Allen Mawer interviewed by Rodney Cavalier in National Board of Employment, Education and Training oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2219903
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Mawer, G. A. (G. Allen), 1943-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 30 July 1993
- 2 audio tape reels (ca. 41 min.) ; 7 in.
- Series:
- National Board of Employment, Education and Training oral history project.
- Summary:
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Mr Mawer speaks of importance of choosing the first Chair of the Board; his own job as consultant to Dawkins on youth matters; his employment background; Dawkins' reaction to the Education portfolio; Dawkins' putting into place the agenda he had been thinking out for several years; people who played an important role in implementing Dawkins' agenda; Dawkins' style of management; Dawkins' advisory structure; the Purple Circle; Dawkins' three constituencies: higher education, schools, employers; Halton's setting up the structure of the Board; the selection of members of the Board; effectiveness of the Board; relations between the Board and DEET; job readiness; DEET's view of the Board as a necessary evil; Dawkins' restriction on the size of the Board; Dawkins' self confidence.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on 30 July 1993 at the Dept. of Employment, Education and Training, Canberra.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Corrected transcript (typescript, 11 leaves) available.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Cavalier, R. M. (Rodney Mark), 1948-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the National Board of Employment, Education and Training oral history project.
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- 1993
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