Dr Anne Tiernan
B Arts, B Commerce (Hons), Dip Teaching (Secondary), PhD
Research Fellow, Centre for Governance and Public Policy
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Research expertise
- Policy advisory capacity
- Executive advisory arrangements
- Policy influence
- Public policy agenda setting
Publications
Books
- Power without Responsibility: Ministerial Staffers in Australian Governments From Whitlam to Howard. Sydney, UNSW Press. 2007
- (with Jennifer Menzies) Caretaker Conventions in Australasia: Minding the Shop for Government. Canberra, ANU ePress. 2007
Book chapters
- Problem or solution? The role of ministerial staff. In Fleming, J., Holland, I. (eds) Motivating Ministers to Morality. Ashgate, London. 2001.
Journal articles
- ‘The Council for the Australian Federation: A new structure of Australian Federalism’. Australian Journal of Public Administration, Vol 67 (2) pp 122-134. 2008
- ‘The learner: John Howard’s system of national security advice’. Australian Journal of International Affairs, Vol 61, Issue 4, December, pp 504-520. 2007
- 'Working with the stock we have: the evolving role of Queensland's Implementation Unit'. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, Vol 8 (4), December, 2006
- 'Overload or overblown? Ministerial staff and dilemmas of executive advice' Social Alternatives. Volume 25, No. 3, December 2006
- 'Advising Howard: interpreting changes in advisory and support structures for the Prime Minister of Australia' Australian Journal of Political Science. Vol 41 (3), September.
- A Load of Old Garbage: Applying Garbage-Can Theory to Contemporary Australian Housing Policy (With Terry Burke). Australian Journal of Public Administration, Volume 61, No.3, September 2002.
Invited conference papers, occasional lectures and workshops
- The Rudd Transition: continuity and change in the structures of advice and support to Australian Prime Ministers. Senate Occasional Lecture, Canberra, 30 May. 2008
- Keynote speaker, Enhance Corporate Boardroom Lunch, Brisbane, 23 October. 2007
- Keynote speaker, Public Affairs in the Power Capital conference, hosted by Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance and Walkley Foundation, Canberra, 25 July. 2007
- ‘Public Service Responsiveness: Has the Pendulum Swung Too Far?’ Speech to IPAA Four Seasons Seminar Series, Winter – 20 June.
- Office of the Public Service Commissioner, Queensland, Executive Retreat, 12 March. 2007
- ‘Advising Ministers: Tensions and Pressures for Public Administrators. Facilitated panel discussion at IPAA Queensland State Conference, 3 November. 2006
- ‘Building capacity for policy implementation’ Paper presented to the ANZSOG Project Management and Organisational Change Conference, Canberra, 21-22 February. 2006
- 'Working with the stock we have: the evolving role of Queensland's Implementation Unit' Paper presented at International Comparative Policy Analysis Forum Network Conference, Vancouver, 3-4 October 2005.
- 'Minding the minders: addressing the problems of ministerial staff'. Paper presented at the Australasian Political Studies Association Conference, Dunedin, 28-30 September 2005.
- Sources Close to the Prime Minister: Advisory Arrangements Under John Howard. Proceedings of the 43rd Australasian Political Studies Association (APSA) Conference, Brisbane, 24-26 September 2001.
- Problem or solution? The role of ministerial staff. Proceedings of the 42nd Australasian Political Studies Association Conference, Canberra 2000.
Recent research grants
- Australian Research Council Discovery Grant 2007 - Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship 'Mapping the policy advisory capacity of Australian federal government: assessing transformations in the policy advising role of the Australian Public Service' with Professor Patrick Weller (Griffith) and Professor John Wanna (ANU).