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