Former Finance secretary to review NDIS Federal Former Department of Finance secretary David Tune will review the National Disability Insurance Scheme in an effort to reduce wait times for participants. NDIS Minister
New era of APS performance management: all staff and supervisors must pitch in July 25, 2019 By Stephen Easton Career Advice All employees and supervisors in the Australian Public Service now share some accountability for performance management with agency heads, as federal mandarins try to shift
Report highlights deep-rooted inequality in NDIS June 28, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins Health Males and people with higher incomes are more likely to benefit from the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) than other demographic groups are, according to
Five arrested over alleged $1.1m NDIS fraud May 23, 2019 By David Donaldson Community & Social A joint agency investigation into an alleged organised criminal syndicate suspected of defrauding the National Disability Insurance Scheme of millions of dollars has resulted in
National Disability Insurance Agency CEO quits to lead privately owned service provider May 1, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal National Disability Insurance Agency chief executive Robert De Luca has suddenly resigned with immediate effect, leaving it up to the next federal government to appoint
Which agencies got a break from Senate estimates hearings? April 11, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal With the beginning of caretaker period comes the end of Senate estimates, and non-government politicians were soon crying foul over their missed opportunities to quiz
Steps are being taken to address 'thin markets' for disability services April 11, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal The Department of Social Services and the National Disability Insurance Agency would like suggestions for what the government should do when supply doesn’t meet demand
Nadia: the curious case of the digital missing person April 3, 2019 By Stephen Easton Communications & Technology Peter Shergold recently gave public servants a rev-up over the need to actually deliver on innovation instead of just talking about it, but there’s a
How a WA department's graduate program came out on top of the nation March 21, 2019 By Stephen Easton Career Advice The Western Australian Department of Finance has grabbed the top position in a national list of graduate programs, based on a survey of participants with
National Disability Insurance Agency would swap labour hire for permanent staff under Labor March 19, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal The National Disability Insurance Agency looks to be high on the opposition’s priority list for agencies that would swap a lot of contractors for public
APS centre of excellence to develop the next generation of robot public servants November 28, 2018 By Stephen Easton Communications & Technology The Department of Human Services has opened a new Augmented Intelligence Centre of Excellence in Canberra to lead development of virtual assistants and encourage their
Opposition promises to remove APS staffing cap, with 'no impact on budget' August 9, 2018 By Stephen Easton Federal If the Turnbull government is turfed out of office at the next election, its arbitrary cap on Australian Public Service staffing levels will go with
What are NDIS scheme actuaries measuring and what are they missing? August 1, 2018 By Gemma Carey, Helen Dickinson, Michael Fletcher & Daniel Reeders Community & Social The packages created for individuals under the National Disability Insurance Scheme are personalised — but when it comes time to evaluate whether they were successful,
What NDIA's complaints tell us about outsourcing administration May 21, 2018 By Eleanor Malbon & Gemma Carey Community & Social The National Disability Insurance Scheme’s coordinating agency didn’t predict one factor about its participants — and hoped it would solve itself over time. That’s unlikely,
