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Departments celebrated for ‘thinking differently’ at 2020 Public Sector Innovation Awards

By Shannon Jenkins

Federal

Full list of winners within.

Australia’s 20-year-old environmental laws ‘ineffective’, review finds

By Shannon Jenkins

Energy & Environment

The federal government has rejected the call for an independent regulator to monitor compliance and enforcement of Australia’s environmental laws, stating it would add unnecessary…

Agriculture department had no plan to maximise value for money of Murray-Darling water purchases, audit finds

By Shannon Jenkins

Energy & Environment

The former Department of Agriculture and Water Resources' handling of Murray-Darling strategic water buybacks was not “fully effective”, the national auditor-general has found.

Services Australia’s bilateral agreements with agencies ‘largely effective’, ANAO finds

By Shannon Jenkins

Federal

Services Australia and other federal government entities must improve risk management, specifying roles and responsibilities, and performance measurement when managing agreements, according to the national…

Four departments and five secretaries cut while one returns, as PM reshapes the public service

By Stephen Easton

Federal

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has unveiled a massive Australian Public Service shake-up, which will see five secretaries out of their jobs, after a morning of…