Public Policy Development

The Public Policy Development subject equips participants with advanced understanding and skills required to excel in a political advisory role. Focusing on the interdisciplinary knowledge found in whole-of-government policy development and implementation in contexts of accountability mechanisms within political systems. The subject will explore the theory and skills required to enhance support to elected officials in effective policy development and implementation. Participants will build on their understandings of the interconnected relationship between public management, public policy and politics enabling them to generate a suite of skills to successfully navigate the parliamentary and public service models of Australia’s federal system of government and the rise of contemporary frameworks and mechanisms of scrutiny and accountability.