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Dr Geoffrey Hawker 
Head of Department, Senior Lecturer
Location: Building W6A Room 421
E-mail: Geoffrey.Hawker@humn.mq.edu.au
Tel: 9850 8885
Fax: 9850 6064
Consultation Times: For POL Units For IRPG Units		 Teaching Areas:
POL251 African Politics and Globalisation
POL374 Australian Governments and Public Policy
POL386 Australian Foreign Policy
IRPG840 The International System
IRPG846 Special Project
IRPG855 Globalisation and the North-South Relationship
Current Positions
Education
  • PhD in Politics 1968 (Australian National University) Subject area: administrative and political history. Dissertation title: Development of the South Australian Civil Service 1836-1916; supervisors Professors G.E. Caiden & R.S. Parker.

  • BA (Hons in History) 1964 (University of Adelaide).
Employment Experience
  • Managing Director Siyipa Pty Ltd (trading as Affirmative Action Systems and Hawker Humphries Associates), Sydney (1985-92). Social science consultancy to public and private sectors; litigation support; equal employment opportunity; historical and commercial investigations.

  • College Fellow in Administrative Studies, Canberra CAE (now University of Canberra) (1977-84). Design, marketing, delivery of non-accredited (short-course) programs to public and private sectors; teaching and research in public administration and politics.

  • Research Director, Royal Commission on Australian Government Administration (1974-76, on leave from ANU). Design and management of research program; advice to Commission.

  • Research Fellow in Politics, Australian National University (1974-77). Research on Australian politics and public policy.
    Senior Research Associate, Institute of Judicial Administration, Faculty of Law, University of Birmingham (1971-74). Research into judicial administration.

  • Travelling Fellow, Australian National University, visiting University of London, Institute of Historical Research & Institute of Commonwealth Studies (1970-71). Research on Australian and Commonwealth politics.

  • Research Fellow in History, University of New South Wales (1967-70). Writing of commissioned history of Parliament of NSW.

  • Staff researcher and writer, Maxwell Newton Pty Ltd (1967). Research and write newsletters.

  • Research Scholar in Politics, Australian National University (1964-67). Research for doctorate.
Organisational and Consultancy Experience
  • Secretary, African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific 2001-03, Vice-president 2003-06

  • Convenor, Annual Conference of the African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific, 2002, 2006

  • Treasurer, South Sydney Community Aid 1994-95

  • Non-lawyer Member, Legal Aid Review Committee Number 2 of NSW 1987-94

  • Member, Commonwealth Parliamentary Bicentennial Publications Project 1980-88

  • Executive Member, Royal Australian Institute of Public Administration (ACT Branch) 1977-81

  • President, Australasian Political Studies Association 1978-79; Representative on the Parliamentary Fellowship Committee 1977-85.
 
Editorial Work
Co-Editor Policy Studies Newsletter, 1977-80, Legislative Studies Newsletter, 1980-81; Editor Alcohol Bulletin (Sydney) 1985-87; sometime editorial board Politics, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Sociology; currently member of editorial board, Australasian Parliamentary Review.
 
Publications
Books and Monographs
2001 Politicians All A Collective Biography of the Candidates for the Commonwealth Election 1901 Wild and Woolley in association with the Australian Institute of Political Science, Sydney, pp x+134. ISBN090933191X
1982 (with D Combe and G Hartung) Platforms for Government, Canberra: Yarralumla Soft, pp xix + 347, illus; and chapter 1, 'The party platforms a comparative analysis', 1-7. ISBN 0 9592935 0 7
1981 Who's Master, Who's Servant? Reforming Bureaucracy, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, pp v + 100. ISBN 0 86861 083 6
1979 (editor) Working Papers on Parliament, Canberra Series in Administration No 5; Canberra CAE, pp xii + 194; and chapter 1, 'Parliament: some emerging issues', 1-16. ISBN 0 85889 1298
1979 (with RFI Smith and PM Weller) Politics and Policy in Australia, St Lucia: UQP, pp xii + 313. ISBN 0 7022 1307 1
1975 (with KR Whitesides) Industrial Tribunals, Modern Legal Studies Series ed JPWB McAuslan; London: Sweet & Maxwell, pp ix + 118. ISBN 421 20540
1971 The Parliament of New South Wales: A History 1856-1965, Sydney: Government Printer, pp xxxii + 377, illus, index.
 
