Emeritus Professor Kenneth Wiltshire
Emeritus Professor
School of Business
Professor Kenneth Wiltshire AO is the JD Story Professor of Public Administration at the University of Queensland Business School. He has published extensively on comparative federalism and constitutional reform, and for nine years was a Member of the Commonwealth Grants Commission.
Professor Wiltshire was a consultant for the New Federalism reforms of the Fraser and Hawke governments, and he was a founding Board member of the Constitutional Centenary Foundation. He has served as Chair of a number of Commonwealth-State bodies including the Australian Heritage Commission and the Wet Tropics Management Authority, and was Special Adviser to the Australian National Training Authority.
Professor Wiltshire served for six years as Australia’s representative on the Executive Board of UNESCO. In 1998, he was awarded the Order of Australia for services to policy making, public administration and UNESCO.
Publications
Books
Wiltshire, Kenneth W. (1991). Tenterfield revisited : reforming Australia's system of government for 2001. St. Lucia, Qld.: University of Queensland Press.
Wiltshire, Kenneth W. and Australian National University. Centre for Research on Federal Financial Relations. (1977). Administrative federalism : selected documents in Australian intergovernmental relations. St. Lucia , Qld.: University of Queensland Press for the Centre for Research on Federal Financial Relations, Australian National University, in association with the Royal Institute of Public Administration, Queensland Regional Group.
Book Chapters
Wiltshire, Kenneth (2020). Federalism and policy implementation. Oxford research encyclopedia of politics. (pp. 1-32) Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.1408
Axelsen, Micheal and Wiltshire, Kenneth (2018). Leadership in practice: GIVIT-connecting those who have with those who need. Transformational leadership and not for profits and social enterprises. (pp. 264-268) edited by Kenneth Wiltshire, Asatha Malhotra and Micheal Axelsen. Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9781315468570-21
Wiltshire, Kenneth (2018). Leadership concepts and approaches. Transformational leadership and not for profits and social enterprises. (pp. 3-14) edited by Ken Wiltshire, Aastha Malhotra and Micheal Axelsen. Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9781315468570-1
Wiltshire, Kenneth (2018). Corporate social responsibility, government, and the balancing act. Transformational leadership and not for profits and social enterprises. (pp. 75-83) edited by Ken Wiltshire, Aastha Malhotra and Micheal Axelsen. Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9781315468570-6
Wiltshire, Kenneth (2018). Leadership in practice: YGAP. Transformational leadership and not for profits and social enterprises. (pp. 234-238) edited by Ken Wiltshire, Aastha Malhotra and Micheal Axelsen. Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9781315468570-19
Wiltshire, Kenneth (2018). Leadership in practice: institute for urban indigenous health. Transformational leadership and not for profits and social enterprises. (pp. 84-91) edited by Ken Wiltshire, Aastha Malhotra and Micheal Axelsen. Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9781315468570-7
Wiltshire, Kenneth and Jones, Stephen (2013). Giving voice to values for the public sector: an exploratory approach. Educating for Values-Driven Leadership: Giving Voice to Values Across the Curriculum. (pp. 87-104) edited by Mary C. Gentile and Oliver Laasch. New York, NY, United States: Business Expert Press.
Wiltshire, Kenneth W. (2011). Case study: Queensland Rail: QR Ltd (QR). Exploring strategy: test & cases. (pp. 697-700) edited by Gerry Johnson, Richard Whittington and Kevan Scholes. Harlow, Essex, UK: Financial Times Press for Pearson.
Wiltshire, K. (2007). Reforming Australian governance: Old states, no states, or new states?. Federalism and Regionalism in Australia: New Approaches, New Institutions. (pp. 185-200) edited by Brown, A. J. and Bellamy, J. A.. Canberra, ACT: ANU E Press.
Journal Articles
Wiltshire, K. W. (2009). Political Overview. Economic and Political Overview 2009, 30-49.
Wiltshire, K. (2008). 2008 Political overview. Australian Chief Executive, February 2008, 16-32.
Wiltshire, K. (2008). Three options for federal reform. Australian Chief Executive, February 2008, 33-35.
Wiltshire, K. (2008). Australian federalism: The business perspective. University of New South Wales Law Journal, 31 (2), 583-616.
