Scott Brenton is a Lecturer in Political Science in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne. He is the Deputy Director of the Master of Public Policy and Management and teaches Public Policy Making, Public Budgets and Financial Management and Advanced Public Management, having previously taught Australian Politics and Advanced Policy Design. Scott has also worked at the Australian National University and Parliament House in Canberra, where he held the Australian Parliamentary Fellowship. He has published primarily on topics related to ethics and accountability and parliamentary politics and is currently the co-book review editor for the Australian Journal of Public Administration.