Leading with Authority

Imagine you are a senior public servant in the Ministry of Human Services, Families and Multicultural Affairs, heading up the latter division. A key plank in your divisions work is the Celebrating Communities programme, which subsidizes ethnic community organizations in areas such as adult and religious education, neighbourhood development and social work, as well as funding long-term research to build up the knowledge required to carry out evidence-based policy in this relatively novel and complex area of public policy.