Setting prices for government services is not always a simple task but three federal agencies could still do a much better job of it, according to a recent audit. Read More
After an unexpected result in Saturday's federal election, members of the Australian Public Service have a good idea of what to expect going forward. Read More
Video has emerged of ex-minister Barnaby Joyce explaining why he sacked former Department of Agriculture and Water Resources secretary Paul Grimes, as the auditor-general confirms… Read More
The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources is now in line for extra scrutiny along with the Murray-Darling Basin Authority, if there is a change of government, after intervening in the politically charged controversy over a certain $79 million water buy-back during caretaker period. Read More
Australia's best public sector grad programs, indexed. Public sector agencies generally don’t do enough to explain what working in a government department is really like to students. Read More
Tight limits on public service workforce growth can make life difficult for agencies whose services to the public experience ever-growing demand, in line with normal… Read More
Minister for Agriculture David Littleproud has asked the public sector integrity expert to review the "capabilities, investigative capacity and culture" of his department with respect to regulating the live export trade. Read More
The nation’s top agriculture official has been dragged into the Deputy Prime Minister’s swirling scandals, providing him a letter of support that now looks like a cocktail umbrella in a monsoon of controversy. Read More
The APVMA's move to Armidale has not been a good advertisement for the federal government's public service decentralisation policy. Now the agency says it's back on track with KPIs improving and reform on the cards, appeasing jittery industry stakeholders. Read More
Australia's top watchdogs are gathering in Canberra to thrash out how regulation powered by data, analysis and stakeholder insight can boost compliance. Read More
Video: three Commonwealth secretaries discuss the economic, environmental and social implications of interlocking federal policies that relate to natural resource management. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
