Mr Andrew Blyth

Mr Andrew Blyth

Casual Academic
UNSW Canberra
School of Humanities & Social Sciences

Andrew Blyth is a senior member of staff at UNSW Canberra. More recently, Andrew was the former CEO of the ACT & Region Chamber of Commerce and Industry and a former chief of staff and senior adviser in the Howard Government. He holds an undergraduate degree in government and postgraduate qualifications in business and international relations. In 2012 he was awarded a Fulbright Professional Scholarship in Australia-US Alliance Studies that he used to conduct research at the University of Texas at Austin into off-grid energy solutions. He is a contributing author to The Long Road: Australia's train, advise and assist missions (UNSW Press, Sydney, 2017); The Ascent to Power, 1996: The Howard Government, Volume I (UNSW Press, Sydney, 2017), Back from the Brink, 1997-2001: The Howard Government, Volume II (UNSW Press, Sydney, 2018); Trials and Transformations, 2001-2004: The Howard Government, Volume III (UNSW Press, Sydney, 2019); The Desire for Change, 2004-2007: The Howard Government Volume IV (UNSW Press, Sydney 2021); and is co-editor (with Professor David Lovell) of The Art of Coalition: The Howard Government Experience, 1996-2007 (UNSW Press, Sydney, 2022). Andrew is currently researching the role and effectiveness of think tanks in the development of public policy through a professional doctorate at UNSW Canberra. Andrew has been admitted as a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. 

Phone
+61 408 977 758
Location
UNSW Canberra Public Leadership Research Group - Howard Library Old Parliament House 18 King Georges Terrace PARKES ACT 2601
  • Book Chapters | 2023
    Blyth A, 2023, 'Early Think Tanks and Their Influence on the Menzies Government', in Gorman Z (ed.), The Menzies Watershed: Liberalism, Anti-communism, Continuities - 1943-1954, Melbourne University Press, pp. 61 - 75
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Blyth A, 2021, 'The Dead Bounce Budget', in Frame T (ed.), The Desire for Change, 2004-2007 The Howard Government, Vol IV, University of New South Wales Press, pp. 282 - 298
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Blyth A, 2020, 'Civitas to Pub Test', in Frame T (ed.), Getting Practical about the Public Interest, Connor Court Publishing, pp. 51 - 63
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Blyth A; Deeks M; Goot M; Frame T, 2019, 'Trials and Transformations, 2001-2004: The Howard Government, Vol III', in Frame T (ed.),
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Blyth A, 2018, 'The first and second Howard ministries', in Frame T (ed.), Back from the Brink, 1997-2001 The Howard Government, Vol II, UNSW Press, pp. 290 - 308
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Blyth AC, 2017, 'Compulsion and liberty in the trial of Albert Langer', in Frame T (ed.), The Ascent to Power, 1996: The Howard Government, Volume 1, UNSW Press, pp. 127 - 138
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Blyth AC, 2017, 'Entrepreneurship for post conflict reconstruction', in Frame T (ed.), The long road : Australia's train, advise and assist missions, NewSouth Publishing, Sydney, N.S.W., pp. 312 - 325
  • Edited Books | 2023
    Blyth A, (ed.), 2023, John Howard: From the Pavilion - Shaping the Ascent to Power, Connor Court Publishing Pty Ltd, Redland Bay, Queensland, https://www.connorcourtpublishing.com.au/JOHN-HOWARD-FROM-THE-PAVILION-Shaping-the-Ascent-to-Power--Edited-by-Andrew-Blyth_p_529.html
    Edited Books | 2022
    Blyth A; Lovell D, (ed.), 2022, The Art of Coalition: The Howard Government Experience, 1996 - 2007., UNSW Press, Sydney, NSW
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Blyth A, 2024, 'Time for Marles to steer HMAS Defence', The Spectator Australia, pp. ix - ix
    Journal articles | 2022
    Blyth A, 2022, 'AUKUS, Much More than Submarines', Quadrant Online, https://quadrant.org.au/opinion/defence/2022/11/aukus-much-more-than-submarines/
    Journal articles | 2022
    Blyth A, 2022, 'Donald Trump, Magnificent Vulgarian', Quadrant, https://quadrant.org.au/opinion/review/2022/01/donald-trump-magnificent-vulgarian/
  • Conference Presentations | 2022
    Blyth A, 2022, 'Early think tanks and their influence on the Menzies Government', presented at The Robert Menzies Institute Second Annual Conference, ‘Coming to Power, Learning to Govern and Gathering Momentum, 1943-1954’, Melbourne University, 17 November 2022 - 18 November 2022, https://www.robertmenziesinstitute.org.au/institute-news/call-for-papers-robert-menzies-institute-second-annual-conference
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Blyth AC, 2016, 'Post-conflict reconstruction and entrepreneurship', UNSW Canberra at the Australian Defence Force Academy, presented at The Long Road: the Future of Indigenous Capability Development, UNSW Canberra at the Australian Defence Force Academy, 04 May 2016 - 05 May 2016