Business will pay, Medcraft stays in $127m boost to ASIC capability by Jason Whittaker | 0 comments 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 as chairman will be extended.
Gender equality in leadership: failed targets to real action by Jason Whittaker | 0 comments FEATURE: Agency bosses to identify women to replace them; women to start mentoring men; a sponsorship program to support female leaders ... After false starts, South Australia is getting serious about equality.
When former bureaucrats speak out: insight and resentment by Jason Whittaker | 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 rare insight but noses out of joint.
PR ‘stuff-up’: Michael Pezzullo defense falls flat, allegedly by Jason Whittaker | 0 comments A former Immigration Department communications manager says the secretary had a "foot in mouth" moment in referencing "alleged" Nazi crimes while defending detention centre operations.
We’re no rogue agency: Immigration Department chief by Jason Whittaker | 0 comments The boss of Australia's most contentious Commonwealth agency, Immigration and Border Protection, has made a rare public statement defending his department and staff against accusations of cruelty and illegal acts.
Back from the dead: charities regulator now to be ‘retained’ by Jason Whittaker | 0 comments 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. Though red tape remains a concern.
Victorian service design program wins global award by Jason Whittaker | 0 comments A Victorian government pilot around smarter service delivery and more convenient citizen transactions has won global recognition.
Paul Shetler: the DTO will be ‘with you, not to you’ by Jason Whittaker | 0 comments 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 public service.
Victorian auditor-general John Doyle quits by Jason Whittaker | 0 comments 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 one of his staff. Parliament’s Public Accounts and Estimates Committee has been investigating the matter. Doyle said then he would fully co-operate with the investigation but didn’t comment further: “In the meantime my [...]
‘Thanks for your service, liars’: did Dan Andrews go too far? by Jason Whittaker | 0 comments 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 far in publicly calling them liars?
Qld public servants ‘must be patient’ in bureaucracy shake-up by Jason Whittaker | 1 comment 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 the government make the changes it wants.
The minister, the job offer and the secretarial messenger by Jason Whittaker | 7 comments 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 a case?
More money for security agencies, PM&C recommends by Jason Whittaker | 0 comments 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 to counter terrorism.
Qld Premier vows minimal change, ‘return to Westminster’ by Jason Whittaker | 0 comments 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 painless as possible.
D-Gs ‘on notice’: Queensland’s public service shake-up by Jason Whittaker | 0 comments 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 impact the service.
