Power Without Responsibility? Ministerial Staffers in Australian Governments from Whitlam to HowardA raft of recent political scandals in Australia has generated widespread media and public interest in the role and accountability of ministerial staffers, and their impact on relations between ministers and their public service advisers. Such scandals include the notorious 'Children overboard' affair and the more recent AWB imbroglio. In Power Without Responsibility? Ministerial Staffers in Australian Governments from Whitlam to Howard, Anne Tiernan