Grand designs: will NSW’s big social housing flip work? by Julian Bajkowski | 0 comments There are signs social housing builds are finally changing for the better. But can good architecture change entrenched disadvantage and a punitive mentality towards welfare recipients?
Partner Content Strategy to capability? What it actually takes for agencies to execute (but they don’t tell you) by Julian Bajkowski | 0 comments There’s a deluge of motherhood statements and relatively hollow mantras for getting agencies and services in government to ‘transform’. What really counts is having a purpose, a plan and a platform to deliver new capability.
NSW Treasury snatches state customer service czar Mike Pratt as its new secretary by Julian Bajkowski | 0 comments The Treasury head role with the Western world's most envied surplus will go to the state's Customer Service Commissioner, continuing the trend of taxing bank executive ranks for key public sector jobs.
Reform doesn’t take forever: NSW Treasury’s reformist chief resigns after two years by Julian Bajkowski | 0 comments The NSW Budget reporting process has been fundamentally changed to show outcome effectiveness. And it didn't take that long.
NSW commissioning and contestability policy set for February launch by The Mandarin | 0 comments Join NSW Treasury and IPAA as they officially launch the commissioning and contestability policy with a panel discussion and Q&A later this month.
Rob Whitfield: why public sector cuts are needed even during surplus by Harley Dennett | 0 comments The NSW Treasury secretary addresses why the efficiency dividend never goes away, even during surpluses and record investment in services. The public sector wage cap may need to come down even further too.
Why we accept travesties of ‘evidence-based’ policymaking by Nicholas Gruen | 3 comments Evidence-based policy ... if everyone claims to want it, and practice it, why do so many 'announceables' get glowing report cards without the slightest tinkering? Nicholas Gruen on the problems with policy evaluation.
Unions, Opposition call for clarity of NSW agency cuts by The Mandarin | 0 comments NSW Treasurer Gladys Berejiklian revealed no additional detail of the planned axing of NSW government agencies in her address to the Sydney Institute on Monday night.
Social impact bonds report card: learning lessons in NSW by Stephen Easton | Social benefit bonds are complex, expensive and limited in use. Federalism makes them even harder to arrange, with savings split between tiers of government. But there are other ways to harness investment.
Bonds won’t work for every social service by Stephen Easton | 1 comment Perverse incentives and measurement challenges are very real, cautions NSW Treasury associate secretary Caralee McLiesh. Social impact bonds are also complicated to arrange and may offer no greater benefit than simply refocusing on outcomes.
Productivity measurement rethink in NSW to be led by Treasury by David Donaldson | 0 comments NSW Treasury will soon help agencies improve productivity and efficiency reporting, but the Department of Education and Communities has pushed back on narrow audit office productivity measures.
Executive remuneration leaps ahead in NSW public service by David Donaldson | 0 comments While most of the NSW public service is subject to a 2.5% pay rise cap, the incoming heads of Treasury and the Barangaroo Delivery Authority will take home significantly more than their predecessors -- but still far from typical offers at private sector organisations of equivalent size.
Tom Burton: Don’t mention the B word in Sydney by Tom Burton | 0 comments As NSW spends up big on infrastructure, health and education, no one seems to want to talk about the real estate bubble threatening to ruin the party.
NSW budget: a booming state spends its war chest by Tom Burton | 0 comments Rather than build a larger surplus to prepare for any economic downturn, the 2015-16 NSW budget boasts five areas of record spending, with infrastructure spending estimated to average $10.3 billion over the next four years.
