The Legacy Of June Pallot: Public Sector Financial Management Reform (hc)

This book brings together a selection of June Pallot’’s most significant work. Written from a country (New Zealand) that led theworld in many aspects of its financial management reforms, this work provides thoughtful comment on matters that remain ofcrucial importance today, especially the constitutional need to carefully monitor and respond to the reform initiatives andmotives of executive government. Revisiting accounting issues and developments in the public sector, and reminding readersthat the fundamental purpose of government accounting is different from that for the business sector, this book provides atimely reminder of the need for caution when considering the application in the public sector of accounting techniques devisedfor business purposes. June Pallot’’s legacy challenges accountants in the public sector to find better ways of addressing “collectivedecision-making under new governance approaches”, proposes ways forward and offers suggestions for futureresearch. This book, prepared by her colleague Susan Newberry, is a tribute to June’’s work.