Patrick Weller is the Director of the Centre for Governance and Public Policy at Griffith University.

He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences of Australia.His research interests include executive government; politics and policy making in central governments in Westminster systems; Australian politics and international civil servants.

He is the author of many books including Malcolm Fraser, PM: A Study in Prime Ministerial Power in Australia, Westminster legacies: democracy and responsible government in Asia and the Pacific (co-edited with Haig Patapan and John Wanna) and Don't Tell the Prime Minister.