pivotal position in the system of law enforcement. Collectively, they are responsible for the general policy, administration and operational direction and control of policing through the Australian States. There has been in the past twenty five years a growing complexity and a variety of problems facing police agencies which are arduous and demanding. Continuing social tension of recent years have given police ministers and commissioners higher public profiles than ever before. The research undertaken in this thesis examines the difficulties experienced between police ministers and commissioners in Queensland and New South Wales from 1970 to 1995. Three models have been developed as a framework to analyse the relationships and how they operate. The three models are called - 'Dependency', 'Independency' and 'Interdependency'. Twenty-one police ministers, commissioners and advisers from Queensland and New South Wales were interviewed during the course of the research. Five separate case studies were developed to analyse and interpret the relationships within the context of the three models. A summary chapter of additional research data provides supporting information which was used to substantiate the case study material. The conclusion argues that relationships operate more effectively when elements of the 'Interdependency' model exist. The need for further debate about the administrative, legal and management elements of the working relationship between a police minister and commissioner is essential to achieve a balance between policy, administration and operational requirements within a modern western democratic policing system.

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Matthews, Francis Anthony (Tony). "Institutional Responses to Transformative Stressors: Confronting the Climate Adaptation Imperative through Metro-Regional Planning". Thesis, Griffith University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366675.

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Manifestations of climate change are already creating significant stress in many parts of the world. On-going increases in greenhouse gas emissions are tracking the upper level scenario forecasts proposed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This indicates a high probability that climate change stress will intensify over the coming decades. Consequently, responding through climate adaptation must become a central tenet of successful urban governance and management. Climate change adaptation is defined as an imperative in this thesis. The institutionalisation of climate adaptation is identified as a key institutional challenge for urban and metropolitan planning. Institutionalisation refers to climate adaptation becoming established, codified and implemented as a central tenet of planning governance. This thesis develops conceptual understandings of climate adaptation as an institutional imperative. It identifies the intersection of this problem with planning and examines how planning regimes, as institutions, can better manage climate change stresses impacts in human settlements. Institutional transformation is identified as central to this process. Planning regimes must transform in order to institutionalise new rules of governance, which are designed to better respond to climate change stress through climate adaptation. A new conceptualisation of institutional transformation is presented in this thesis, focused on a new typology of stressors, referred to as ‘transformative stressors’. This is based on an argument that institutional scholarship does not adequately articulate the idea that certain stressors can create such severe stresses that institutional transformation must follow, or the institutions charged with responding risk failing or becoming redundant. A transformative stressor is characterised as a chronic, large-scale phenomenon, which triggers a process of institutional transformation, whereby institutions seek to re-orientate their activities in order to better respond to the social, economic and environmental impacts created by the transformative dynamic. Climate change is characterised as a transformative stressor within the institutional context of urban and regional planning. Institutional transformation, leading to climate adaptation becoming established as a central element of planning governance, is identified as a necessary response to the social, economic and environmental stress associated with of climate change.
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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Griffith School of Environment
Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology
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Shearer, Heather Lynn. "Using Geographic Information Systems to Explore the Determinants of Household Water Consumption and Response to the Queensland Government Demand-Side Policy Measures imposed during the Drought of 2006-2008". Thesis, Griffith University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367470.

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During a lengthy drought, and after imposition of a suite of demand-side policies, South East Queensland (SEQ) water use dropped dramatically, by nearly 80% in a three year period. This was an unprecedented response to water demand policy. It is not well known which of the particular policies was most influential in the reduction of domestic water use. Nor is it known which determinants of household water use were most significant for the greatest reductions in water use and for high water users. Urban water use, its determinants, and the interaction of these with demand-side policy, has been extensively investigated. However, most studies have been of relatively broad scale, and few have had access to household level datasets of domestic water use. A range of tools was used to investigate the reduction in household water use and to identify which households used more water. The water use of detached households on the Sunshine Coast (which did not have water restrictions) was compared to that of Brisbane (which did) to isolate the effect of water restrictions from the raft of demand side policy measures. Geographical Information Systems (GIS) was used to stratify households according to water use, and socio-demographic characteristics. Thereafter, a random sample of households in both LGAs was surveyed to explore how key in-depth household characteristics related to water use. Quantitative statistical analysis, including geodemographic techniques, was used to analyse patterns of water use, as well as census data. The survey design was guided by a range of commonly used psychological frameworks, particularly an extended version of Ajzen’s Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB). Although qualitative analysis was not a component of the research methodology, the questionnaire included a single open-ended question, which was used to inform and flesh out the quantitative results.
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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Griffith School of Environment
Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology
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Notley, Tanya M. "The role of online networks in supporting young people's digital inclusion and the implications for Australian government policies". Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2008. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/19097/2/Tanya_Notley_Citation.pdf.

