Dr Maria Maley
Areas of expertise
- Australian Government And Politics 160601
- Public Policy 160510
- Public Administration 160509
- Political Science 4408
- Gender And Politics 440806
- Policy And Administration 4407
Research interests
Research and teaching interests include: Australian politics, public administration, public policy as well as ministerial advisers, the public service and gender issues in staffing.
Biography
Member of the Editorial Board, Australian Journal of Public Administration
Winner of the Marian Simms Policy Engagement Award 2022 awarded by the Australian Political Studies Association: ‘Awarded in recognition of outstanding achievement, innovation and creativity in research impact and policy engagement in the discipline of Political Science.’
Finalist for the Vice Chancellor’s Award for Impact and Engagement November 2021
Nominated for Vice-Chancellor's Award for Influential Impact and Engagement 2023
Visiting Scholar, Public Governance Institute, KU Leuven, Belgium 2018
Institute of Public Administration Australia Research Trust Fund Project title: Leaving the ministerial office: career steps following work as a ministerial adviser
Asia-Pacific Innovation Program Research Development Scheme (with Amanda Smullen) Project title: Australian Public Administration in Time
Consultant Report for the Australian Human Rights Commission Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces 2021
Research Partner, European COST Action Grant Project title: ‘Comparative research on the executive triangle in Europe’ 2023
Selected media:
December 2022 Canberra Times ‘Cause for optimism in improving parliament’s culture’
October 2022 The Conversation ‘Chance to reform the allocation of staff in federal parliament has been lost’ (with Marian Sawer)
June 2022 The Mandarin ‘Rules for appointing parliamentary staffers need a shake up’
Dec 2021 Crikey.com ‘The Jenkins Review provides two powerful tools for making parliament safer’
Dec 2021 Canberra Times ‘Why the MOPS Act needs reform’
May 2021 ANU Reporter ‘A perilous place: Gender and power at play in problems plaguing parliament’
March 2021 Public Sector Informant: Canberra Times ‘There are ways to better protect staffers, but political will is needed’.
Feb 2021 The Guardian.com ‘When political parties put their reputations first, staffers like Brittany Higgins suffer’
Feb 2021 The Conversation ‘Why political staffers are vulnerable to sexual misconduct — and little is done to stop it’
December 2020 Sydney Morning Herald ‘The real story inside the Canberra bubble – it’s not the sex but the bullying and abuse of staffers’
February 2020 Canberra Times ‘Ministerial advisers shrouded in secrecy’
February 2015 The Conversation ‘Why Credlin is seen to have gone too far as PM’s right-hand woman’
Researcher's projects
Working conditions in parliament, regulation of conduct of parliamentarians and political staff in Westminster countries, ministerial staff and political advisory institutions in Australia and comparatively, the working conditions of ministerial advisers, gender analysis of political staff, neutrality challenges of the public service, career paths of ministers and ministerial staff, political leadership, Australian public administration, policy theory
Current student projects
Monica Pfeffer '‘To MoG or not to MoG’: Understanding machinery of government decisions across Australian jurisdictions'
Catherine Petrass 'Ethics, control and (self-)discipline: the discourse of public service in Australia'
completed PhDs:
Garry Sturgess 'Barry Jones: In Search of Lost Time'
Rick Umback 'Constituting the Airwaves: Political Dimensions of Early Australian Wireless'
Yasmi Adriansyah 'The role of policy entrepreneurs in Indonesia's foreign policy'
Isobel Crealy ‘Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Secondary Education’
Publications
- Maley, M 2021, 'The powers and perils of women in ministers' offices', in K Lee-Koo and Z Ghazarian (ed.), Gender Politics: Navigating Political Leadership in Australia, UNSW Press, Sydney, pp. 85-97.
- Maley, M 2021, 'The Executive and the Public Service', in Alan Fenna and Rob Manwaring (ed.), Australian Government and Politics, Pearson Australia, Melbourne Australia, pp. 61-79.
- Maley, M 2021, 'Problematic Working Conditions for Female Political Staffers: What Can Be Done?', Australasian Parliamentary Review, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 54-69.
- Maley, M 2021, 'Problematic working conditions for political staffers and what can be done', Parliament as a Gendered Workplace: Towards a New Code of Conduct, Australian Political Studies Association, Canberra, pp. 1-7.
- Maley, M 2021, 'The Howard Government and ministerial staff', in Tom Frame (ed.), The Desire for Change, 2004-2007: The Howard Government, Volume IV, NewSouth Publishing, Sydney Australia, pp. 313-328.
- Maley, M & van den Berg, C 2018, 'Comparing cadres and careers in two very different ministerial staff systems', International Political Science Association World Congress, International Political Science Association, Canada, pp. 1-28.
- Maley M 2019 ‘The Legacy of the Howard Government’s use of Ministerial Staff’ Howard Government Retrospective IV 18-19 November 2019 National Press Club.
- Maley M 2019 ‘Gender frames and power games: inside the minister’s office’ APSA workshop: The Gendered Dynamics of Australia’s Political Leadership Culture 18-19 July 2019,
- Maley, M 2019, ''Border Crossings: the employment of public servants in ministers' offices in Australia'', International Conference on Public Policy 2019, International Conference on Public Policy, France.
