Managing Intergovernmental Relations in Australia

The Case of Agricultural Policy Cooperation

Bibliographic Data

ID11959618
AuthorsLinda Courtenay Botterill (0000-0002-6060-5090, Australian National University, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume66
Issue2
Pages186-197
Publication date2007-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAustralian Journal of Public Administration (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0313-6647 • E-ISSN: 1467-8500
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-8500.2007.00527.x
OpenAlexW1983700012
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited10

In June 2004, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) announced changes to the guidelines and protocols of some 40 ministerial councils and intergovernmental fora which comprise the web of intergovernmental consultative arrangements. This article examines the impact of the guidelines on the operation of the oldest of the sectoral ministerial councils, those relating to agriculture. The COAG guidelines aim to increase the strategic focus of the councils. However, in the case of agricultural policy there appears to have been a centralising of policy control, both within state governments and towards the Commonwealth, which undermines that objective and leaves the ministerial councils focusing on the more technical issues which they are more effective at addressing

Agricultural policy · Agriculture · Commonwealth · Control (management · Economics · Geography · Management · Political science · State (computer science · Law · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Policy Transfer and Learning · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration

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