Affiliations: [a] Department of Management, Faculty of Business and
Economics, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Austrialia
Correspondence:
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Address for correspondence: Assoc. Prof. Julian Teicher, P O Box
11E, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia. Tel.: +61 3 9905
2400; Fax: +61 3 9905 1201; E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract: This paper has two principal objectives: to provide an account of
the nature and extent of e-government in Australia at the three levels of
government and to examine some of the major obstacles to the realization of the
potential of e-government. Drawing on the published record and a benchmark
survey of Australian public managers, it is apparent that, in Australia, the
implementation of e-government is still largely focused at the information only
level and that its spread is uneven, particularly in rural and remote areas.
Furthermore, the increasing popularity of portals is paradoxical, with a
proliferation of portals at each level of government, rather than a single
point of entry. More significantly, there is little evidence of progress toward
the ideal of joined up government.
Keywords: Internet, e-government, ICT, joined up government, managerialist
