
The Engine Room of Government The Qld Premier's Department
by Scott, J.-
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Summary
Author Biography
Table of Contents
Preface | p. ix |
Acknowledgments | p. xi |
Acronyms | p. xiii |
Note on terms | p. xiv |
The view from the top: then and now | p. 1 |
The centre of the government: the Colonial Secretary's Office 1859-1886 | p. 11 |
The affairs outside: The Chief Secretary's Department 1886-1915 | p. 46 |
A jumble store of administrative oddments: the Premier's Department 1915-1957 | p. 76 |
Everyone's problems are on your desk: the Premier's Department 1957-1987 | p. 119 |
The engine room of government: the Premier's Department 1987-2001 | p. 166 |
Working in the Premier's Department | p. 200 |
Supporting the Cabinet | p. 232 |
A work of supreme importance: The Co-ordinator-General of Public Works | p. 257 |
Serving the Governors and Executive Council | p. 282 |
Selling Queensland to the world | p. 310 |
Protocol and royal visits | p. 344 |
Queensland, the Commonwealth and the world | p. 378 |
Continuity and change: the Premier's Department over 140 years | p. 416 |
Appendices | p. 420 |
Index | p. 425 |
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