This APS review will be different, says Commissioner Thursday September 26, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins News The Australian Public Service Commissioner has called on the APS to be "less hierarchical" and more collaborative. Commissioner Peter Woolcott delivered a speech to the… Read more
Premium Insights and analysis Public servants tell harrowing tales of harassment after a mention in an FOI release. Their leaders want to shield them from the trolls, but anonymity comes with a price Wednesday September 25, 2019 By Stephen Easton Features The Australian government's guidelines for dealing with Freedom of Information requests help balance many of the competing interests that come with having a democratic, accountable… Read more
Australian public servants are uniting to demand a change to FOI guidelines Tuesday September 24, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal Federal public service leaders want the official FOI guidelines changed to support their standard practice of shielding the names and contact details of staff below… Read more
Should workplace bullying be treated as a health hazard? Wednesday September 11, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins Health “Workplace bullying is often mistaken as a problem between staff members, an interpersonal problem, when evidence shows it’s really a reflection of how the organisation… Read more
PM asks APS to publish gift registers: News Corp achieves what the auditor-general could not Tuesday September 3, 2019 By Stephen Easton Communications & Technology Prime Minister Scott Morrison has decided Australian Public Service agencies should publish their lists of gifts and benefits. Read more
APS Commission wants to develop 'digital career pathways' but first has to define digital careers Wednesday August 14, 2019 By Stephen Easton News Do you work in digital? What does that even mean? The Australian Public Service Commission and the Digital Transformation Agency are inviting public servants to… Read more
Lowe stirs the pot with talk of 3% pay rises in the public sector, and that's all he wanted to do Wednesday August 14, 2019 By Stephen Easton Economy & Industry Governments were predictably unmoved by Reserve Bank governor Phillip Lowe’s view that caps on public sector pay rises are a factor in low wage growth… Read more
Premium Columnists You cannot administer government policy and relentlessly criticise it online. Governments, whatever you think of them, have to be able to trust public servants Tuesday August 13, 2019 By Bernard Keane Features The High Court got it right in the Michaela Banerji case, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t overdue for a serious rethink about public servants… Read more
APS equality council prioritises Aboriginal employment strategy Thursday August 8, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins Culture Three Commonwealth diversity strategies took top priority at the Australian Public Service Secretaries Equality and Diversity Council meeting in July. The council discussed future directions… Read more
New era of APS performance management: all staff and supervisors must pitch in Thursday July 25, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal APS commissioner Peter Woolcott has strengthened the obligations of all federal public servants with respect to their own performance, and those of managers at all… Read more
Silver linings: APRA told to fix culture, leadership and structure but may escape APS pay-rise policy Wednesday July 17, 2019 By Stephen Easton Economy & Industry The four members of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority need to encourage more “internal debate and contestability” within the agency and a higher level of… Read more
Premium Interviews Underperformance in the public sector is difficult and painful: Linda Waugh talks about how to guide and advise a way through it Wednesday July 17, 2019 By Verona Burgess Features With her first year as the Merit Protection Commissioner under her belt, Linda Waugh reflects on public service merit, the Canberra bubble and some service-wide… Read more
APS commissioner Peter Woolcott takes the field for NAIDOC footy comp, but AGD wins the day Friday July 12, 2019 By Stephen Easton Australian Capital Territory The Attorney-General's Department has won the 17th NAIDOC Week touch football carnival for public servants. Australian Public Service commissioner Peter Woolcott took the field this… Read more
Attorney-general open to reforming 'obtuse' federal whistleblower protection law Monday June 24, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal Attorney-general Christian Porter is reportedly open to reforming federal whistleblower-protection legislation to sharpen up the blurry line between legitimate and unauthorised disclosures of information from… Read more
Federal Budget 2019: incoming APS workforce strategy to 'have regard' to APS Review Tuesday April 2, 2019 By Stephen Easton Economy & Industry A new whole-of-government workforce strategy under development by the Australian Public Service Commission and the Department of Jobs and Small Business will be finished by… Read more
