Paperback. In 1981, academic Patrick Weller teamed up with renowned politicalcommentator and journalist Michelle Grattan to publish Can Ministers Cope?,a study of the challenges facing Australia's federal government ministers.With the federal Labor government just twenty months into its first term inoffice, it was time to revisit the question 'Can ministers cope?' and to broadenthe focus to ask how they cope, especially as relatively young and sometimesinexperienced players, in the transition to government after a long period inopposition.Anne Tiernan and Patrick Weller draw on extensive interviews with current andformer ministers, ministerial staffers and senior officials, to discover how a newministry learns to juggle their simultaneous roles of member of Parliament andCabinet, local constituency representative, and media spokesperson, not tomention their lives outside work.Learning to Be a Minister is an in-depth examination of the day-to-day life ofAustralia's federal ministers at work. Drawing on extensive interviews with current and former ministers, ministerial staffers, and senior officials, this in-depth examination offers insight into the Australian political and democratic processes. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
