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WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Author(s) -
Forrest Martyn
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
australian journal of public administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-8500
pISSN - 0313-6647
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8500.1981.tb00487.x
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , criticism , politics , democracy , administration (probate law) , public administration , political science , theme (computing) , style (visual arts) , political economy , sociology , law , history , archaeology , philosophy , linguistics , computer science , operating system
In a number of ways 1980 has proved to be a difficult year for the government in Western Australia. Returned comfortably for a third term of office in February the government has found itself both constrained by the need to curb public expenditure and subjected to a great deal of pressure and criticism over the administration of various Acts, agencies and issues. The subjects of these complaints have varied enormously but a consistent theme has been the government's lack of sensitivity towards its employees, its clientele, the spirit of the laws it administers and the democratic traditions it has inherited. If a single characteristic were needed to denote the style of politics in Western Australia in 1980 it would undoubtedly be that of confrontation.