- Maley, M 2018, 'Australia: Applying an institutional lens to political staff', in Richard Shaw and Chris Eichbaum (ed.), Ministers, Minders and Mandarins, Edward Elgar Publishing Inc., UK, pp. 15 - 33.
- Maley, M 2018, 'Parliamentary Experience in Australian Ministerial Careers 1996-2007', Australian Journal of Politics and History. Vol 64 Issue 2 p241-259
- Maley, M 2018, 'Understanding the divergent development of the ministerial office in Australia and the UK', Australian Journal of Political Science, vo 53 no 3, pp. 320-335
- Lee-Koo, K & Maley, M 2017, 'The Iron Butterfly and the Political Warrior: mobilising models of femininity in the Australian Liberal Party', Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 52, no. 3, pp. 317-334.
- Maley, M 2017, 'Temporary partisans, tagged officers or impartial professionals: Moving between ministerial offices and departments', Public Administration, vol. 95 Issue 2, pp. 407-422
- Maley, M 2015, 'The Policy Work of Australian Political Staff', International Journal of Public Administration, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 46-55.
- Wanna, J & Maley, M 2014, 'Political Chronicles July to December 2013', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 60, no. 2, pp. 325 - 328.
- Maley, M 2014, 'Patterns of institutional development: political staff structures in Australia', Public Policy Network Conference 2014, University of Canberra, Canberra Australia, pp. 1-15pp.
- Maley, M & Stewart, J 2014, 'The Public Sector', in A. Fenna, J. Robbins and J. Summers (ed.), Government And Politics in Australia, Pearson Education Australia, Frenchs Forest, Australia, pp. 71-86.
- Wanna, J, Clune, D, Economou, N et al 2014, 'Political Chronicles', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 60, no. 4, pp. 621-673.
- Maley, M 2013, 'Moments of institutional development: political staff structures in Australia', Australian Political Studies Association Annual Conference 2013 (APSA), Australian Political Studies Association, Perth, pp. 1-14.
- Maley, M 2013, 'The Canberra Model: Ministers and their Departments', 40th anniversary of The Canberra Model Conference, Australian National University, Canberra, pp. 7pp.
- Maley, M 2013, 'Leaders connecting emotionally: the problems faced by Prime Minister Julia Gillard', Symposium on Political Leadership and Elites in Australia, University of Tasmania, Hobart, pp. 8pp.
- Maley, M 2013, 'Political Chronicles: Australian Capital Territory: July to December 2012', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 59, no. 2, pp. 323 - 327.
- Maley, M 2013, 'Conceptualising the role of political advisers in policy making', International Conference on Public Policy 2013, Springer, France, pp. 1 - 18.
- Wanna, J, Clune, D, Economou, N et al. 2013, 'Political Chronicles Commonwealth of Australia January to June 2013', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 618-625.
- Maley, M 2012, 'Political Chronicles: Australian Capital Territory January to June 2012 - The Gillard Minority Government Lurches from Crisis to Crisis', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 58, no. 4, pp. 667 to 673.
- Maley, M 2012, 'Politicisation and the executive', in Rodney Smith, Ariadne Vrome, Ian Cook (ed.), Contemporary Politics in Australia: Theories, Practices and Issues, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, pp. 237-248.
- Wanna, J, Clune, D, Economou, N et al. 2012, 'Political Chronicles: Commonwealth of Australia January to June 2012 - The Gillard Minority Government Lurches from Crisis to Crisis', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 58, no. 4, pp. 619-673.
- Maley, M 2011, 'Investigating Ministerial Careers', APSA Conference 2011, Crisis, Uncertainty and Democracy, Canberra Australia, p. 22.
- Maley, M 2011, 'Strategic links in a cut-throat world: Rethinking the role and relationships of Australian ministerial staff', Public Administration, vol 89 no 4 pp1469-1488.
- Maley, M 2010, 'Australia', in C Eichbaum and R Shaw (ed.), Partisan appointees and public servants: an International analysis of the role of the political adviser, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, pp. 94-113.
- Maley, M 2009, 'Exploring institutional innovation: Australia's executive advisory arrangements', Annual ANU Public Leadership Workshop, ed. Paul 't Hart and John Uhr, Australian National University, website, p. 7.
- Maley, M & Stewart, J 2007, 'The Howard Government and Political Management: the Challenge of Policy Activism', Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 277-293.
- Dugdale, A, Daly, A, Franco, P et al 2005, 'Accessing e-government: challenges for citizens and organisations', International Review of Administrative Sciences, vol. 71, no. 1, pp. 109-118.
- Maley, M 2003, 'The Growing Role of Ministerial Advisers', Canberra Bulletin of Public Administration, vol. 110, no. December 2003, pp. 1-4.
- Maley, M 2002, 'Australian Ministerial Advisers and the Royal Commission on Government Administration', Australian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 61, no. 1, pp. 103-107.
- Maley, M 2000, 'Too Many or Too Few? The Increase in Federal Ministerial Advisers 1972-1999', Australian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 48-53.
- Maley, M 2000, ''Conceptualising advisers' policy work: the distinctive policy roles of ministerial advisers in the Keating government 1991-1996'', Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 35, no. 3.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- 'Political' public servants: challenges, risks and rewards (Primary Investigator)
