Researcher Profiles

Wayne Errington

School of Social Sciences

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Senior Lecturer in Politics and Public Policy

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Research Interests

Political Science & Public Administration

Journals

Year	Citation
2012	Miragliotta, N., & Errington, W. (2012). The Rise and fall and rise again of public broadcasting?: the case of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 71(1), 55-64. DOI Scopus12 WoS7
2012	Miragliotta, N., & Errington, W. (2012). Legislative recruitment and models of party organisation: evidence from Australia. The Journal of Legislative Studies, 18(1), 21-40. DOI Scopus7 WoS7
2009	Errington, W., & Miragliotta, N. (2009). From the Gallery to the Parliament: Journalists in the House of Representatives and Senate, 1901–2007. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 55(4), 530-543. DOI
2007	Van Onselen, P., & Errington, W. (2007). From vitriolic criticism to ungainly praise: Locating John Howard's political success. AQ (Balmain), 79(2), 4-11.
2007	Van Onselen, P., & Errington, W. (2007). Managing expectations: the Howard Government's WorkChoices information campaign. Media International Australia, 123(May), 5-17.
2007	Van Onselen, P., & Errington, W. (2007). The Democratic State as a Marketing Tool: The Permanent Campaign in Australia. Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, 45(1), 78-94. DOI
2005	Van Onselen, P., & Errington, W. (2005). Public servants or partisan dirt-diggers: inside the government members secretariat. Australian Journal of Communication, 32(2), 25-39.
2005	Van Onselen, P., & Errington, W. (2005). Suiting themselves: Major parties, electoral databases and privacy. Australasian Parliamentary Review, 20(1), 21-33.
2005	Van Onselen, P., & Errington, W. (2005). Shock troops: The emerging role of Senators in House of Representatives campaigns. Australian Journal of Political Science, 40(3), 357-371. DOI

Books

Year	Citation
2021	Onselen, P. V., & Errington, W. (2021). How Good is Scott Morrison?. Hachette UK.
2021	Errington, W., & Onselen, P. V. (2021). Who Dares Loses Pariah Policies. In the National Interest.
2016	Errington, W., & Onselen, P. V. (2016). The Turnbull Gamble. Carlton, Victoria, Australia: Melbourne Univ. Publishing.
2015	Errington, W., & van Onselen, P. (2015). Battleground: Why the Liberal Party Shirt-fronted Tony Abbott. Carlton: Melbourne University Publishing.
2008	Errington, W., & Van Onselen, P. (2008). John Winston Howard: The definitive biography. Carlton, Victoria, Australia: Melbourne University Press.

Book Chapters

Year	Citation
2018	Errington, W. (2018). Long-term patterns of coalition-building at state and federal level in Australia. In A. Albala, & J. Reniu (Eds.), Coalition Politics and Federalism (pp. 165-177). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. DOI Scopus1
2015	Errington, W. (2015). The empire strikes back: Mainstream media still matters. In C. Johnson, J. Wanna, & H. Lee (Eds.), Abbott's Gambit: The 2013 Australian Federal Election (1 ed., pp. 67-79). Canberra, ACT: ANU Press. DOI WoS1
2015	Errington, W. (2015). Australian conservatives and the politics of science. In G. Melleuish (Ed.), Liberalism and conservatism in Australia (1 ed., pp. 141-156). Ballarat, VIC: Connor Court Publishing.
2015	Errington, W. (2015). The Liberal Party: Electoral success despite organisational drift. In N. Miragliotta, A. Gauja, & R. Smith (Eds.), Contemporary Australian Political Party Organisations (pp. 15-23). Clayton VIC: Monash University Publishing.
2011	Errington, W. (2011). Establishing Prime Ministerial Leadership Style in Opposition. In P. Hart, & J. Uhr (Eds.), How Power Changes Hands: Transition and Succession in Government (1 ed., pp. 55-72). United Kingdom: Palgrave MacMillan.
2008	Errington, W. (2008). Federalism and liberal thinking. In P. Onselen (Ed.), Liberals and power: The road ahead (pp. 249-261). Victoria, Australia: Melbourne University Press.
2008	Errington, W. (2008). Styles of conservative leadership in Australian politics. In P. Hart, & J. Uhr (Eds.), Public Leadership: Perspectives and Practices (1 ed., pp. 217-226). Canberra: ANU E Press.

Conference Papers

Year	Citation
2012	Errington, W. (2012). Surplus to requirements: budget politics and the quality of economic debate in Australia. In Proceedings of the 2012 Australian Political Studies Association Conference, APSA2012 (pp. 606-624). online: APSA.
2010	Miragliotta, N., & Errington, W. (2010). Revitalising parties from within? The use of primary based selection methods by Australian parties. In Australasian Political Studies Association Conference 2010 (pp. 1-10). www: APSA.
2010	Errington, W., & Miragliotta, N. (2010). Adversarial politics and cartelization in Australia. In Australasian Political Studies Association Conference 2010 (pp. 1-11). www: APSA.
2008	Miragliotta, N., & Errington, W. (2008). From journalist to politician: measuring the extent of career crossover in the federal parliament, 1901-2007. In Politics and the Media Conference (pp. 0 pages). Melbourne.
2008	Miragliotta, N., & Errington, W. (2008). Occupational profile of ALP, LP and National MHRs 1949-2007: From divergence to convergence. In Australian Political Studies Association Conference (pp. 1-17). Brisbane, Australia.
2006	Van Onselen, P., & Errington, W. (2006). Parliamentary entitlements: questions of ethical use of public resources. In Papers of the 13th Australian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics Conference (pp. 0 pages). Sydney, NSW: AAPAE.
2006	Van Onselen, P., & Errington, W. (2006). The Howard Government's industrial relations information campaign and the limits to incumbency advantage. In Empowerment, Creativity and Innovation: Challenging Media and Communication in the 21st Century (pp. 1-10). Adelaide, South Australia: Australia and New Zealand Communication Association and the University of Adelaide.
2006	Van Onselen, P., & Errington, W. (2006). John Howard: the great communicator: no, really!. In Empowerment, Creativity and Innovation: Challenging Media and Communication in the 21st Century (pp. 1-12). Adelaide, Australia: Australia and New Zealand Communication Association and the University of Adelaide.
2005	Van Onselen, P., & Errington, W. (2005). The permanent campaign comes to Australia: communication strategies in the 2004 federal election. In C. Mills, & D. Matheson (Eds.), Australia and New Zealand communication association conference proceedings (ANZCA05) (pp. 1-14). New Zealand: ANZCA, University of Canterbury.
2005	Van Onselen, P., & Errington, W. (2005). The government members' secretariat: the beating heart of Australia's PR state. In Australia and New Zealand communication association conference proceedings (ANZCA05) (pp. 1-13). New Zealand: ANZCA, University of Canterbury.

Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2016 - 2020	Co-Supervisor	Future Benefits, Future Burdens: Age, Policy Attitudes and Values in Australia	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Ms Veronica Coram
2014 - 2022	Co-Supervisor	Philanthropy and The Ethical State: The Role of Philanthropy and its Relationship with Government in Australia	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Miss Elyse Mary Chapman
2013 - 2018	Co-Supervisor	Paul Kelly and George Megalogenis: Media Intellectuals in Australian Politics	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Mr Paul Kemp

Email: wayne.errington@adelaide.edu.au

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