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The Rhetorical Framing of Policy Intervention
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-18, 08:20 authored by Grube, DCWhen prime ministers speak, the nation usually listens. In the Australian federation, prime ministers have consistently used the power of their political pulpit to launch policy interventions into areas of traditional State responsibility. This article suggests that there is an emerging rhetorical pattern to the way these policy interventions are presented. Primeministers of bothmajor parties have used rhetoric to portray the Commonwealth as acting on behalf of the legitimate interests of constituents who have been ignored by State governments. Occurring in close proximity to federal elections, policy interventions are shown to be weapons which favour incumbent prime ministers in their battleswith State governments and federal oppositions alike. © 2010 Australian Political Studies Association.
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Publication title
Australian Journal of Political ScienceVolume
45Issue
4Pagination
559-578ISSN
1036-1146Publisher
RoutledgePlace of publication
Level 2, 11 Queens Rd, Melbourne, VIC 3004 AustraliaRepository Status
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