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TAFE NSW will soon offer a Diploma of Local Government (Planning), drawing inspiration from a similar qualification offered in South Australia.

Jim Chalmers has selected Anna Hughes as the new CEO for the federal government’s Office of Financial Management (AOFM).

The South Australian government says it is “taking bold steps to eliminate violence against women” through new gender equality action plans across the public service.

The South Australian Health Department is now under fire on several fronts following revelations that chief executive Dr Chris McGowan mishandled his move into the public service from his old job leading healthcare provider Silver Chain. On Thursday McGowan self-referred the issue — that he was still the director of one obscure Silver Chain subsidiary […]

The anti-corruption commissioners in Darwin and Adelaide are both worried that public servants are too reluctant to tell them about misconduct and maladministration, while in Canberra, a Senate inquiry into the taxation watchdog’s performance highlights what they are afraid of.

The South Australian opposition has vowed to reverse the latest round of public transport outsourcing if it wins the next election in 2022, as the government faces protests from its transport workers over a plan to put train and tram operations out to tenders.

South Australia’s Independent Commissioner Against Corruption, Bruce Lander, warns government agencies that reports of corruption and workplace misbehaviour must be tackled head-on, not swept under the carpet. The standard damage-control playbook is neither acceptable nor appropriate, he says, and employees must feel safe to report misconduct and blow the whistle on corruption. That is not […]

Following the release of the SA government’s new action plan for a happier, healthier and more effective public service, the SADPC’s Jim McDowell dispensed some of his thoughts on the art of managing people.

Three years after a royal commission exposed a dangerous lack of resources in the South Australian child protection system new questions are being raised about whether the government is living up to its commitments to change the system.

Dr Don Russell is now perhaps Australia’s most eligible bureaucrat, following his dismissal by South Australia’s new government on Wednesday.

The Liberal Party’s win in the South Australian election will bring a fresh drive towards “innovation and collaboration” in the public service and an end to political interference — or at least that is what it promised.

Northern Territory Attorney-General Natasha Fyles has made it clear that “restoring trust in government” is a key goal for the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption, which is expected to be running by mid-year, while Victoria hopes its own integrity reforms can have a similar effect.

When floods, fires or storms strike, the public sector needs its critical IT systems. Audits across three states suggest not all agencies are up to scratch, and offer useful recommendations on best practice disaster recovery planning.