The Victorian Ombudsman has been unable to establish wrong-doing by the state's Education department secretary and recommended no further action be taken on claims she threatened a school employee with funding cuts over evidence he was due to give in court. Read More
Fired after explosive testimony at an anti-corruption inquiry, a former public servant is now receiving compensation. Yet the department stands by its decision to sack him. Read More
Former deputy secretary at the Victorian Department of Education Darrell Fraser has been charged over his role in the failed software project Ultranet. Read More
Victoria's Department of Education and Training has introduced stronger, more centralised controls over procurement, conflicts of interest and IT following IBAC's Ultranet corruption inquiry. Read More
Bad behaviour by leaders is copied more readily than good, "which makes our job harder, but also more important," says Education boss Gill Callister. Read More
There's a lot of hope that more collaborative ways of developing public policy can vastly improve outcomes but these approaches are nothing without ministerial support. Public trust also requires authenticity, so don't say it's co-design if it isn't. Read More
It's been a bumpy ride for Victorian departments as they upgrade and strengthen records management. A new report warns of risk of fraud and child endangerment, but there have been achievements too. Read More
Government faces plenty of challenges designing effective policies and services that deliver. So what happens when difficult problems get thrown to a big bank to tackle using business and tech smarts? The answers are refreshing and unexpected . Read More
Corruption investigations into Victoria's Education Department have put complacency to the sword, says the state's most senior public servant, Chris Eccles. Read More
INTERVIEW: Executives can't rely on information being passed up the line, says Victoria's education secretary. Gill Callister discusses visiting frontline services, harnessing staff ideas and restoring morale after an IBAC probe. Read More
Sniping over Gonski makes school outcomes vulnerable to snake oil ideology, argues Victoria's Education secretary. A new agenda for progress has emerged in Victoria — supported by a clear evidence base. Read More
Boys' clubs create the space for inappropriate relationships that can facilitate corruption and other integrity breaches, recent IBAC inquiries show. When women did speak up, they were punished. Read More
What's it like to discover your colleagues may have been involved in corruption? Senior public servants speak about Victoria's "wake up call" proving it's not superior to NSW after all. Departments act to tackle bad behaviour. Read More
Researchers already know that some of the most popular schooling policies don't work, or have very little impact for high cost. Evidence for Learning hopes to rectify our current gaps of what works in Australian schooling. Read More
The final report on IBAC's probe into the Education Department's "banker schools" has revealed lax controls and a toxic culture. Senior executives must model ethical behaviour from the top, says Gill Callister. Read More
