In recent years the Australian Governments relationship to universities has become one of greater involvement as political circles recognise the escalation in the significance of higher education as a key determinant in Australias economic, social, cultural and intellectual development.The increasing role of government in universities is largely a consequence of this recognition, but it is also due in part to changes in the way governments approach the public sector and publicly funded institutions. What the government wants from its universities; why it wants it; what it is doing to ensure...