Premium Insights and analysis Treasurer’s budget mission: Balance, restraint and reform for a better tomorrow Economy & Industry Jim Chalmers says people are at the heart of the big vision of the 2024-25 federal budget. The treasurer aspires to achieve a new generation of growth and prosperity that allows citizens to enjoy the way Australia’s economy and society are changing.
Secretaries board agrees to survey APS about commonwealth corruption May 14, 2024 By Melissa Coade Federal Paul Brereton updated the secretaries board on the work of the NAAC and asked for their backing in conducting the public sector-wide survey.
Budget 2024: Finance minister mindful of challenges and opportunities Australia’s economic circumstances pose May 14, 2024 By Melissa Coade Economy & Industry Inflation haunts Jim Chalmers’ third budget, but Katy Gallagher is confident responsible measures the government is taking will temper pressures.
Mandarins briefed on inquiry into Australia’s COVID-19 response April 30, 2024 By Melissa Coade Economy & Industry Robyn Kruk briefed the secretaries board on the emerging themes of Australia’s pandemic-response review and progress of stakeholder engagement.
Premium Insights and analysis Secretaries board directed to maintain APS reform, hone strategic focus April 17, 2024 By Melissa Coade Editors' Picks A review of the secretaries board has commended the nation’s top mandarins for their “constructive and collaborative” approach to APS-wide leadership.
Gallagher sets out digital ID expectations to tech industry September 20, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology Extractive data raids on blue chips crystallise a minister’s mind. Digital ID just got very real for key politicians. The use case? Survival.
Premium Insights and analysis Climate change risks are knocking on the door of future economic trends and central banks are taking notice September 6, 2023 By Melissa Coade Economy & Industry Pending RBA governor Michele Bullock outlines her views on the way climate change will affect her future role and the work of the bank.
Premium Insights and analysis ‘Revitalising policy thinking and renovating institutions’ – Jim Chalmers’ intergenerational commitment to the APS August 25, 2023 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Treasurer Jim Chalmers promises the APS the government will ensure it has the tools to get to Labor’s future vision for Australia.
Intergenerational Report topography to inform Australia’s future policy planning August 25, 2023 By Melissa Coade Economy & Industry The 2023 Intergenerational Report signals the likelihood of slower economic growth over the next 40 years, and more of us living longer.
Robodebt, consultant firm sagas loom large in minds of secretaries club July 17, 2023 By Melissa Coade Federal A meeting of top mandarins three days after the robodebt royal commission report was handed down shows integrity is on everybody’s lips.
Premium Columnists Former poachers might be not so desirable after PwC scandal June 30, 2023 By Verona Burgess Editors' Picks A former career with a major consultancy may not have quite the cachet it gained when so-called ‘small government’ became all the rage.
Consultation open for Australia’s first combined Data and Digital Government Strategy June 18, 2023 By Anna Macdonald Communications & Technology The government is inviting feedback from industry, academia and individuals on the strategy, with a due date of July 25.
New data approaches during COVID put more sophisticated mental health indicators in the hands of government May 30, 2023 By Melissa Coade Communications & Technology In early 2020 the Health department and AIHW brought deeper real-time insights into the toll the pandemic was having on mental health.
Finance secretary on what data-driven and digitally enabled government really means May 29, 2023 By Melissa Coade Communications & Technology Jenny Wilkinson says the digital age demands a seamless and secure service for citizens and political decision-makers.
Hauling the SES into the data fold for a new era of public administration May 17, 2023 By Melissa Coade Communications & Technology How more sophisticated data insights can elevate public administration and policymaking has become a growing concern for the government.