Table 1.

Documents

	PPL	NTER	TPP
Documents	Prior to interviews, documents were sourced from archived searches of Parliamentary Hansard (government bills, parliamentary debates) and Factiva (Australian media reporting) using key terms ‘maternity leave’ and ‘parental leave’. Key government reports and submissions to government inquiries between 2000 and 2009 were also collected. Academic databases (Web of Science) were also searched using terms ‘parental leave’ and ‘welfare state’ to identify key texts on Australia’s welfare state history and PPL in industrial relations and economics. These documents were read to identify potential informants, construct a timeline of chronological events, and cross reference facts and give further depth and context to the interview data.	Prior to interviews, we searched Trove, Factiva, Hansard, Google and government websites (including pages for previous members of parliament) using the terms: ‘Little Children Are Sacred report’, ‘Northern Territory Emergency Response’, ‘A proposed Emergency Response and Development Plan’, ‘Combined Aboriginal Organisations of the Northern Territory’. We searched for speeches, media releases or media interviews/quotes from key actors during the policy agenda setting period (15 June–17 August 2007). The Little Children Are Sacred report and Alternative plan were also included as data as key policy agenda setting documents. We found a total of 72 sources that were included documents.	Prior to interviews, we used a theory-guided process tracing method to create a timeline of key events during Australia’s participation in the TPP negotiations. Publicly available submissions made by non-government organisations to the Australian government (ie, policy-oriented documents expressing their position on the negotiations and what did or did not want the government to agree to) were downloaded from the government website (n=87), were read and thematically coded using framing analysis and network analysis methods (published elsewhere). These analyses informed the semi-structured interview schedule. Interview questions were pilot-tested with two experts in trade and investment policy before commencing.

NTER, Northern Territory Emergency Response; PPL, Paid Parental Leave; TPP, Trans Pacific Partnership.