Next week's Power to Persuade Symposium at the Australian National University will examine the role of for-profit companies in government service delivery. Former Australian National Preventive Health Agency CEO Louise Sylvan is looking at social impact bonds.
When government engages external providers to deliver services, what role should it play in ensuring the markets in which these providers operate are performing at their best? Tom Gash is bringing the UK's discoveries to IPAA 2015.
If the federal government is serious about embracing multiculturalism, it will need to codify expectations for agencies serving multicultural communities. City of Monash councillor Jieh-Yung Lo argues for greater accountability before another Operation Fortitude occurs.
If the public sector is to achieve the task of innovation, integration and improvement in social services, we must learn from our social policy experience, writes Dr Pradeep Philip, secretary of the new Victorian Department of Health and Human Services, and his chief of staff, Dr Vishaal Kishore.
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 reimagines the centre as a unifier of intelligence, rather than an autocratic overlord.
Employing randomised trials to drive policymaking is gaining traction overseas. Labor's Andrew Leigh makes the case for Australia -- and calls for more innovation in the public sector.
The Mandarin hosted an impromptu debate on innovation in the public sector at our official launch in Canberra last night. Is it bureaucrats or ministers who are risk averse?
