Should Victoria sell services to the mendicant states? News Are the “mendicant” states, South Australia and Tasmania, so hopelessly weak that they should pay Victoria to deliver services for them? That was the question recently
Rebranded Aboriginal Victoria sets self-determination priority December 11, 2015 By David Donaldson Features A shake-up of Victoria’s Aboriginal affairs machinery, cautiously welcomed by indigenous groups, gives the unit a stronger whole-of-government approach to policy development and program monitoring.
Eccles slaps Victoria’s Auditor-General over East West criticism December 9, 2015 By Harley Dennett News Victoria’s top mandarin has clashed with the state’s Acting Auditor-General over the extent to which bureaucrats must challenge ministers after a policy decision has been
A good Greek girl on memoir, gay rights and the bureaucratic circus December 2, 2015 By David Donaldson Community & Social It’s an “extraordinarily strange” feeling going from being a “nameless bureaucrat” known only within the public service to an author with a public profile, Maria
Public sector leaders throwing open the doors October 30, 2015 By Harley Dennett Career Advice Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet secretary Michael Thawley really has a problem with locked doors in public administration. Writing in The Australian today, Thawley
Victorian service design program wins global award October 7, 2015 By Jason Whittaker News A Victorian government pilot around smarter service delivery and more convenient citizen transactions has won global recognition. The government worked with Melbourne-based service design consultancy Thick
Chris Eccles: does open government make for good government? August 10, 2015 By Chris Eccles Career Advice There is a growing global consensus about the importance of open government and a lot is happening in its name. So what do we mean
Gary Banks: ANZSOG conference takeaways August 7, 2015 By Gary Banks Features ANZSOG’s annual conference is unashamedly an insiders event. It is the setting for a lively conversation about issues that matter to senior public sector managers.
Government procurement problems rankle in tech world August 7, 2015 By David Donaldson Features Amid the countless invocations of the mantras of disruption and innovation at last week’s Disrupt the Public Sector conference in Melbourne, one frustration stood out: the difficulty
Victoria aims to reclaim reform, integrity leadership June 29, 2015 By Harley Dennett News Victorian Special Minister of State Gavin Jennings led the charge early, laying out his aims for government integrity agencies and reaffirming his commitment to giving them
Chris Eccles: leadership from the centre June 24, 2015 By Chris Eccles Editors' Picks Let’s do away with the term “central agency” argues the head of the Victorian Public Service during the state’s first Public Sector Week. Chris Eccles
Ex-mandarin called back to review Victoria's Aboriginal affairs agency June 9, 2015 By David Donaldson News Yehudi Blacher Former head of the Department of Victorian Communities Yehudi Blacher has been appointed to conduct a review into Victoria’s
Victorian FOI commissioner under investigation May 22, 2015 By David Donaldson News The Victorian government has asked the Public Sector Commission to investigate the Freedom of Information commissioner over an undisclosed “serious” matter, it was revealed on
Why Google still can't use Victoria's bushfire data May 20, 2015 By David Donaldson Features Six years after the Country Fire Authority website crashed under the burden of too many people trying to find information about the Black Saturday bushfires,
