The Magenta Book is guidance on what to think about when designing an evaluation. It explains how results can be interpreted and presented, and what should be considered in this process. The Magenta Book outlines how thinking about evaluation before and during policy-making can improve the quality of results produced to evaluate that policy. The...

This issue focuses on regional policy in Western Australia: ranging from the development of an innovatory industrial estate and promotion of the remote North-West, to small business promotion and local government reorganisation.

This paper evaluates the role of the Sydney Harbour Trust in the first decade of its existence. The Trust is notable for being one of the first public bodies created through a transfer of powers from local authorities to an ad hoc board in New South Wales. It operated without any municipal representation.