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This study examines young people’s internet access and use in nine locations in Queensland, Australia. The primary aim of the research is to assess if internet use supports young people’s social inclusion: that is, if internet use supports young people to participate in society in ways they have most reason to value. The research findings demonstrate that the digital divide in Queensland – the gap between citizens with and without access to ICTs – continues to inhibit young people’s ability to participate online. This divide is embedded within historic, economic, social and cultural inequalities. To address this, this study proposes that a digital inclusion framework, founded on the concept of social inclusion, offers the Australian federal and state governments an opportunity to extend digital divide policies so that they connect with and complement broader social policy goals. The research outcomes also illustrate that creative uses of online networks provide a powerful means through which young people can participate in a networked society. While young people’s access to a range of ICTs impacts on their ability to use online networks, gradations of use, social networks and informal learning contexts frequently act as mediators to support effective internet use. This study contends that by understanding the social benefits of young people’s online network use and the role that mediators play in different environments, we can move towards a policy framework that supports equitable opportunities for young people’s digital inclusion.

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Notley, Tanya M. "The role of online networks in supporting young people's digital inclusion and the implications for Australian government policies". Queensland University of Technology, 2008. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/19097/.

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This study examines young people’s internet access and use in nine locations in Queensland, Australia. The primary aim of the research is to assess if internet use supports young people’s social inclusion: that is, if internet use supports young people to participate in society in ways they have most reason to value. The research findings demonstrate that the digital divide in Queensland – the gap between citizens with and without access to ICTs – continues to inhibit young people’s ability to participate online. This divide is embedded within historic, economic, social and cultural inequalities. To address this, this study proposes that a digital inclusion framework, founded on the concept of social inclusion, offers the Australian federal and state governments an opportunity to extend digital divide policies so that they connect with and complement broader social policy goals. The research outcomes also illustrate that creative uses of online networks provide a powerful means through which young people can participate in a networked society. While young people’s access to a range of ICTs impacts on their ability to use online networks, gradations of use, social networks and informal learning contexts frequently act as mediators to support effective internet use. This study contends that by understanding the social benefits of young people’s online network use and the role that mediators play in different environments, we can move towards a policy framework that supports equitable opportunities for young people’s digital inclusion.

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Ohl, Ricky. "Computer Supported Argument Visualisation: Modelling Wicked Problems". Thesis, Griffith University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/365969.

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This project studied an instrumental case to investigate the potential contribution of computer supported argument visualisation (CSAV) for the representation and analysis of public discourse in so-called wicked problems. All societies face complex problems where stakeholders hold heterogeneous viewpoints, agendas and voices, built on disparate and often contradictory logic. These require multi-criteria analysis and policy decisions that will affect many stakeholders. Such problems have been termed wicked problems by Rittel. Research suggests that there is a need for a means to facilitate and clearly represent discourse and argument in these complex settings. In the 1960s Rittel designed a system, ontology and approach to aid complex decision making in wicked problems: the ‘Issue Based Information System’, ‘IBIS ontology’ and, ‘the 2nd generation systems approach’. Yet even though Rittel’s notions and related ontology are well regarded in academia and practice, there is a dearth of research that seriously engages them on a theoretical basis. Hence, there is both a theoretical and a practical need to investigate this problem and to develop effective methods and tools to aid dealing with them. Argument visualisation is a technique and tool that has the potential to address many of the needs inherent in wicked problems. It comes from the emerging field of computer supported argument visualisation. Technological advances since the sixties have led to computers that can produce and process greater volumes of data. This is pertinent to consultative forums because of the potential for creating a volume of information exceeding that which Rittel’s original system could cope. Accordingly, this project asks the question: “What contribution can computer supported argument visualisation make to representation and analysis in wicked problems?” The primary argument visualisation software used in this project, Compendium, is a derivative of the IBIS ontology and grammar. The development of this software has occurred through expediency and convenience without adherence to rigorous theory development methods. This relatively ad hoc approach to development has served practice well, but it nonetheless represents a potential disconnect from its foundational ontology and notation. This project aimed to bridge this gap. The investigation used the draft South-East Queensland Regional Plan Consultation as an example of a wicked problem. The case has issues of global importance, such as atmospheric pollution, climate change, water management and transport. Many international jurisdictions share these issues. The Queensland Government is among the world leaders in consultative democracy. Brisbane, its major metropolitan area, has the world’s largest local government jurisdiction by land mass, and at times during this project was the second fastest growing city in the western world, implying a plethora of major infrastructure and social issues. These factors come together to present a challenging level of complexity for policy planning. To apply computer supported argument visualisation in such a complex and high volume forum, an appropriate design model is required. To date there has been no in-depth research on how acceptable the use of CSAV is for providing visualisation of discourses on evidence-based policymaking. Accordingly, the Project investigated this matter, which resulted in the development of a design model. The research methodology used was descriptive, and was based on an interpretive epistemology and a single in-depth, instrumental case study. The findings were elicited from respondent data using qualitative research and a constructivist grounded theory method. This facilitated theory building, where emerging concepts, propositions and theory were contrasted with extant literature. This thesis contributes in theoretical and practical ways. Firstly, a detailed generic model for representation and analysis of consultation discourse in wicked problems was developed and evaluated. This model provided a basis for evidentiary discourse analysis and policy development on any scale. Secondly, the notional ideas from Rittel were theoretically reified following a grounded theory method, and the project validated that all theoretical constructs of the wicked problem notion were required and applicable to a situation. Practical contributions included using an extension of the 2nd generation systems approach to represent and manage multifarious discourses in wicked problems, and explaining how CSAV and consultation mapping can be used to support and enhance Weick’s (1995) sensemaking theory. Recommendations were developed for the execution of consultative policy development programmes and the use of CSAV in public engagement, submission analysis and policy development. Generic theoretical requirements for software support in representing and analysing problems of arbitrary complexity were also specified. Commercial software developers have since adopted many of these specifications.
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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department of Management
Griffith Business School
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Lauchs, Mark Adam. "Rational avoidance of accountability by Queensland governments". Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2006. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/16368/1/Mark_Lauchs_Thesis.pdf.

