About the author Stephen Bartos is an expert in public sector governance, finance, strategy and risk. He was previously the NSW Parliamentary Budget Officer.
Premium Columnists Quarantine constitutionally a commonwealth power and responsibility Thursday December 3, 2020 By Stephen Bartos Editors' Picks One of the mysteries of Australia’s pandemic response is why states and territories were sucked in to taking responsibility for quarantine, writes Stephen Bartos.
Premium Columnists COVID policy – yes. But where is the forward thinking on other matters? Monday November 23, 2020 By Stephen Bartos Editors' Picks For all we know, there may be policies under development deep inside government departments, hidden from view. If so, that’s an ineffective way to make…
Premium Columnists Lessons for public sector in the Australia Post and ASIC sagas Monday October 26, 2020 By Stephen Bartos Federal Managers in a government business have an obligation to be careful with the funds they have been trusted to manage that would go virtually unnoticed…
Premium Columnists If you’re in the public service, the fundamentals will never, ever change Friday October 16, 2020 By Stephen Bartos Editors' Picks We don’t know exactly why Chris Eccles resigned, and perhaps never will. There is, though, an important lesson in it for public servants everywhere: even…
Premium Columnists Implementing budget measures – we got this Wednesday October 7, 2020 By Stephen Bartos Economy & Industry For all the talk about this being the most important Australian government budget since World War II, it will be business as usual for much…
Premium Columnists The theatre of public inquiries and oh-so painful pitfalls of groupthink Wednesday September 30, 2020 By Stephen Bartos Career Advice Stephen Bartos reviews the themes that emerged from the inquiry into Victoria's adoption of a hotel quarantine strategy for a COVID-19 cohort, identifying multiple lessons…
