Conference Papers

Address by The Hon John Mickel MP, Speaker of the Queensland Parliament

• The Executive versus the Parliament: Who wins?

Papers Presented at the 2011 National Annual Conference, Melbourne

• Restraints Upon the Agenda: Policy Making in Victoria 1982 - 1992
  Alistair Harkness
• Breaking down the barriers: When Parliaments display leadership and the Executive follows
  David Gibson
• Trends in public sector audit legislation: from Federation to follow-the-dollar
  Des Pearson
• Current issues in Pacific Island Parliaments
  Graham Hassell
• Holding Oppositions to Account: The Slow Surrender of Parliamentary Democracy
  Jay Tilley
• The Role of Public Accounts Committees
  Jonathon O'Dea MP, Chair Public Accounts Committee, NSW Parliament
• The Executive versus the Legislative Council: A Case Study from the South Australian Parliament
  Dr Jordon Bastoni
• Executive Growth and Parliamentary Response: Balancing the Need for the Executive's Right to Govern against the necessity for Parliamentary Scrutiny
  The Hon. Judy Spence MP, Leader of the House, Queensland Parliament
• The impact of multi-party government on parliament-executive relations. Examples from abroad.
  Katrin Steinack
• The functions of Parliament: reality challenges tradition
  Ken Coghill
• Victoria's Dispute Resolution Committee and its Implications for an Effective Bicameral System
  Philip Davis, MLC Parliament of Victoria
• Diminishing the efficacy of disallowance motions: Quasi-Legislation in State Jurisdictions
  Scott Hickie
• Executive growth and the takeover of Australian parliaments
  Scott Prasser
• Is the Traditional role of Parliament still valid in our society?
  Sonia Hornery
• The effectiveness of parliamentary committees in Queensland: 1996 - 2001
  Suman Ojha, NSN Post Graduate College, Lucknow, UP, India
• Prorogation and principle: The Gentrader Inquiry, Government accountability and the shutdown of Parliament
  Teresa McMichael
• Cabinet Confidentiality and Parliamentary Scrutiny in the Information Age
  Tony Lupton