Premium Insights and analysis Remembering nearly 100 years of loud political history at MOAD Community & Social Shouts of ‘Shame, resign!’ and ‘Hear, hear!’ as a group of old-timers gathered to reminisce about the important role of the Old Parliament House building.
Rosie Batty’s hope for new justice system approaches to domestic and family violence April 4, 2024 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Anti-violence and gender equality advocate Rosie Batty has spoken of her optimism for achieving the culture and systemic change needed to end DFV in a generation.
Outgoing top brass asked to ensure Defence suicide prevention stays a priority March 29, 2024 By Melissa Coade Defence General Angus Campbell said the royal commission was a once-in-a-generation opportunity for change in Defence.
Premium Case studies Royal commission prods Greg Moriarty for secretaries board intel March 27, 2024 By Melissa Coade Defence At the most basic level, the commissioners wanted to know how much of a priority preventing veteran suicide is a whole-of-government priority.
Premium Insights and analysis DVA’s trust issues take on a different tenor when lives are at stake March 20, 2024 By Melissa Coade Culture Alison Frame said a mission to expand engagement did not necessarily mean there was a case to establish a whole new agency within DVA.
Premium Interviews Danielle Wood on expanding productivity expertise and cycles of influence January 22, 2024 By Melissa Coade Editors' Picks Sometimes hard work and a bit of serendipity push careers to full circle. Danielle Wood’s return to the PC as chair is one such story.
Premium Insights and analysis Hopeful signs: Treasury’s policy shift to properly value contribution of thriving arts and culture November 30, 2023 By Melissa Coade Culture Arts, culture and creativity advocate Rupert Myer says there are promising green shoots of change that must be cultivated for the long term.
Treasurer: Public service reform and business improvement must become BAU November 22, 2023 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Jim Chalmers says elected officials and public servants must demonstrate the best examples of accountability, transparency and trust.
Robodebt aftermath: Survey of 900 public servants reveals integrity among top pain points November 16, 2023 By Melissa Coade Federal The Mandarin’s latest reader poll reveals 88.4% of respondents have dealt with integrity or ethical considerations in the past year.
Premium Interviews Judge Greenwood on what makes Scyne Advisory ‘a very different animal’ to PwC October 18, 2023 By Tom Ravlic Editors' Picks ‘This is a company that is going to function as if it were an ASX-listed corporation,’ says Andrew Greenwood of PwC’s government spin-off Scyne Advisory.
Premium Interviews Why posting memes helps the ABS do its job October 18, 2023 By Anna Macdonald Communications & Technology Having a more “fun” presence online is to thank people for participating in ABS surveys, its head of social media Heather Lansdowne says.
PwC refugee Scyne gets government green light, but Finance warned of ‘critical deficiencies’ October 13, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Career Matters Katy Gallagher has been given frank and fearless advice on Scyne by ethicists engaged by Finance, and duly parked it.
Premium Insights and analysis Evaluation agenda signposts new quality focus for government policy and services September 1, 2023 By Melissa Coade Communications & Technology Andrew Leigh describes his ambitions to infuse better evaluation methods of government policy design, development and service delivery.
The public servant who restored Holmes’ faith in the APS July 7, 2023 By Anna Macdonald Federal Whilst robodebt’s final report exposes grim truths about the APS, Holmes called out Colleen Taylor for speaking up against the scheme.
Robodebt adverse findings primed to trigger APS sackings, stripping of medals and contracting bans July 7, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Community & Social There are plenty of real consequences available for those who advanced robodebt. The APS’s stomach for systemic change is the real question.
