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Just the facts: Treasury and CSIRO put space between advice and how ministers use it

By Stephen Easton

Federal

Treasury and the CSIRO have both recently felt the need to clarify advice they have provided the government, after opposition complaints about what ministers did…

Where we're going, we will need road safety: Commonwealth gets into future transport

By The Mandarin

Australian Capital Territory

The federal government has taken a deliberate step into the realm of driverless cars and mobility-as-a-service apps with the establishment of an Office of Future…

DIRDC secretary Steven Kennedy's thoughts on the role of the APS

By Steven Kennedy

Features

Dr Steven Kennedy is the secretary of the Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities. This is the second half of a speech hosted…

Experts in the APS: DIRDC boss Steven Kennedy challenges talk of capability decline

By Stephen Easton

Editors' Picks

One of the federal government's newest departmental secretaries, Dr Steven Kennedy, disputes the narrative that Australian Public Service has experienced a severe capability decline over…

Movers & shakers: depsecs in AGD, Communications

By The Mandarin

Career Matters

New Senior Executive Services promotions in the Australian government, including two acting deputy secretaries officially promoted to Band 3 following experience in the PMO and…

Federal Budget 2018: is the APS decentralisation agenda running out of puff?

By Stephen Easton

News

The federal government’s public service decentralisation program has turned out to be a much less dramatic affair than Nationals leaders suggested last April. Deputy Prime Minister…

Audit ambit: more scrutiny on federal contract deals

By Stephen Easton

Features

The federal audit committee is gearing up for round two of its inquiry into the messy world of contractors and consultants, as the auditor-general prepares…