Competition and Collaboration in the Contracting of Family Relationship Centres
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Butcher, John; Freyens, Benoıt Pierre
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In 2005-06 the Australian government announced the establishment of 65 Family Relationship Centres (FRCs) - a 'gateway' service assisting separating couples to reach agreement about child custodial arrangements without recourse to courts. The use of a multi-round competitive contracting regime for the purpose of selecting service providers gave rise to a number of tensions amongst not-for-profit organisations (NFPOs) which, to a degree, compromised the full realisation of stated public policy...[Show more]
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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Date published: | 2011 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/69300 |
Source: | Australian Journal of Public Administration |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1467-8500.2010.00708.x |
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