Book chapters
2002 'President Mbeki, Provincial Government and the AIDS Crisis in Mid Term Perspective', in F Columbus (ed), Politics and Economics of Africa Volume 3, New York: Nova Press, 137-159
2001 'The Candidates for the Commonwealth', in M Simms (ed.), 1901: The Forgotten Election, St Lucia: Univ. Queensland Press, 185-98 and Apps 2 (225-30) & 3 (231-37).
1994 'Inquiries into Policy Communities: Townsville and Chelmsford', in P Weller (ed), Royal Commissions the Making of Public Policy, South Melbourne: Macmillan, 93-106.
1994 'Executive Government', in J Brett, J Gillespie & M Goot (eds), Developments in Australian Politics, South Melbourne: Macmillan, 88-105.
1981 'The Rise and Fall of the Australian Legal Aid Office', in S Encel and PS Wilenski (eds), Decisions, 2nd ed, Melbourne: Longman Cheshire, 60-73.
1981 'Equity in Public Administration', in PN Troy (ed), Equity, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 137-53.
1980 'Labor in Australian Society', in J North and P Weller (eds), Labor: Directions for the Eighties, Sydney: Novak, 9-21.
1978 (with Bernard Schaffer) 'The Rise & Fall of RCAGA', in RFI Smith and P Weller (eds), Public Service Inquiries in Australia, St Lucia: UQP, 34-43.
1978 'Inside the Coombs Inquiry', in RFI Smith and P Weller (eds), Public Service Inquiries in Australia, St Lucia: UQP, 44-62
1978 'Lawyers in Government', in R Tomasic (ed), Understanding Lawyers: Perspectives on the Legal Profession in Australia, Sydney: Allen and Unwin for the Law Foundation of NSW, 373-88.
1977 'Public Service Reforms in Australia', in C Hazelhurst and J Nethercote (eds), Reforming Australian Government, Canberra: ANU Press, 154-64.
1976 'Public Administration as a Vehicle for Decentralisation', in GJR Linge (ed), Restructuring Employment Opportunities in Australia, Monograph Series Publication HG/11 Dept Human Geography RSSS ANU, 135-52.
1976 'Review of Work', in Royal Commission on Australian Government Administration, Report, Canberra: AGPS, Appendix vol. 1, 1-14.
 
Articles in Scholarly Journals
2006 'Ministerial Consultants and Privatisation', Aust Journal of Politics and History, 52, 2, 244-260.
2003 'Lost Cadres: the ANC Members of the National Assembly 1999-2003', Journal of African Elections (Electoral Institute of South Africa), 2, 3 (October), 97-115.
2001 'Consultants to the Commonwealth 1995-2000', Canberra Bulletin of Public Administration, 99 (March), 60-3.
2000 ‘Political Leadership in the ANC: the South African Provinces 1994-99’, Journal of Modern African Studies, 38, 4, 631-58.
1988 (with J Halligan, R Kraus and R Williams) 'Constituency Service among Sub-National Legislators in Australia and Canada', Legislative Studies Quarterly, XIII, 1 (February), 49-64.
1987 'Media Ownership in Australia: Winners and Losers', Media Information Australia, 44 (May), 12-15.
1981 'A New Public Administration', Aust. Journal of Public Administration, xl, 1 (March), 1-25.
1980 'Managing with Less', Aust. Journal of Public Administration, xxxix, 2 (June), 201-12.
1980 'Is the Public Service Responsible?', Politics, 15, 2 (June), 177-85.
1979 'An Inquiry into the Civil Service: The South Australian Royal Commission of 1888-91', Journal Royal Australian Historical Society, 65, 1 (June), 45-58.
1977 'Problems of Administrative Change: Unlearned Lessons', Current Affairs Bulletin, 53, 12 (May), 13-22.
1977 'The Administrative Implications of Freedom of Information Legislation', Aust. Journal of Public Administration, 36, 2 (June), 168-185.
1977 'Research Use: Some Recent Australian Experience', Political Science (New Zealand), 29, 1 (July), 57-65.
1976 'Behavioural Scientists: The Role of the Researcher', Aust. Journal of Public Administration, xxxv, 1 (March), 1-8.
1975 'The Australian Government and Local Government: What is Happening', Current Affairs Bulletin, 52, 1 (June), 21-30. Reprinted as 'Local Government: What's Happening' in H Mayer and H Nelson (eds), Australian Politics A Fourth Reader, Melbourne: Cheshire 1976, 352-59.
1975 (with M Bourke, JR Nethercote and KJ Tucker) 'The Royal Commission on Australian Government Administration', Public Administration (Sydney), xxxiv, 2 (June), 128-43.
1975 'The Bureaucracy Under the Whitlam Government - And Vice-versa', Politics, 10, 1 (May), 5-23.
1974 (with WE Cavenagh) 'Laymen on Administrative Tribunals', Public Administration (London), 52 (Summer), 209-22.
1969 (with RA Grahame) 'New South Wales Political Bibliography 1856-1966 Part II', Politics, 4, 1 (May), 57-66.
1968 (with RA Grahame) 'New South Wales Political Bibliography 1856-1966 Part I', Politics, 3, 1 (May), 66-87.
1967 'South Australia's First Public Service Commissioner', Public Administration (Sydney), xxvi, 2 (June), 174-84.
1965 '”Publish ... To All the Nation”?', Public Administration (Sydney), xxiv, 3 (September), 263-71.
 
