Watch: three Commonwealth secretaries discuss natural resource management by The Mandarin | 0 comments Video: three Commonwealth secretaries discuss the economic, environmental and social implications of interlocking federal policies that relate to natural resource management.
Tom Burton: time to get government out of the city by Tom Burton | 2 comments The arguments for the continued location of government agencies in the major cities no longer stack up. There is a need for a well-articulated medium-term plan to rethink the location of government.
Tom Burton: truth to power a victim of political turmoil by Tom Burton | 1 comment If governments want frank advice to avoid the mistakes of projects like the NBN and the pink batts scheme, then ministers need to promote, not denigrate, public servants who speak their mind.
APS advised on Fair Work ruling as protracted pay talks face further delay by Stephen Easton | 0 comments Is it curtains for ballots? New advice tells federal agencies how to respond to a Fair Work Commission ruling that could add more delays to some of the longest bargaining periods ever.
Dog-gone tape a Hollywood hit for Department of Agriculture by The Mandarin | 0 comments It might be the most popular video produced by an Australian agency since Paul Hogan's travel ads. Johnny Depp's mea culpa for the Department of Agriculture has gone viral. But the reviews aren't good.
Generosity for some, austerity for others — public sector EBAs by Stephen Easton | CORRECTED: Victorian public servants have been offered a generous service-wide enterprise bargaining agreement — the union is urging a "yes" vote. But it's to the barricades in other jurisdictions, where austerity dominates.
Industrial action off again as Ag dept docks strikers by Stephen Easton | 0 comments The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources puts pressure on striking airport staff in a tough week for the CPSU that began with a suspension of protected industrial action by Australian Border Force.
Strikes off! CPSU bows to PM pressure after Brussels attack by Stephen Easton | 0 comments BREAKING: The Community and Public Sector Union will postpone strikes at international airports over the Easter long weekend, following the airport bombings in Belgium. The AFP will remain the key airport security agency.
Fancy yourself a FAS? Immigration needs four division heads by Stephen Easton | Four division heads are needed for the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, while two band 3 senior executive roles are open elsewhere in the federal bureaucracy.
BETA ideas to nudge public servants back to work by Stephen Easton | 0 comments The new behavioural economics unit in Prime Minister and Cabinet is taking on three APS-wide challenges in unscheduled absences, injured public servants, and "unconscious bias" in recruitment.
New MDBA chief has the experience to bridge troubled waters by Stephen Easton | 0 comments Balancing environmental protection versus our industry need for natural resources has become the quintessential Australian policy challenge. The new boss of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority has been helping governments do just that for almost 30 years.
Turnbull’s new administrative arrangements by Harley Dennett | 0 comments Piece by piece we’re seeing a clearer picture of the priorities of the new federal Turnbull government. Yesterday the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet published the full administrative arrangements order for the machinery of government changes to match Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s frontbench overhaul. Three departments get new names to match their ministers’ titles: [...]
