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Michael Pezzullo’s seven gathering storms: national security in the 2020s

by Michael Pezzullo

Top Home Affairs official, Michael Pezzullo, says he has seen "a dark kaleidoscope of future stormy possibilities" which threaten a great cost on the nation, but Australia has seen and dealt with these types of challenges before.

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No more long knives: bring back permanent secretaries, argues 1980s Treasury dep sec

by Stephen Easton

Former Westpac chief executive and Hawke-era Treasury deputy secretary David Morgan has added his voice to those who argue the Australian Public Service needs leaders who don’t fear the axe.

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Guy Debelle: climate change and the economy

by The Mandarin

The Reserve Bank will now factor climate change is as a "key policy concern" in monetary policy deliberations, says Deputy Governor Guy Debelle.

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Advice from the information security giants: employee awareness is the best weapon

by Stephen Easton

When data breaches and cyber attacks hit the news, the focus is usually on who is behind them, but it is often basic security mistakes made within organisations that allow them to happen.

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Handling the ‘pariah’ policy of climate change

by Verona Burgess

Many agencies integrate disaster and climate “resilience” into their policies, programs and asset management. But that doesn’t mean Australia is any closer to deciding on let alone committing to a long-term policy for handling climate change, says Verona Burgess.

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It’s not about him: leading lessons from Manchester United’s caretaker manager

by The Conversation

An effective leader advances the group’s goals over personal goals.

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How hostile managers damage output at work

by David Donaldson

Bullying bosses can lead to staff reducing effort at work and even engaging in retaliatory behaviours.

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Economic profit impossible if the Murray-Darling keeps eroding

by Geoff Edwards

Dr Geoff Edwards discusses balancing economic, social and environmental outcomes of the Murray-Darling river.

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No gender equality without quality public services

by The Mandarin

Women's access to social protection, gender-responsive quality public services and infrastructure is now a priority of the international community.

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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.