Kenneth William Wiltshire AO, known as Ken Wiltshire is an Australian academic and author. He is the J. D. Story Professor of Public Administration at the

University of Queensland , mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work , established = , endowment = A$224.3 million , budget = A$2.1 billion , type = Public research university , chancellor = Peter Varghese , vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry , city = B ...

Business School. He was the Australian Representative on the Executive Board of

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from 1999 to 2005 and a member of the

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. He is also a former student of

Kedron State High School Kedron State High School is a Queensland public secondary school which is located in the inner-northern suburb of Kedron in Brisbane, Australia. The school was opened in 1956, to meet the needs of the rapidly expanding North Brisbane population w ...

. Wiltshire's main research interests encompass government-business relations, public sector management,

governance Governance is the process of interactions through the laws, social norm, norms, power (social and political), power or language of an organized society over a social system (family, tribe, formal organization, formal or informal organization, a ...

public policy Public policy is an institutionalized proposal or a decided set of elements like laws, regulations, guidelines, and actions to solve or address relevant and real-world problems, guided by a conception and often implemented by programs. Public p ...

, leadership, education and training, and comparative federalism. He has published a significant number of books, monographs, and articles in Australasia,

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and

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. Wiltshire has served as consultant to parliaments, governments, Royal Commissions and Inquiries, private business groups, and international bodies. He has served as Chairman of the Australian National Commission for UNESCO, Australian Heritage Commission, the World Heritage Wet Tropics Management Authority, Review of the Queensland School Curriculum, and Tertiary Entrance Procedures Authority, and recently completed a term as Special Adviser to the Australian National Training Authority. Wiltshire is a National Fellow of the

Institute of Public Administration Australia The Institute of Public Administration Australia (IPAA) is a nonpartisan and apolitical member-based organisation which provides public sector thought leadership and works to strengthen the capacity of public servants through events, training and ...

and is Honorary Trustee of

Committee for Economic Development of Australia The Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) is a bipartisan, non-profit organisation providing thought leadership and policy perspectives on the economic and social issues affecting Australia. Its expressed aim is to "promote nat ...

. In 1998 he was made an Officer of the

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for services to public administration, formulation of public policy, and UNESCO. In 2010, following the federal election, Wiltshire wrote an opinion piece for ''

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'' newspaper where he quoted

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. The piece called for the remaining independents to side with the Coalition. The piece has been criticized for its apparent

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