Well, allow me to retort: angry academics line up to defend Murray-Darling Basin Plan Friday July 19, 2019 By Stephen Easton Australian Capital Territory A group of around 20 senior academics and scientists with relevant expertise have declared strong faith in the Murray-Darling Basin Plan and accused the ABC's… Read more
How about speaking normally? Jane Halton and Gordon de Brouwer on institutional trust Tuesday July 2, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal For institutions that need to rebuild public trust, “starting to speak normally" instead of in stiff bureaucratic language is a necessary step on the journey,… Read more
Public servants hastily polish up the blue books as new Morrison ministry takes shape Wednesday May 22, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal A who's-who of the members in contention for Coalition ministerial positions in the days after the 2019 federal election. Read more
Former secretary: 'persuasion and trust' the keys to 'complex' role of leading a department Friday May 10, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal The most useful tools for senior public servants are “persuasion and trust” in the view of former Commonwealth secretary Gordon de Brouwer, who sits on… Read more
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… Read more
APS Review draft: everyone's heard it all before, implementation is the challenge Thursday March 21, 2019 By Stephen Easton Features David Thodey says that implementing lasting reform for the APS would be challenged by the requirement for both realism and and optimism. As always, reform… Read more
Handling the 'pariah' policy of climate change Wednesday March 13, 2019 By Verona Burgess Energy & Environment Many agencies integrate disaster and climate “resilience” into their policies, programs and asset management. But that doesn’t mean Australia is any closer to deciding on… Read more
Watch: three Commonwealth secretaries discuss natural resource management Wednesday April 12, 2017 By The Mandarin Energy & Environment Video: three Commonwealth secretaries discuss the economic, environmental and social implications of interlocking federal policies that relate to natural resource management. Read more
Verona Burgess: powerful friends matter in Australia's energy bureaucracy Wednesday March 22, 2017 By Verona Burgess Energy & Environment From little things, big things grow — sometimes. Take ARENA, a micro-agency on the verge of extinction under Tony Abbott, now plugged right into the… Read more
GovCMS: Building collaborative communities around functionality Wednesday December 7, 2016 By The Mandarin Energy & Environment Jurisdiction need not be a barrier to collaboration when organisations can build on each other's work. Read more
'Hack the Planet': how the Environment department got their thinking caps on Tuesday September 20, 2016 By The Mandarin Case studies A hackathon at the Department of the Environment and Energy has re-invigorated its innovation culture with five new ideas to pilot. Here are three other… Read more
Why the Environment and Energy merger makes sense Wednesday July 20, 2016 By David Donaldson Energy & Environment Some are worried putting the Environment and Energy portfolios together under a Liberal minister is setting the cat among the pigeons. But there's a good… Read more
