A free ‘tax clinic’ by Curtin University to help vulnerable people with their tax issues has shown promising results. The Perth-based pilot might soon be replicated elsewhere around Australia like community legal centres, but specifically for tax advice. Read More
The final pieces of a Department of Human Services restructure will shortly be in place when its new chief operating officer takes over. Roxanne Kelley replaces the well-liked Andrew Wood who had to retire suddenly due to unfortunate news. Read More
Imagine HR as an extreme sport -- that's what it's like to fill Navy's Collins Class submarines and keep those few with the right aptitude who are also willing to spend months on board each year for decades of their life. Read More
The federal Labor opposition has promised a more collaborative relationship between program experts and evaluation experts if it forms government after next year's election. Read More
It's not clear if the federal minister responsible for the first myGovID pilot program is listening to those raising privacy concerns, but he's clearly annoyed it's been called 'Big Brother'. Read More
Ever since the New South Wales government restructured its Premier's Awards for Public Service around the outcomes-based 12 Premier's Priorities, something interesting has developed out that approach. Read More
With a stroke of the Governor General's pen, the end of legal gender-based restrictions on women in the Australian Defence Force will soon be official. Read More
For appointments and promotions this week exceptional women rise, and The Mandarin learned even deputy secretaries sometimes get picked from recruitment merit lists with new Band 3 appointments rounding out a reshuffle of national security positions across Prime Minister and Cabinet, Defence, Home Affairs and Foreign Affairs and Trade. Read More
Alarming new research has revealed the black dog stalking the public services of Australia as their unique professional obligations are afforded less respect than in the past. Read More
Cyberspace is not the Wild West, the Australian government assures. Nonetheless, it's joined an international posse for the cyber equivalent of pistols at high noon. Read More
Parallels to the ABC’s Emma Alberici could not be more obvious: the minister was embarrassed, officials were incensed, but the independent Parliamentary Library stood firm in the accuracy of its analysis. Read More
Mistakes will help you learn who you are, what drives you, and that will provide one of the most important characteristics of leadership: authenticity. Read More
Not just a leadership shakeup, PM&C is also undertaking a rethink of the fundamentals of public administration in Indigenous Affairs. A gathering of Indigenous leaders and public servants in Melbourne, hosted by ANZSOG, will set new directions for Indigenous policy. Read More
A shakeup inside Australia's federal Indigenous Affairs bureaucracy will see its top official, Andrew Tongue, replaced with the recently retired Vice Chief of the Defence Force, Ray Griggs. Read More
Private insurance and health companies won't be categorically excluded from applying for access to the My Health Records data, but won't be able to use it for commercial purposes. Read More
