Secretaries board agrees to survey APS about commonwealth corruption 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.
Illegal migration matters weigh heavily as UK Home Office chief meets with Australian counterparts April 24, 2024 By Melissa Coade Federal Sir Matthew Rycroft has met with senior mandarins responsible for Australia’s security and justice portfolios as part of an annual dialogue.
Late ACT public service luminary Damian West posthumously named IPAA fellow March 21, 2024 By Melissa Coade Federal The late Damian West PSM was one of three distinguished mandarins recognised last week with the highest national award by IPAA.
APS reform hand to steer ACT professional body for public servants January 29, 2024 By Melissa Coade Federal Kate Driver, a former assistant secretary within PM&C APS reform office, will commence as IPAA ACT CEO from next week.
Apologies, a taskforce and senate estimates: APS leaders on robodebt RC July 5, 2023 By Anna Macdonald Community & Social High-ranking bureaucrats have been responding to the robodebt royal commission prior to the handing down of the final report.
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.
How clean is your conscience? Gordon de Brouwer wants honour and pride in the APS to be hallmarks of his era as commissioner June 19, 2023 By Melissa Coade Career Matters Gordon de Brouwer reminds some of the country’s most powerful mandarins they are legally bound to abide by prescribed public service values.
Which insider security threat persona are you? May 23, 2023 By Anna Macdonald Federal There are five different types of personas that could be an ‘insider threat’, according to a guide from the Attorney-General’s Department.
Top mandarins briefed on Australia’s economic outlook, SES performance and integrity issues April 26, 2023 By Melissa Coade Economy & Industry Secretaries board discusses May’s Budget, an updated public sector board appointment process, and agency capability reviews.
Secretaries mull over robodebt implications for APS as Bill Shorten indicates there’ll be consequences April 24, 2023 By Melissa Coade Community & Social A distant death knell can be heard tolling for the careers of some mandarins involved in the illegal robodebt scheme.
Even-footing on the APS career ladder as a woman is more like acrobatics. Brace yourself March 3, 2023 By Melissa Coade Community & Social There are structural and cultural roadblocks facing APS women that will not budge if there is an organisational preoccupation with parents.
Change in the air for AGD and Katherine Jones January 30, 2023 By The Mandarin Federal Reform is at the top of the agenda for attorney-general secretary Katherine Jones in the upcoming year.
What your boss gets paid: The APS secretaries’ salaries list November 22, 2022 By Anna Macdonald APS Secretary Salaries 2022 The Mandarin ranks each APS secretary’s salary by two measures: total remuneration and base salary.
Premium Insights and analysis APS primed to adapt for major policy and government service overhaul October 14, 2022 By Melissa Coade Federal A raft of changes will be in store for the public service, with senator Katy Gallagher sharing the headlines of her reform plans for bureaucracy in a detailed speech in Canberra this week.
Premium Insights and analysis Machinery of government change management under the spotlight June 27, 2022 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Let’s address the elephant in the room. There’s a MOG slog in store for the APS but few government agencies want to talk about it.
