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COVID-19: Tas to close borders, Vic boosts health sector

By Shannon Jenkins

Queensland

Tasmanian will close its borders, Queensland is granting its chief health officer stronger powers, and Victorian is boosting its health system with $437 million, all in…

Four Corners exposes youth justice policy failure, and community attitudes behind it

By Stephen Easton

Features

The Four Corners program has raised several new allegations regarding youth detention. We take a look at the policy challenges cited by various parties in…

Blast from the past: Palaszczuk asks 1990s public service reformer to define future state

By Stephen Easton

News

The Queensland government wants to know what “the public sector of tomorrow” will look like and has asked Peter Coaldrake, who ran the Goss government’s…

Audit: Queensland procurement lacks transparency, echoing ANAO concerns

By Stephen Easton

News

The Queensland auditor-general says departments are not "open and transparent about awarded contracts" in a report that echoes concerns at federal level being investigated by…

Context you can trust? Why information governance underpins digital government

By Tom Burton

Features

When The Mandarin’s executive learning program headed to Brisbane, the embedding of trust and transparency to make the march of technology across government deliver for…

Still frustrated by silos? Why integrating line-of-business functions can make all the difference.

By Julian Bajkowski

Communications & Technology

Government information and data stuck in separate systems remains one of the biggest barriers to digital transformation, productivity and efficiency. Fortunately, there are better, faster…

Corruption in Queensland: protect reputations or let the sunshine in?

By Stephen Easton

News

Is it in the public interest to make allegations of corruption public? Sometimes, at least. Queensland's corruption watchdog is holding a two-day forum this week…

Researchers rubbish productivity claims over Qld public service union policy

By Stephen Easton

Features

"He actually couldn't be more wrong," says one public service productivity researcher. She says claims by Queensland's opposition that public service union activity wastes resources…

Qld's top public servants' bonuses axed, two DGs appointed

By The Mandarin

News

Dave Stewart stays at DPC, while Queensland Treasury gets a new head recently from the private sector with a lengthy resume including the IMF, federal…