Premium Insights and analysis New governments will always make changes at the top Thursday June 23, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Editors' Picks A newly elected government needs to ensure the personnel it has in the various roles across the public service are aligned with a new vision.
The NDIA abandons best practice to save pennies in this blind man’s tribunal case Sunday June 19, 2022 By Amber Schultz Editors' Picks There’s been a 400% increase in people with disabilities disputing their NDIS plans in the AAT. It’s always an uphill battle in Australian policy.
Election 2022: I’m Julia and I’m here to help Friday May 20, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Federal An Adelaide café turned into a campaign stop for Anthony Albanese as he caught up with Julia Gillard the day before Australia votes.
PSsst! Blue books sparking red faces Wednesday May 11, 2022 By The Mandarin Editors' Picks Give us a break! APS dragged into culture wars, enter Julia, prime minister? — Not me. PSsst! Here's what we've heard.
Government efforts to lift NDIS vaccination coverage improving Thursday October 14, 2021 By Melissa Coade Federal One of the new government initiatives to boost NDIS vaccine uptake was a dedicated hotline (1800 643 787) to seek assistance and advice.
Access to services for vulnerable Queenslanders guaranteed for another year Tuesday August 17, 2021 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Extra funding to the tune of $6.3 million has been committed to the QCSS to provide services for another year.
Premium The Briefing The Briefing: Conflicts of interest claims and ‘independent assessments’ dog NDIS reform Wednesday March 31, 2021 By Chris Woods Editors' Picks Plans for NDIS independent assessments face allegations of conflicts of interest and exclusion of people with certain brain inquiries.
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.
