June Pallot: A Voice of Reason

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  • Susan Newberry

Abstract

This article commences with an outline of June Pallot’s career during which she took part in New Zealand’s public sector financial management reforms. Her interest in public sector financial management issues preceded 1984, the year New Zealand commenced an extreme and rapid period of economic and public sector reforms (see for example, Pallot and Clark, 1981; Hutton and Pallot, 1982), and continued until her death. The second part of the article identifies themes in the work June regarded as her most significant. June Pallot’s death from cancer on 5 November 2004 at the age of 51 is a great loss to the academic world. Her research on public sector financial management, and New Zealand’s public sector financial management reforms in particular, was both prodigious and insightful. June Pallot had a vibrant personality, a great sense of humour, she supported and cared for others, and she always exhibited graciousness and optimism. Beyond recognizing her professional accomplishments, for many, June’s death is also the loss of a dear friend.

Author Biography

Susan Newberry

Susan Newberry was Senior Lecturer, Department of Accountancy, Finance and Information Systems, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand when this tribute was written. She studied under June Pallot as a doctoral student and was one of June's closest colleagues. She is now Associate Professor, Discipline of Accounting, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Sydney, Australia.

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Newberry, S. (2014). June Pallot: A Voice of Reason. International Public Management Review, 6(1), 1–14. Retrieved from https://ipmr.net/index.php/ipmr/article/view/156

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Vol. 6 No. 1 (2005)

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