Peter Shergold was asked to find lessons for public servants from failures under the previous government. He seized the opportunity to launch a manifesto for public service transformation through "adaptive government".
OPINION: If you are going to allow people like David Morrison to speak out — and be rewarded for doing so — you can expect other government employees with more controversial views will do so too.
Australian governments have been largely immune from the major hacks that have recently so embarrassed and compromised overseas organisations — until now.
INTERVIEW: The head of Victoria's DEDJTR came to the public service via a qualification in electrical engineering, political activism and a stint with the Democrats. Educate yourself as widely as you can, he says.
The new Prime Minister wants Australia to become more innovative and agile. But what will that practically mean for large organisations like government departments and agencies?
Defined benefit versus accumulation plans, salary sacrifice, multiple funds management ... There's more to super than signing up. Dixon Advisory offers some pointers.
To thrive in the current environment and into the future, public services need to focus on the outcomes and give up control over who delivers them, the IPAA ACT Division conference heard.
Changing government jobs -- or switching to the private sector -- requires careful planning of renumeration, tax, super and other arrangements. Dixon Advisory offers some tips.
Public servants are enjoying more diverse careers than ever before. Your super arrangements need to be flexible to build a healthy retirement fund, warns Dixon Advisory.
Procurement, misuse of information, conflicts of interest and criminal associations can all raise red flags at the local government level. IBAC's chief corruption fighter in Victoria outlines what to look out for.
PGPA reforms require a big shift in the public service and it's testing even the leaders of the agency running the show, admits Finance head Jane Halton. Measuring actual outcomes is a great aim but hard to do in practice.
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.
VIDEO: Tom Burton talks with Kerry Purcell, the Managing Director for IBM Australia and New Zealand, about the challenge of getting real insight from digital data metrics.
