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Primary Health Networks caught between a rock and a hard place

by The Mandarin

Primary health networks are intended to improve services at the local level, but recent events suggest political ideology may be lurking behind some matters of contestability and competition.

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Designing public procurement policies to benefit regional economies

by The Mandarin

Lessons are there to be learned when it comes to emerging practices and mitigation of risks associated with poorly designed public procurement policies.

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Good governance at the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust?

by Colin Griffith

Can a link be drawn between the SCG Trust, Tony Shepherd, and the National Commission of Audit regarding how best to manage ageing infrastructure? Or is the real question, are there grounds to dismiss the SCG Trust for poor governance, not just for political alignment?

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An innovative step toward truly empowered citizen governance

by The Mandarin

A small Belgian city tries out a new governance system that gives 25 Average Joes and Josephines decision-making influence on the management of important social issues.

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‘Stop watching the West Wing’: rethinking how we do government

by David Donaldson

We should look to the time before managerialism to see what government has lost, argues AIATSIS boss Craig Ritchie.

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Maintaining the public service’s momentum for gender equality

by Sue Williamson

With International Women's Day 2019 occurring on Friday, Sue Williamson, Senior Lecturer, Human Resource Management for UNSW Canberra, comments on the importance of sustaining the momentum to ensure gender equality is practiced in Australian workplaces.

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You make decisions quicker and based on less information than you think

by The Conversation

You probably believe you take a ton of research into account before you make a big choice … but you probably don’t.

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Consumers, not companies, are the priority of data governance

by Lauren Solomon

Lauren Solomon calls for the best minds from a range of sectors to determine the path Australia will take in an AI and machine-learning world, and to bring unity to the management of Australians' online data.

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The four Cs that turn good leadership into great leadership

by The Mandarin

Customer-centric leadership is the key to managing through all kinds of challenges, writes the Secretary of NSW Treasury. Four self-development principles are the gateway to customer focus that results in great leadership.

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Be a clever leader, not just an intelligent one, says Maori Development boss Michelle Hippolite

by David Donaldson

Michelle Hippolite is often asked what it's like being a Maori woman leader. She talks connecting the head and heart, Maori ideas about leadership, and commitment to the public service.

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Australians want to support government data sharing, but have trust issues

by The Conversation

A new survey reveals community attitudes towards the use of personal data by government and researchers.

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What can Australian public servants learn from the UK’s new Outsourcing Playbook?

by Stephen Easton

Can Australian public sector outsourcing practices prevent Paladin becoming its Carillion moment? A new Outsourcing Playbook offers lessons from failure.

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We need to talk about ministerial control, says APS Review panellist

by David Donaldson

Ministers, decentralised pay, secretaries cloning themselves — a panel discussion on public sector reform gave an insight into what the APS Review might hold.

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Medicalisation-nation: Australia’s growing public policy dependence on drugs

by The Mandarin

The rising trend of medicalising human and social behaviours has been attributed to the medical profession's cultural authority and the pharmaceutical industry's substantial direct marketing. But this isn't necessarily the case in Australia.

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Case study: mental health services still struggling in the NDIS era

by Stephen Easton

There is ongoing concern that certain mental health services are struggling to survive after their funding was shifted to the NDIS, despite being designed to serve a wider group than the 64,000 people with psychosocial disabilities thought to be eligible.