New appointment to disability inquiry amid call for commissioners to stand down Monday September 16, 2019 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 Tuesday September 3, 2019 By Stephen Easton Communications & Technology Prime Minister Scott Morrison has decided Australian Public Service agencies should publish their lists of gifts and benefits.
Premium Columnists Auditors take your seats! Old money becomes new money when it’s time to pay out election promises Friday August 9, 2019 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 Friday July 12, 2019 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 Thursday April 18, 2019 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? Thursday April 11, 2019 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 Thursday April 11, 2019 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 Tuesday April 9, 2019 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 Thursday April 4, 2019 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 Tuesday March 26, 2019 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 Thursday March 21, 2019 By Stephen Easton Career Advice 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…
Promoted The Department of Social Services is looking for a new branch manager Monday November 12, 2018 By The Mandarin Career Advice 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 Thursday September 27, 2018 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…
Promoted What would you do if you had $2 million to invest in democracy in Australia? Wednesday May 9, 2018 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…
Giant federal data integration project accepts 14 ways to improve privacy and security Thursday April 5, 2018 By Stephen Easton News 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…
