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Through a diverse range of contributors and a global perspective, the book elucidates how opposition operates across different political contexts, making it an indispensable resource for comprehending the intricacies of executive-legislative relations in democratic systems.Chapters: Foreword - Lord Norton of Louth"Conflict Become Discussion" The Importance of Opposition - David Clune OAM1 The Dialectic of Democracy: The Emergence of Political Opposition - Graham Maddox2 An "Organised Living Representation" of the Government's Opponents: the views of the framers of the Australian Constitution on governments, oppositions and party government - Nicholas Aroney & Benjamin B. Saunders3 Opposition One Day, Government the Next: Can Oppositions Make: Policy and be ready for Office? - Scott Prasser4 Oppositions and Elections: The Media and Pathways to Office - Rodney Tiffen5 An Opposition Leader's Perspective - Hon John Howard OM AC6 The Changing Australian Federal Scene: The Role of the Senate Crossbench: A New Opposition? - Scott Prasser7 The Resources of the Federal Opposition - Liz Dowd and Scott Prasser8 The Challenge of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Federal Labor in Opposition, 2019-22 - Brendan McCaffrie9 The Opposition in New South Wales - Rodney Smith10 Parliamentary Oppositions in Queensland, 1860-2023 - Paul D. Williams11 Opposition in the Queensland Parliament: Some Observations from a Chief of Staff - Kevin Martin12 Opposition in South Australia - Clement Macintyre, John Williams and Rob Manwaring13 Opposition in the Tasmanian Parliament: Some Consequences of Reducing an Already Small Parliament - Richard Herr14 The Victorian Coalition, 1999-2023: A Permanent Opposition? - Terry Barnes15 The Effect of Opposition on the Composition of the Liberal-National Parties in Victoria, 1999-2010 - Kate Jones16 Opposition in Western Australia - Narelle Miragliotta and Finley Watson17 The Opposition at Westminster - Nigel Fletcher18 Minority Parties and Opposition Roles in the United Kingdom - Louise Thompson19 The Loyal Opposition in Canada - David C. Docherty20 Opposition Politics in the USA - Kenneth Kitts21 The Power of Opposition: A Comparative Perspective - Simone Wegmann

The Abbott Government has announced a National Commission of Audit to review the Commonwealth's finances and to assess the role and scope of government and where areas of overlap and duplication between the federal and state governments can be reduced. It is the fourteenth audit commission appointed in Australia since the NSW Greiner Coalition Government formed the first commission in 1988. Since then audit commissions have become a feature of incoming, mostly non-Labor state, territory and national governments. Audit commissions have heralded major changes in the structure of public services, cuts to government spending, new ways of delivering services and a re-writing of the very boundaries of government. They have been hailed by some as mechanisms for promoting overdue reform and for pushing through needed change. Critics have seen them as being ideologically driven, touting outdated remedies and being used by governments to justify decisions already made about cuts to public services. Yet despite their repeated use for over a quarter of century, and the claims and counter claims about their roles and value, there has been no comparative study of audit commissions in Australian politics and policy. Audit Commissions: Reviewing the Reviewers is the first comprehensive assessment of all fourteen state, territory and federal audit commissions established since 1988. That audit commissions are a particular Australian institution makes this study of value to both Australian and international audiences. The volume outlines the history, reasons for appointment, roles, processes, members, impact and suggests where audit commissions fit in the overall architecture of Australian government. Kate Jones is Research Fellow at ACU's Public Policy Institute, with qualifications in politics, economics and librarianship. After researching and writing about parliaments, parliamentary committees and parliamentarians, Kate has focussed in her recent research on aspects of public and social policy. She has also worked for state and federal governments and in two parliaments. Kate gained her PhD from La Trobe University. Scott Prasser was the inaugural Executive Director of the Public Policy Institute at ACU and previously worked in senior policy and research positions in federal and state governments. He has written extensively on Australian public policy and politics and in 2006 had published Royal Commissions and Public Inquiries in Australia. Scott's PhD was awarded by Griffith University.