About the author Editor Harley Dennett is editor at The Mandarin based in Canberra. He's held communications roles in the New South Wales public sector and Defence, and been a staff reporter for newspapers in Sydney and Washington DC. Follow Harley Dennett
PM&C's efforts didn't really halt ABC's 'The Cabinet Files' stories after all Wednesday April 11, 2018 By Harley Dennett News Alan Sunderland, ABC's editorial director, was dismissive of the great and powerful Senate under questioning at the estimates hearing, telling Senator Kristina Keneally that "with… Read more
ASD certifies first 'hyperscale' data service for Protected classification Tuesday April 3, 2018 By Harley Dennett Communications & Technology Law Enforcement and Cyber Security Minister Angus Taylor wants quicker roll-out of public services to enable government to adapt faster. He says moving to the… Read more
What really bothers your secretary Friday March 23, 2018 By Harley Dennett Features Public service chiefs answer what is their greatest leadership challenge, and how to build a coalition for change. Read more
Why do 98% of APS stay in the same organisation? Secretaries want to find out Friday March 23, 2018 By Harley Dennett Features Why move organisations? Australian Public Service senior leaders offered their reasons. Read more
Collaborate with GovTEAMS: Govdex 2.0 gets a new name and release date Monday March 19, 2018 By Harley Dennett News The Australian government's cross-agency, cross-tier, cross-jurisdiction collaboration platform will be called GovTEAMS when it relaunches in August. Read more
Clerk's apology sets tone for mending the wounds of UK harassment Tuesday March 13, 2018 By Harley Dennett Features When a British public sector institution found itself at the centre of #MeToo claims, its head acted swiftly to apologise to his staff for leaving the… Read more
The Everests that women will still conquer Tuesday March 6, 2018 By Harley Dennett Economy & Industry As Australia prepares to host the Global Summit of Women – dubbed the “Davos for women” – what do policymakers still need to know about… Read more
Julie Bishop's days of allowing men to take credit for women's ideas are over Wednesday February 28, 2018 By Harley Dennett People & Capability Julie Bishop and Frances Adamson reveal male colleagues still steal their thunder — in cabinet and the secretaries board. They urge women to stand up… Read more
States in 'destructive' rivalry for Commonwealth contracts Tuesday February 27, 2018 By Harley Dennett Defence Australian states are engaged in a competition reminiscent of the crazed scenes in the US where cities are offering deals that would drive their budget… Read more
How Adelaide plans to reach ‘zero homelessness’ within two years Thursday February 22, 2018 By Harley Dennett Case studies A coalition of more than 30 organisations include three SA government departments and the City of Adelaide have agreed on an implementation plan to tackle… Read more
What Chris Moraitis learned from 5 years of constant organisation change Wednesday February 21, 2018 By Harley Dennett Features The head of the Attorney General's Department shared his secrets to leading organisational change this morning, kicking off this year’s IPAA ACT secretary series. Read more
Home Affairs-AGD shakeup authors address accountability concerns Friday February 9, 2018 By Harley Dennett Foreign Affairs & Immigration Also, Michael Pezzullo's new portfolio will not be taking counter-terrorism orders from a parliamentary secretary — even though it looks that way in the proposed… Read more
NBN defends its privileged salaries as Rem Tribunal told to rethink pecking order Tuesday February 6, 2018 By Harley Dennett News Executive salaries are a pain the government might have hoped it left behind with the departure of Australia Post's $10m CEO Ahmed Fahour, but it's… Read more
Laissez-faire cyber security: what could go wrong? Wednesday January 31, 2018 By Harley Dennett Features If you saw the news about fitness tracker Strava revealing secure government buildings, and thought ‘someone would have told me if there was a risk… Read more
Defence loses half its top executives Thursday January 25, 2018 By Harley Dennett Defence It's been a wild ride for new Defence secretary Greg Moriarty, with more than half the positions in his top leadership team vacated. Roxanne Kelly… Read more
