The Engine Room Of Government. The Queensland Premier's Department 1859-2001

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: As New
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Publisher Place: St. Lucia, Qld
Publisher Year: 2001
Edition: First Edition

Description: 434 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in As new condition throughout.

Publishers Description: For 140 years the Premiers Department and its predecessors have been at the heart of the government of Queensland. Its activities may have been invisible, its influence unrecognised and its officials anonymous, but the department has nevertheless had a substantial impact on the state.Premiers are the public figures, the heads of the government, but they do not act alone. They need advice on what policy to adopt, and assistance in running the Cabinet and the state. They need that support in times of peace and war and over all areas of policy as they deal with their colleagures, their federal counterparts, and international politicians, public servants and business people."The Engine Room of Government" sheds a bright light on those once anonymous officials who have served the government. From attempted assassination to near mutiny, from running a radio station to organising an air wing, from conservation issues to Expo, this fascinating history tells us what went on behind the scenes and shows how the administration of the state really worked.This is the first time such a history has been written in any Australian state. It is a tribute to those once invisible servants who worked in the shadows with dedication and intelligence. And it reveals in a lively and entertaining way why the Premiers Department has been the engine room of government.

ISBN: 9780702232657