Non-departmental public bodies under the Howard governments

Australian Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-82

  Wettenhall, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Financial management acts; Howard government; Non departmental public bodies; Statutory bodies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947404389     PISSN: 03136647     EISSN: 14678500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8500.2007.00515.x     Document Type: Article

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