Wiltshire, K. (2007). Political overview. Australian Chief Executive, February 2007, 18-37.
Wiltshire, K. W. (2006). Political Overview. Economic and Political Overview (26), 17-36.
Wiltshire, K. W. (2003). Queensland - smart state, positioning: an international perspective. Queensland Review, 10 (1), 1-10.
Wiltshire, Kenneth (2001). Scientists as policy-makers: Towards a new partnership. International Social Science Journal, 170 (4), 621-636. doi: 10.1111/1468-2451.00349
Wiltshire, Kenneth (2001). Management of social transformation: Introduction. International Political Science Review, 22 (1), 5-24. doi: 10.1177/0192512101221001
Conference Paper
Wiltshire, K. (2008). Chapter Eleven: Chariot wheels federalism. Twentieth Conference of The Samuel Griffith Society, North Sydney, 22-24 August, 2008. Lane Cove, NSW: The Samuel Griffith Society.
Research Reports
Jones, Stephen and Wiltshire, Keneth (2011). Threats to local democracy and community engagement: implications of recent incursions into local government land use and planning powers in Queensland. St. Lucia, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland School of Business.
Caton, C., Wiltshire, K. W. and Griffin, G. (2005). Economic and Political Overview. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA).
Caton, C., Jennings, P. and Wiltshire, K. W. (2004). Economic and political overview 2004. Melbourne, VIC Australia: Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA).
Morris, A. G., Wiltshire, K. W., Rolfe, H. A., Early, L. J., Williams, R. A. and Nicholas, M. A. (2004). Report on state revenue sharing relativities: 2004 Review. Supporting information. Canberra: Commonwealth Grants Commission.
Morris, A. G., Wiltshire, K. W., Rolfe, H. A., Early, L. J., Williams, R. A. and Nicholas, M. A. (2004). Report on state revenue sharing relativities: 2004 Review. Canberra: Commonwealth Grants Commission.
Wiltshire, K. W., Simes, R. and Ward, B. (2003). CEDA-Royal & SunAlliance 2003 Economic and political overview: Background paper. Melbourne, VIC Australia: CEDA-Royal & SunAlliance.
Morris, A. G., Wiltshire, K. W., Early, L. J., Rolfe, H. A. and Williams, R.A. (2002). Report on state revenue sharing relativities: 2002 update. Supporting information. Canberra: Commonwealth Grants Commission.
Morris, A. G., Wiltshire, K. W., Early, L. J., Rolfe, H. A. and Williams, R.A. (2002). Report on state revenue sharing relativities: 2002 update. Canberra: Commonwealth Grants Commission.
Morris, A. G., Wiltshire, K. W., Early, L. J., Rolfe, H. A., Williams, R.A. and Searle, R. J. (2002). Report on state revenue sharing relativities: 2003 update: Supporting information. Canberra: Commonwealth Grants Commission.
Morris, A. G., Wiltshire, K. W., Early, L. J., Rolfe, H. A., Williams, R.A. and Searle, R. J. (2002). Report on state revenue sharing relativities: 2003 update. Canberra: Commonwealth Grants Commission.
Morris, A. G., Wiltshire, K. W., Early, L. J., Rolfe, H A and Nicholas, M. (2001). Review of the operation of the Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act 1995. Canberra: AGPS.
Williams-Wynn, M. and Wiltshire, K. W. (2001). Background paper for the CEDA-Telstra economic and political overview. Melbourne, VIC Australia: Committee for Economic Development of Australia.
Wiltshire, K. W. (2001). Independent Review of the Office of the Ombudsman, Republic of Vanuatu. Brisbane, Australia: School of Management, University of Qld.
Morris, A. G., Wiltshire, K. W., Early, L. J., Rolfe, H A and Searle, R J (2001). Report on state revenue sharing relativities: 2001 update. Canberra: AGPS.
Theses
Wiltshire, Kenneth W. (1983). Planning and federalism : with particular reference to Australia and Canada. PhD Thesis, School of Economics, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/195399
Wiltshire, Kenneth W., 1944- (1970). Portuguese navy : the establishment of the Queensland department of industrial development. Honours Thesis, School of Economics, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/225092