Policy Agendas in Australian Politics
The Governor-General's Speeches, 1945–2008
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6233992 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Keith Dowding (0000-0001-6888-9369, Australian National University), Andrew Hindmoor (0000-0002-0335-2509, The University of Queensland), Richard Iles (0000-0001-7307-8296, The University of Queensland), Peter John (0000-0002-7934-1187, University of Manchester) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 533-557 |
| Publication date | 2010-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1036-1146 • E-ISSN: 1363-030X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10361146.2010.517174 |
| OpenAlex | W1991435237 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 25 |
| References cited | 34 |
The Policy Agendas Project collects and organises data from official documents to trace changes in the policy agenda and outputs of national, sub-national and supranational governments. In this paper we use the policy agendas method to analyse the changing contents of those Australian Governor-General's speeches delivered on behalf of incoming governments between 1945 and 2008. We suggest that these speeches provide an important insight into how the executive wishes to portray its policy agenda as it starts a new term of government. In mapping the changing agenda in this way we address four questions: which issues have risen or fallen in importance? When and in relation to what issues have there been policy 'punctuations'? How stable is the Australian policy agenda? How fragmented is the policy agenda? We find evidence of a number of policy punctuations and one turning-point: the election of the Whitlam government
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| Unique citing works | 25 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,79 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |