A History in three acts : evolution of the Public Service Act 1999 / [Bob Minns]
- Bib ID:
- 3300539
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Minns, Bob
- Online Version:
- https://web.archive.org/web/20041115030402/https://www.apsc.gov.au/publications04/history3acts.pdf
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- Description:
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- Canberra : The Commission, 2004
- ix, 246 p. : ill., ports. ; 26 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0975101552
- Series:
- Occasional paper (Australian Public Service Commission) ; No. 3.
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- Summary:
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This book is intended to provide an outline history of the Public Service Act 1999, and to place its development and ultimate passage in the context of the 1902 and 1922 Commonwealth Public Service Acts, and the more significant issues and events that influenced the ways in which those earlier acts evolved and developed. The history is divided into 4 sections: chapters 1-8 deal with the legislative history of the 1902, 1922 and 1999 Acts and the circumstances surrounding their evolution; chapter 9 surveys the changing role of the central personnel authority through the 20th century; chapter 10 reflects on the significant characteristics of the three Public Service Acts, with their elements of both constancy and change, and; Chapter 11 ventures some tentative observations on the success of the 1999 Act, while acknowledging that it is yet too early to attempt meaningful evaulation. It also suggests some possible future directions.
- Full contents:
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- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1: Beginnings: the 1902 Act
- Chapter 2: A new legislative framework: the 1922 Act
- Chapter 3: Challenges and changes 1923-31
- Chapter 4: Through troubled times 1931-46
- Chapter 5: Postwar adjustments, new paths 1947-72
- Chapter 6: Towards the end of an era 1972-87
- Chapter 7: An evolving reform environment 1987-97
- Chapter 8: Into a new century: the Public Service Act 1999
- Chapter 9: The changing central personnel authority 1902-2003
- Chapter 10: Constancy and change
- Chapter 11: A perspective on the 1999 reforms
- Appendices 1-8
- References and abbreviations.
- Notes:
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- Spiral bound.
- Includes bibliographic references
- Also available online via the web archive link as at 07 June 2021
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- Other authors/contributors:
- Australian Public Service Commission
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- Commonwealth of Australia 2004.
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