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New Public Management: the practical challenges, remedies and alternatives

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Treating the public service like a business has become the norm, with the structures, language, practices and incentives inherited from private sector managerialism. We know…

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Space Agency chief Dr Megan Clark on providing influential advice to government: tell them what the public really thinks

By Stephen Easton

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Are you ready for the challenge of a post-growth world? How overconsumption and low growth will impact future public policy and decide society’s well-being

By Martin Hensher

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‘No apologies’ for robodebt, no admission of ‘mistakes’ despite major retroactive change

By Stephen Easton

Communications & Technology

Robodebt ‘refinement’ or strategic back-down? Human Services reads the writing on the wall

By Stephen Easton

Community & Social

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Powerless to prevent catastrophic bushfires? No, we’re not. We can stop bushfires from occurring with community involvement

By Paul Read

Australian Capital Territory

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SA mental health commissioner departs to fight homelessness

By Shannon Jenkins

Major NSW transport exec reshuffle to be finalised next month

By Shannon Jenkins

Biggest NZ public service shakeup in 30 years closer with scrapped legislation, says minister

By Shannon Jenkins

CSIRO releases strategies for government to ‘improve quality of life’ with AI

By Shannon Jenkins

WA auditor general names top departments for 2019

By Shannon Jenkins

Australia’s ‘secret prisoner’ denounces lack of mental health assistance from his government employer

By Harley Dennett

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To feed the world in 2050 we need to build the plants that evolution didn’t

By Claudia Vickers

Veterans have poorer mental health than Australians overall. We could be serving them better

By Nicole Sadler

What are 21st century parents concerned about?

By Hernan Cuervo

Old white men dominate school English booklists. It’s time more Australian schools taught Australian books

By Larissa McLean Davies

How do you judge tough military decisions?

By Inbar Levy & Tomer Broude

When it comes to families, it’s about people, not problems

By University of Tasmania

eBook: Building bridges, not battlefields: a guide to effective negotiation

By Kiah Consulting

eBook: The PPM Benchmarking Report 2019

By Axelos

eBook: How to deal with cyber risk with your transient workforce

By RSA

Playing it safe can be unsafe

By Kiah Consulting

Public service leaders win top award

By Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

How the power of AI could be used to strengthen public safety

By Lisa Cornish

The Mandarin

New Public Management: the practical challenges, remedies and alternatives

Space Agency chief Dr Megan Clark on providing influential advice to government: tell them what the public really thinks

Are you ready for the challenge of a post-growth world? How overconsumption and low growth will impact future public policy and decide society’s well-being

‘No apologies’ for robodebt, no admission of ‘mistakes’ despite major retroactive change

Robodebt ‘refinement’ or strategic back-down? Human Services reads the writing on the wall

Powerless to prevent catastrophic bushfires? No, we’re not. We can stop bushfires from occurring with community involvement

News

SA mental health commissioner departs to fight homelessness

Major NSW transport exec reshuffle to be finalised next month

Biggest NZ public service shakeup in 30 years closer with scrapped legislation, says minister

CSIRO releases strategies for government to ‘improve quality of life’ with AI

WA auditor general names top departments for 2019

Australia’s ‘secret prisoner’ denounces lack of mental health assistance from his government employer

Editors' Picks

To feed the world in 2050 we need to build the plants that evolution didn’t

Veterans have poorer mental health than Australians overall. We could be serving them better

What are 21st century parents concerned about?

Old white men dominate school English booklists. It’s time more Australian schools taught Australian books

How do you judge tough military decisions?

When it comes to families, it’s about people, not problems

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