Former premier Anna Bligh discusses evacuating a hospital while a cyclone loomed, finding leadership lessons in everyday life, and working from home for the first time in her career.
The pandemic has highlighted security vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure, says a veteran of the US government's cyber emergency response team.
Investing in policy labs and innovation hubs could help Australian governments tackle other policy problems as well as we've responded to COVID-19. A recent crisis response panel featuring Lisa Paul and Ben Hubbard looked at the importance of war-gaming and institutional capability.
Good record-keeping will allow the story of the coronavirus pandemic to be told. The challenge is making sure data is still readable for future generations.
To mark Privacy Awareness Week, Victoria’s anti-corruption Commissioner Robert Redlich shares his tips for how the public sector can protect against the risk of unauthorised release or misuse of sensitive public sector information, particularly when working from home.
Don't wait until you start getting health problems to set up your work from home space properly, warns ergonomics expert Jodi Oakman. And forgive yourself if you can't do everything perfectly at the moment — "sometimes good enough is okay".
With governments rushing to push out new programs amid the coronavirus crisis, this implementation checklist can help you avoid common pitfalls.
Whether you're a secretary or middle manager, taking the right approach to guiding staff through the COVID-19 crisis is vital for maintaining wellbeing.
COVID-19 ROAD TO RECOVERY: WHAT GOVERNMENTS CAN LEARN FROM EACH OTHER: In this series of Mandarin Premium features, we give you an in-depth look at case studies, strategies and tactics, risks and pitfalls that several countries of note are taking.
COVID-19 ROAD TO RECOVERY — WHAT GOVERNMENTS CAN LEARN FROM EACH OTHER: Policymakers are now trying to work out what we should be aiming for — total elimination of the virus, or merely keeping it under control until a vaccine is available. David Donaldson spoke with several scholars for their take on the matter.
COVID-19 ROAD TO RECOVERY: WHAT GOVERNMENTS CAN LEARN FROM EACH OTHER: This pandemic has put federal and state governments between the devil and the deep blue sea when it comes to managing risk, writes Verona Burgess.
Crises make record-keeping more difficult, but the spectre of a post-coronavirus inquiry will be in the back of many minds. So what do public servants need to consider as they respond to COVID-19 — especially following Glenys Beauchamp's admission she destroyed her notebooks?
The jury is still out on the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19). What is known is that a new form of corona virus crossed over from animal to human hosts in Wuhan over the final weeks or months of 2019 before galloping across the province of Hubei in December to reach epidemic proportions in […]
Psychology helps us understand why some people resist COVID-19 public health efforts, but it also explains why many people are distracted at work and how we adopt new health-preserving habits.
All plagues bring gifts in their wake — if we are open to seeing them. COVID-19 is inviting us to reconfigure and reframe the relationships we have — not only with each other, but also with nature, as the spectre of factory farming and wet food markets are put under the microscope.
