Natural Law & Government

Über den Autor

Joseph Drew is Associate Professor of Public Policy and Local Government in the Institute for Public Policy & Governance at the University of Technology Sydney and adjunct Professor at the Department of Business Administration, Tokyo Metropolitan University. His research interests focus on public finance, performance measurement, local government structural reform, natural law philosophy and governance. Previously he worked in executive positions in the retail banking sector. His work has been recognised in the 2004 Australian College of Educators awards and he is the recipient of the University Medal (Griffith University, 2003) and the D H Drummond award (University of New England, 2014). Recent publications have appeared in Public Administration, Local Government Studies, Public Money & Management, Public Administration Quarterly, Publius: The Journal of Federalism, the Australian Journal of Public Administration, and Policy & Politics. He has consulted with numerous Victorian, Tasmanian, South Australian and New South Wales councils on accounting, finance and economic matters. Joseph has also been called as an expert witness for multiple Australian State and Federal Government Upper House inquiries into local public finance, as well as working on a number of projects of national significance abroad. His new book – Reforming Local Government – BECAME available from Springer IN September 2020. Joseph serves on the Editorial Board of Australia’s highest ranked public administration journal – the Australian Journal of Public Administration.