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Cans of worms and what the Auditor-General is thinking of digging up next. The hints are there for the taking

By Verona Burgess

Features

The Australian National Audit Office’s annual work program gives departments and agencies the chance to fix problems before the auditors arrive. Not everyone takes the…

New appointment to disability inquiry amid call for commissioners to stand down

By Shannon Jenkins

Community & Social

Roslyn Atkinson has been appointed as the seventh commissioner for the disability royal commission, as disability advocates have threatened to boycott the inquiry. The first…

PM asks APS to publish gift registers: News Corp achieves what the auditor-general could not

By Stephen Easton

Communications & Technology

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has decided Australian Public Service agencies should publish their lists of gifts and benefits.

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Auditors take your seats! Old money becomes new money when it’s time to pay out election promises

By Verona Burgess

Economy & Industry

All political parties play fast and loose with spending promises during election campaigns but once the rubber of government hits the road afterwards, it is…

APS commissioner Peter Woolcott takes the field for NAIDOC footy comp, but AGD wins the day

By Stephen Easton

Australian Capital Territory

The Attorney-General's Department has won the 17th NAIDOC Week touch football carnival for public servants. Australian Public Service commissioner Peter Woolcott took the field this…

Labor promises to 'review' appointment of public servants to disability royal commission

By Stephen Easton

Australian Capital Territory

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…

Which agencies got a break from Senate estimates hearings?

By Stephen Easton

Federal

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…

Steps are being taken to address 'thin markets' for disability services

By Stephen Easton

Federal

The discussion has begun about what the government should do when supply doesn't meet demand for disability support services.

Why people with disabilities want former public servants to resign from royal commission

By Stephen Easton

Community & Social

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…

Commonwealth Ombudsman 'pleased' by robodebt changes, legal challenges remain

By Stephen Easton

Federal

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…

Disability workforce strategy mostly a rehash, says key stakeholder group

By Stephen Easton

Federal

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…

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…

The Department of Social Services is looking for a new branch manager

By The Mandarin

Career Matters

The Department of Social Services has several Senior Executive Service (SES) Band 1 opportunities available, including branch manager.

Frontline feedback is essential for policy, might have spared DHS from robodebt fury

By Stephen Easton

Features

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…

What would you do if you had $2 million to invest in democracy in Australia?

By Amelia Loye

Communications & Technology

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…