Researcher Profiles

Associate Professor Wayne Errington

Associate Professor

School of Social Sciences

Faculty of Arts

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 Scopus3 WoS3
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 Scopus5
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
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
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.

Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2018	Co-Supervisor	Building the Innovation Economy: the Development of Science and Technology Policy in South Australia, 1980 - 2020	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Ms Rebekah Joyce Harms
2014	Co-Supervisor	Philantropolitics: Philanthropy and the Role of Government in the Australian Context	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Elyse Mary Chapman

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
2013 - 2018	Co-Supervisor	Paul Kelly and George Megalogenis: Media Intellectuals in Australian Politics	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Mr Paul Kemp

Position: Associate Professor
Phone: 83130661
Email: wayne.errington@adelaide.edu.au
Fax: 8313 3443
Campus: North Terrace
Building: Napier, floor 4
Room: 4 18
Org Unit: Politics and International Relations (POLIR)

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