Are there Structural Barriers to Whole-of-Government?

Is it possible to design effective whole-of-government arrangements within present metastructural constraints? The latter has become the primary framework within which indigenous policy development and service delivery has been orchestrated. From the outset, the profound challenge that this would pose to governance was recognised. Two MAC reports (2004, 2007) described the changes in organisation and processes that were essential if whole-of-government was to work.