A comprehensive examination of the changing budgeting and expenditure management practices of the Commonwealth government in Australia.

JOHN WANNA is Professor of Politics and Public Policy at Griffith University. He is the co-author of Public Policy in Australia and Public Sector Management in Australia, and coeditor of the Australian Journal of Public Administration.
JOANNE KELLY is a principal research officer in Canada's Treasury Board Secretariat and a research associate of the Centre for Australian Public Sector Management (CAPSM).
JOHN FORSTER is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at Griffith University. He is a founding member of CAPSM and coeditor with John Wanna of Budgetary Management and Control.

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Abbreviations and Acronyms
1. Budgets and Public Expenditure in Democratic Society
2. Understanding the Australian Budgetary System
3. Great Expectations: the Promise of Early Budget Reforms
4. The Enduring 'Problem' of Treasury
5. Splitting the Treasury: Humpty's Great Fall
6. More Control... More Spending: the paradox of the Fraser Years
7. Unfinished Business: Budget Reform Under Hawke
8. From Control to Management: the FMIP and Beyond
9. Surplus to Deficit: the Keating Roller-Coaster
10. The New Business of Budgeting: Expenditure Management Under Howard
11. Cutting Expenditures, Avoiding Deficits and Managing Surpluses
12. Is Public Expenditure Better Managed Now?
Appendices
References
Index