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Anthony Downs public choice theory proposes that every rational person would try to meet their own desires in preference to those of others, and that such rational persons would attempt to obtain these desires in the most efficient manner possible. This thesis submits that the application of this theory would mean that public servants and politicians would perform acts of corruption and maladministration in order to efficiently meet their desires. As such action is unavoidable, political parties must appear to meet the public demand for accountability systems, but must not make these systems viable lest they expose the corruption and maladministration that would threaten the government’s chance or re-election. The thesis demonstrates this hypothesis through a study of the history of the public sector in Queensland. It shows that all governments have displayed a commitment for accountability whilst simultaneously ensuring the systems would not be able to interfere with government control or expose its flaws.

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Lauchs, Mark Adam. "Rational avoidance of accountability by Queensland governments". Queensland University of Technology, 2006. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16368/.

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Anthony Downs public choice theory proposes that every rational person would try to meet their own desires in preference to those of others, and that such rational persons would attempt to obtain these desires in the most efficient manner possible. This thesis submits that the application of this theory would mean that public servants and politicians would perform acts of corruption and maladministration in order to efficiently meet their desires. As such action is unavoidable, political parties must appear to meet the public demand for accountability systems, but must not make these systems viable lest they expose the corruption and maladministration that would threaten the government’s chance or re-election. The thesis demonstrates this hypothesis through a study of the history of the public sector in Queensland. It shows that all governments have displayed a commitment for accountability whilst simultaneously ensuring the systems would not be able to interfere with government control or expose its flaws.

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Turton, David James. "Australia's Coal Seam Gas Debate: Perspectives across Time, Space, Law and Selected Professions". Phd thesis, Canberra, ACT : The Australian National University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/142834.

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Coal seam gas (CSG) extraction is a source of ongoing controversy in the Australian States of New South Wales and Queensland. Primarily composed of methane, CSG has evolved from a gas extracted in the interests of coal miner safety, to a profitable concern, source of electricity generation and, arguably, a transition fuel in a carbon-constrained future. Efforts to develop Australia’s CSG industry since the early 2000s has brought the sector into increased geographical proximity with existing land uses. Arguments over CSG and its potential risks and benefits remain ongoing, yet the nation’s CSG debate often lacks historical context, geographical insights, justice research perspectives and viewpoints from key professionals associated with this resource. This thesis therefore poses the overarching question: how can environmental history, legal geography, procedural and distributive justice, and profession-specific insights from lawyers, judges and planners, shed light upon this controversial resource? Drawing on a typology of relevance for environmental history, current CSG land access conflicts in Queensland are contextualised within past efforts in that State to promote coexistence between grain growers and coal miners, comparing the State’s statutorily enshrined Land Access Code 2010 with a voluntary Explorer-Landholder Procedures Guide produced in 1982 by agricultural and mining stakeholders. Building on this temporal aspect of formal and informal land access agreements, a legal geography lens is taken to unconventional gas in Australia, highlighting its value as a tool for investigating CSG – particularly for investigating the involvement of lawyers and judges in land use disputes. Acknowledging that lawyers are multifaceted participants in Australia’s CSG discussion, an extended study of their participation in recorded community forums in Queensland and New South Wales demonstrates this profession’s significant role in informing community forum audiences about land access laws concerning CSG, while also critiquing these laws by referring to personal experiences with the legal process. Viewpoints from judges associated with CSG-related litigation were also sought out and framed by both legal geography and procedural and distributive justice. An examination of a selection of court judgments concerning CSG revealed that procedural and distributive justice issues have arisen in New South Wales and Queensland. These judgments attend to the place of Australian local governments in negotiations with CSG operators, the provision of accurate mapping information to landholders by CSG companies and the nature of effective engagement in community consultation. Judges were also shown to engage with geographical concepts in their rulings, namely scale. Finally, this thesis examines planners in Australia’s CSG controversy. Advancing research into the roles and self-perceptions of planners through interviews with planners in New South Wales and Queensland and related documentary sources, these professionals were found to be flexible in their approach to the industry, adopting community advocate, facilitator of development and social gatekeeper roles as needed. The discussion and findings of this research pose important questions about CSG and the multifaceted impacts of this unconventional fossil fuel – stressing the utility of analysis that is informed by space, law, history, justice and the expertise of professionals.

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