‘The greatest opportunity’: DPC head Chris Eccles on Victoria’s data-driven COVID response and challenging conventions Friday June 5, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins News The coronavirus pandemic has spurred the Victorian Public Service to come up with innovative ways of delivering services that will likely last into the future,… Read more
Victoria is reorganising its public service around eight COVID-19 ‘missions’. Here’s who is leading them Wednesday April 8, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins News The Victorian Public Service is mobilising its workforce to ensure critical services can continue throughout the coronavirus pandemic. Key changes include the newly established Crisis… Read more
Payments available for Victorian public servants who work from home Friday March 27, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins News Victorian public servants who are working from home will receive funds for home office expenses, under a new policy. Read more
Axe to VPS secretary bonuses hits more agencies Tuesday February 18, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins News Executives at Victorian Public Service agencies could lose their bonuses, four years after the state's departmental secretaries lost their extra cut. Read more
Victoria launches innovation taskforce Friday February 14, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins News The group will unite startups, universities, businesses and the investment community, and will help rollout the state’s innovation agenda, according to the Minister for Jobs,… Read more
New laws require Vic public sector to take gender equality seriously Wednesday November 27, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social The Victorian government is set to be the first jurisdiction in Australia to hold its entire public sector to account on equal rights, with the… Read more
Premium Interviews ‘Technology is the easy part’: innovation needs workplace cultures where smart people can ask dumb questions, says Sam Hannah-Rankin Thursday November 21, 2019 By David Donaldson Features Even if you've completed your course in agile and lined up the authorising environment in favour of change, workplace habits and the relentless daily pressure… Read more
Local, state and federal finalists announced for annual digital awards Monday September 23, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology The Digital Transformation Agency has revealed a long list of finalists for this year’s Australian Government Digital Awards. Read more
How the Victorian government plans to wean the public service off labour hire and consultants Monday July 15, 2019 By Stephen Easton News The Victorian government has told public service leaders to stop relying so much on consultants and labour-hire firms and given them until October 1 to… Read more
Existing Victorian public servants get first dibs on new government jobs in union deal Tuesday July 2, 2019 By Stephen Easton News Existing members of the Victorian Public Service will get first crack at new government jobs that come up before they are advertised externally. Read more
Vic opposition tries to put the public service on trial over government advertising Tuesday April 16, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal The Victorian opposition wants four department heads, including the head of the public service, investigated by the state corruption watchdog over their roles in authorising… Read more
The Victorian project helping government websites make sense Tuesday September 4, 2018 By David Donaldson Communications & Technology There's no point in government agencies having their own branded websites if they don't make sense to the public, argues Vic DPC digital engagement director… Read more
Eight simple* rules for making stuff with government Friday July 13, 2018 By Grace O'Hara Editors' Picks Nine designers and developers embedded in three Victorian government agencies over six months. Using the Most Significant Change Technique, these participants and their Public Sector… Read more
More heads are better than one: solving Victoria’s productivity challenges Thursday January 25, 2018 By Victoria Draudins Case studies The Andrews government, faced with the lofty goal of increasing productivity in Victoria after making an election commitment to create 100,000 new jobs, set up… Read more
Flex talk, more than action Thursday November 30, 2017 By David Donaldson Features Agencies have the language around flexible work down pat, but many aren't walking the talk. A recent panel looked at how individuals are making flex… Read more