Other contributions to scholarly journals
1985 (with J Goldring) 'Lawyers in a Government Department: A Report and Suggestions for Further Research', Aust Journal of Public Administration, 44, 3 (September), 287-97.
1984 'Cross National Policy Studies - Australia', Policy Studies Review, 4, 1 (August), 123-25.
1979 (with AR Hoyle) 'Administrative Chronicle: Federal Government', Aust Journal of Public Administration, xxxviii, 1 (March), 79-86.
1978 (with FMB Cass) 'Information about Commonwealth Government Personnel: Reflections on a Survey Source', Politics, 13, 1 (May), 175-81.
 
Non-refereed articles, professional journals (selection 2001 - )
2005 “Comings and Goings: Liberal Party Factions in New South Wales”, AQ Journal of Contemporary Analysis, 77, 5 (September – October), 15-20.
2005 “John Brogden: Fallen or Pushed?”, AQ Journal of Contemporary Analysis, 77, 4 (July-August) , 4-9.
2005 “Huntington’s Dog that Didn’t Bark: Africa in the ‘Clash of Civilisations’”, AQ Journal of Contemporary Analysis, 77, 3 (May-June), 7-11.
2004 'Zimbabwe - A Report from the Field', AQ Journal of Contemporary Analysis, 76, 3 (May-June), 20-3.
2004 'Australia and Africa: Old Issues, New Connections', AQ Journal of Contemporary Analysis, 76 (1) (Jan-Feb), 6-8.
2003 'Zimbabwe, Land and President Mugabe', Good Government (December), 4-5.
2003 'The African View of the African Union, NEPAD and Globalisation', Boab Connection (Autumn), 14-15, 18-19.
2002 'Zimbabwe, AIDS and President Mbeki', AQ Journal of Contemporary Analysis, 74, 2 (March-April), 21-25.
2002 'Coombs – Politics and Administration of Defence', Defender the National Journal of the Australian Defence Association, XIX, 2 (Winter), 34-38.
2001 'The Australian Democrats: Dead in the Water?', Australian Quarterly, 73, 2 (March-April), 27-31.
 
Biographical and historical dictionaries
2004 'Duncan, Walter Leslie', in Ann Millar (ed), The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate, vol 2, Carlton South: Melbourne University Press, 386-89.
2004 'Mooney, Patrick Frederick', in Ann Millar (ed), The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate, vol 2, Carlton South: Melbourne University Press, 408-10.
2004 'Hardy, Charles', in Ann Millar (ed), The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate, vol 2, Carlton South: Melbourne University Press, 410-13
2000 ‘Grant, John’, in Ann Millar (ed.), The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate, vol 1, Carlton South: Melbourne University Press, 55-58.
2000 ‘Watson, David', in Ann Millar (ed.), The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate, vol 1, Carlton South: Melbourne University Press, 58-60
2000 ‘Power, John Maurice’, in Ann Millar (ed.), The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate, vol 1, Carlton South: Melbourne University Press, 70-71.
2000 'Gibbs, William Albion', in Ann Millar (ed.), The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate, vol 1, Carlton South: Melbourne University Press, 72-74.
1987 'Public Service', in G Aplin, SG Foster and M McKernan (eds), Australians A Historical Dictionary, vol 7, Sydney: Fairfax Syme Weldon, 334-35.
1986 'Coombs', in D Eggenberger (ed), International Dictionary of Biography, New Haven: Eggenberger, 317-18.
1983 'McCourt, William J', Australian Dictionary of Biography vol X, ed B Nairn and G Serle, Melbourne: MUP, 238.
1983 'Johnson, Elliott', Australian Dictionary of Biography vol IX ed B Nairn and G Serle, Melbourne: MUP, 497-98.
1983 'Gullet, Henry', Australian Dictionary of Biography vol IX, ed B Nairn and G Serle, Melbourne: MUP, 136-37.
1979 (with H R Dent) 'Herbert Cole Coombs The Public Servant', in L Hunt (ed), Westralian Portraits, Perth: WA Govt. Printer for Sesqui-centenary Publications Committee, 240-46.
1978 'Arnold, Richard Aldous', Australian Dictionary of Biography vol VII, ed B Nairn and G Serle, Melbourne: MUP, 99.
1970 'Jacob, Archibald Hamilton', Australian Dictionary of Biography vol IV, ed D Pike, Melbourne: MUP, 466-67.
1970 'Cooke, Ebenezer', Australian Dictionary of Biography vol III, ed D Pike, Melbourne: MUP, 450-51.
1970 'Boothby, William Robinson, Benjamin, Josiah & Thomas Wilde', Australian Dictionary of Biography vol III, ed D Pike, Melbourne: MUP, 196-97.
 
