Business will pay for boosting the enforcement capabilities of ASIC. It will get an exemption from public service provisions on hiring and Greg Medcraft's term…

FEATURE: Agency bosses to identify women to replace them; women to start mentoring men; a sponsorship program to support female leaders ... After false…

A former ABS head attacks the agency's approach to privacy. An ex-Immigration spinner takes on his old stomping ground. When former bureaucrats speak out there's…

The federal government said Australia's charities regulator was dead, buried and cremated. After wandering around zombie-like for two years, it will now be fully resurrected.

A Victorian government pilot around smarter service delivery and more convenient citizen transactions has won global recognition.

Malcolm Turnbull's Digital Transformation Office is an incubator of digital change, not the sole driver, its chief executive has told technology leaders in the Commonwealth…

Victorian auditor-general John Doyle has quit. Doyle (pictured) has informed parliament of his decision. Last month he confirmed a “personal grievance matter” was filed by…

The brutal dismissal of the CEO and chairman of WorkSafe in Victoria over a water contamination scare left some breathless. Did the Premier go too…

Two more public service bosses walk in Queensland, new Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk demands loyalty from the rest, and there's a call for patience to let…

Labor wants police to investigate the pressure Attorney-General's Department secretary Chris Moraitis applied to human rights commissioner Gillian Triggs to stand down. Do they have…

Security agencies will be spared further efficiency dividend cuts in a proposal from Prime Minister and Cabinet, as Tony Abbott promises greater co-ordination of agencies…

New Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has sought to reassure nervous public servants about coming machinery of government changes, saying she'll try to make it as…

Directors-general in Queensland face a political firing squad in a "merit-based" process to retain their jobs. And there's still confusion how the ministerial shake-up will…