NDIA goes 160 days without a leader Thursday October 10, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social The National Disability Insurance Agency has not had a boss for more than 160 days. Former CEO Rob De Luca resigned in April, having been…
Fact check: are Victoria’s DHHS staff being transferred to federal agencies? Wednesday September 25, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins News Victoria's DHHS held an all-staff forum last week to update employees on the ongoing changes occurring as part of the NDIS. Employees already working in…
Former Finance secretary to review NDIS Monday August 12, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Former Department of Finance secretary David Tune will review the National Disability Insurance Scheme in an effort to reduce wait times for participants. …
APS centre of excellence to develop the next generation of robot public servants Wednesday November 28, 2018 By Stephen Easton Communications & Technology The Department of Human Services has opened a new centre of excellence to work on the next generation of digital assistants to support service delivery.
What are NDIS scheme actuaries measuring and what are they missing? Wednesday 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,…
SA spins off Australia's first employee-led public service mutual Tuesday March 6, 2018 By Stephen Easton Community & Social South Australian public servants are setting up Australia's first "employee-led public service mutual" to deliver disability services with the support of the state and federal…
No evidence to support APS staff cap, no idea how many contractors fill the void Tuesday February 20, 2018 By Stephen Easton Career Advice Politicians want AusTender to be more than it is. Finance officials warn expanding it into a full expenditure reporting system would be better served though…
Promoted Collaboration and governance: can you create synergy from competing priorities? Monday July 24, 2017 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology Getting agencies and stakeholders to connect has never been more important. Nor has staying on top of governance to foster trust.
