Commonwealth-State Relations in Australia online masterclass

Diversity or uniformity? Commonwealth-State relations in Australia is a 3-hour online masterclass offered by the Stretton Institute at the University of Adelaide.

The Masterclass will illuminate the dynamics of Commonwealth-State relations and provide participants with knowledge about how to navigate turbulent waters.

The COVID-19 crisis has shown that co-operation is possible, but differences and inconsistencies occur across the nation. The recent bushfires also tested relations. In addition to crises, many routine issues also depend on Commonwealth-State relations, including housing, education etc.

This Masterclass will focus on how public servants contribute to peer-to-peer negotiations and to national ministerial operations.

Learning Objectives

At the end of the Masterclass participants will:

• Understand how Commonwealth-State relations work
• Understand how to analyse Commonwealth-State relations in your policy domain and assess outcomes
• Understand how to make Commonwealth-State work better

Who should attend?

• Public servants who negotiate with their counterparts in other jurisdictions
• Public servants who contribute to briefings and analysis for Commonwealth-State ministerial meetings
• People who would like to demystify the complexities of Commonwealth-State relations

Date & Time:

Choose from two options:

1. Wednesday 2 September 2020, 9:30am - 12:30pm (AEST)
2. Thursday, 3 Septebmer 2020, 2:00-5:00pm (AEST)

The Trainer

Lisa Paul AO PSM is Coordinator of the Business Council of Australia’s Community Rebuilding Initiative, helping small businesses and communities recover from the 2019-20 bushfires.

From 2004 to 2016 Lisa was Secretary to several federal government departments, appointed by Prime Ministers Howard, Rudd, Gillard, Abbot and Turnbull. She has managed Commonwealth-State relations and regulation in housing and homelessness, schooling, vocational education and training, tertiary education, workplace health and safety, workplace relations and employment.

Since leaving government, Lisa has sat on the boards of listed and non-listed companies and not-for-profit organisations.

In 2011, Lisa was made an Officer in the Order of Australia and named the Australian Chartered Accountants’ Federal Government Leader of the Year. She was awarded the Public Servant medal in 2003 for leading the Australian Government’s domestic response to the Bali bombings. Her departments also twice won the Australian Human Resource Institute’s top award for excellence in people management. 

Register

(The masterclass will be conducted via Zoom with the link to be emailed separately upon successful registration)