The Labor party has promised to review the appointment of two public servants to the Royal Commission into abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with… Read More
Labor is crying foul over their missed opportunities to quiz public servants after Senate estimates was cut short by the beginning of the election campaign period, but they could have voted to keep the hearings going earlier. So, which agencies got a break? Read More
The discussion has begun about what the government should do when supply doesn't meet demand for disability support services. Read More
Almost 60 groups representing people with disabilities say public servants are too conflicted to be effective as royal commissioners tasked with shining a light on violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation suffered by their constituents. Read More
Centrelink has agreed to keep working on the robodebt system to make it fairer and more transparent in line with new recommendations from the Commonwealth… Read More
Much of the federal government's newly published disability workforce strategy is "a rehash of old news", says National Disability Services chief executive David Moody, who seems to believe most of the document's content was prepared back in 2015. 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
The Department of Social Services has several Senior Executive Service (SES) Band 1 opportunities available, including branch manager. Read More
In hindsight, Department of Social Services secretary Kathryn Campbell believes Centrelink’s robodebt letters would not have stirred so much public anger if there was more… Read More
What would you do if you had $2 million to invest in democracy in Australia? Last year, the Australian government awarded two organisations $1 million each under the Business Research Innovation and Investment Program. Read More
The federal government’s Multi-Agency Data Integration Project has gone through an independent privacy impact assessment, and the six big agencies involved have agreed to 14 recommendations for improvement. Read More
Governments across the globe and in Australia spend billions every year on social measures and programs where the linkages and outcomes can be hard to see. Social mobility offers both a clarifying lens and a map to what works — and what doesn’t — to promote inclusive growth. Read More
There is no elephant in any of the rooms at the convention centre where the Australasian Evaluation Society is staging its annual conference in Canberra this week; it took centre stage in the opening keynote presentation. Read More
The Commonwealth Ombudsman reports Centrelink's automated debt recovery drive is an example of digital transformation that failed to maintain good public administration, procedural fairness under administrative law, and risk management. Read More
Financial exploitation of welfare recipients through the Department of Human Services’ Centrepay automatic deductions facility is again under the regulatory spotlight after ASIC confirmed it is again investigating key ‘consumer leasing’ player, Radio Rentals. Read More
