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Alison Larkins appointed PM&C deputy secretary

By David Donaldson

Federal

Alison Larkins has returned to the job of deputy secretary social policy at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

Coalition budget commits $20m to study and stimulate social impact investing

By Stephen Easton

Community & Social

The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet scored $5 million in last week's budget to consider how the Commonwealth can encourage private investment in…

Finalised APS Review must be a 'strategic masterpiece' to survive whichever party wins government

By Verona Burgess

Editors' Picks

If there is a change of government, the questions are, would Labor continue the review, abandon it, or reconstitute it, and where would it lead…

The next long wave of reform — where will the ideas come from?

By Terry Moran

Features

Terry Moran's Accountability Roundtable address pays tribute to Jim Carlton AO; lays out how Moran views the next wave of reform; and cites the key…

How a WA department's graduate program came out on top of the nation

By Stephen Easton

Federal

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…

Return Indigenous Protected Areas and Rangers to the Environment portfolio

By Denis Rose

Culture

It is time for the Federal Indigenous Protected Areas and Indigenous Rangers programs to be moved back to the Department of Environment, otherwise we risk…

Michael Pezzullo's seven gathering storms: national security in the 2020s

By Michael Pezzullo

Defence

Top Home Affairs official, Michael Pezzullo, says he has seen "a dark kaleidoscope of future stormy possibilities" which threaten a great cost on the nation,…

Indigenous evaluation findings: delayed publishing prevented contest of policy

By Stephen Easton

Case studies

The federal government has finally published a long-awaited evaluation report on the special work-for-the-dole scheme for remote communities, but it’s unclear where it fits into…

Podcast: ethics frameworks should recognise almost nobody is good all the time

By Stephen Easton

Federal

Research shows few among us are above a little cheating, especially if the opportunity arises and we're unlikely to get caught, but most refrain from…

Martin Parkinson: public servants should school rookie MPs and ministers

By Stephen Easton

Federal

The public service should provide training to new members of parliament, ministers and their staff, in the view of senior Commonwealth secretary Martin Parkinson. He…

Open learning: the whole BX2018 nudge conference is out now on video

By Stephen Easton

Australian Capital Territory

The behavioural economics team in the Prime Minister’s department has published hours of valuable educational videos from Behavioural Exchange 2018, the international conference it hosted…

Indigenous Procurement Policy: minister finally cracks down on 'black cladding'

By Stephen Easton

Economy & Industry

It has taken two and a half years but Nyunggai Warren Mundine has convinced the Minister for Indigenous Affairs to crack down on dubious joint…

Indigenous Affairs' latest shakeup brings in a former military chief

By Harley Dennett

Community & Social

A shakeup inside Australia's federal Indigenous Affairs bureaucracy will see its top official, Andrew Tongue, replaced with the recently retired Vice Chief of the Defence…

Andrew Podger's brilliant reimagining of the Australian Public Service

By Verona Burgess

Editors' Picks

Verona Burgess analyses former APS Commissioner Andrew Podger’s thought-provoking 8800-word submission to the Thodey review.

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…