Commissioned reports to public authorities (selection)
1992 'The Federal Judicial System', Report to the National Museum of Australia, Canberra (April), pp 354 + 7 apps.
1990 (with PA Bellamy) 'Women Working in Travel Industry at a Time of Restructuring', Report for the EEO Practitioners Association to the Women's Bureau, DEET, Sydney (February), pp 320 + 3 apps; see also Women Returning to the Workforce, Sydney: Women and Work Unit, NSW Dept. Industrial Relations, 1991, pp 67 + 3 apps.
1990 EEO Survey Report for NSW Higher Education Sector, Sydney: Director of Equal Opportunity in Public Employment (September), pp iv + 98. ISBN 0 7240 88059
1980 Telecom Australia (Policy Research Branch, Planning Directorate), 'Public Policy Making and Telecommunications Planning', report of seminar proceedings, Melbourne (August), 29-30, 134. ISBN 0 642 89890 1
1980 'Study of the Administrative Implications for the Canberra CAE of the Provision of Non-Award Courses', Report to the Tertiary Education Commission, Canberra, pp 136 + apps.
1983 'Johnson, Elliott', Australian Dictionary of Biography vol IX ed B Nairn and G Serle, Melbourne: MUP, 497-98.
1983 'Gullet, Henry', Australian Dictionary of Biography vol IX, ed B Nairn and G Serle, Melbourne: MUP, 136-37.
1979 (with H R Dent) 'Herbert Cole Coombs The Public Servant', in L Hunt (ed), Westralian Portraits, Perth: WA Govt. Printer for Sesqui-centenary Publications Committee, 240-46.
1978 'Arnold, Richard Aldous', Australian Dictionary of Biography vol VII, ed B Nairn and G Serle, Melbourne: MUP, 99.
1974 Magistrates in the Crown Court: Report of a Survey, Institute of Judicial Administration, University of Birmingham, pp 33 + 3 apps, tables.
1973 'The Membership of Tribunals', Final Report to the Social Science Research Council on grants HR 783/1 and 1570/1, reference copy at National Lending library Boston Spa Yorks (January), pp 24 + apps. Reported in SSRC Survey Archives, Inventory 1974-75, Univ. Essex, 1975, 20-22.
1970 'Jacob, Archibald Hamilton', Australian Dictionary of Biography vol IV, ed D Pike, Melbourne: MUP, 466-67.
970 'Cooke, Ebenezer', Australian Dictionary of Biography vol III, ed D Pike, Melbourne: MUP, 450-51.
1970 'Boothby, William Robinson, Benjamin, Josiah & Thomas Wilde', Australian Dictionary of Biography vol III, ed D Pike, Melbourne: MUP, 196-97.
 
Commissioned reports to public authorities (selection)
1992 'The Federal Judicial System', Report to the National Museum of Australia, Canberra (April), pp 354 + 7 apps.
1992 'The Federal Judicial System', Report to the National Museum of Australia, Canberra (April), pp 354 + 7 apps.
1990 (with PA Bellamy) 'Women Working in Travel Industry at a Time of Restructuring', Report for the EEO Practitioners Association to the Women's Bureau, DEET, Sydney (February), pp 320 + 3 apps; see also Women Returning to the Workforce, Sydney: Women and Work Unit, NSW Dept. Industrial Relations, 1991, pp 67 + 3 apps.
1990 EEO Survey Report for NSW Higher Education Sector, Sydney: Director of Equal Opportunity in Public Employment (September), pp iv + 98. ISBN 0 7240 88059
1980 Telecom Australia (Policy Research Branch, Planning Directorate), 'Public Policy Making and Telecommunications Planning', report of seminar proceedings, Melbourne (August), 29-30, 134. ISBN 0 642 89890 1
1980 'Study of the Administrative Implications for the Canberra CAE of the Provision of Non-Award Courses', Report to the Tertiary Education Commission, Canberra, pp 136 + apps.
1974 Magistrates in the Crown Court: Report of a Survey, Institute of Judicial Administration, University of Birmingham, pp 33 + 3 apps, tables.
1973 'The Membership of Tribunals', Final Report to the Social Science Research Council on grants HR 783/1 and 1570/1, reference copy at National Lending library Boston Spa Yorks (January), pp 24 + apps. Reported in SSRC Survey Archives, Inventory 1974-75, Univ. Essex, 1975, 20-22.