ACT Health head Michael De’Ath resigns from public service Australian Capital Territory Michael De’Ath has resigned from his role of director-general of the ACT Health Directorate, effective immediately. On Monday health minister Rachel Stephen-Smith announced De’Ath was…
COVID-19 crisis future fault lines: managing the conflicts we have to have Wednesday April 15, 2020 By Paul 't Hart Australian Capital Territory The buck stops here, now: critical decisions need to be made across all departments and agencies. We will be judged on how well we ‘do…
ACT introduces fines for defying gathering restrictions Wednesday April 1, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Australian Capital Territory Canberrans who don't follow the latest restrictions on gatherings could be fined up to $8000 under a new direction from the chief health officer Dr…
Barr to take concerns over APS flexible work to National Cabinet Wednesday March 25, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Australian Capital Territory On Wednesday morning chief minister Andrew Barr told ABC News he was concerned that many APS employees have continued to work from their offices rather…
ACT stimulus package to keep Canberrans in jobs, says Barr Friday March 20, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Australian Capital Territory Government fees and charges will be frozen and the health sector will receive extra funding under the ACT government’s $137 million stimulus package.
Vic, ACT declare state of emergency Monday March 16, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Australian Capital Territory Governments across the country have granted their chief health officers with sweeping powers in response to the coronavirus.
Premium Case studies How values-based leadership can help fix our broken political system Friday March 13, 2020 By Chloë Spackman Australian Capital Territory Values-based leadership is the way to cut through personality politics and have political insiders start fixing their own system by repairing Australia’s future-making system, writes…
Premium Interviews ‘The talent flooding out of the public service should concern us all’: Glyn Davis on institutional memory loss, staff caps, and other challenges to public service Wednesday March 11, 2020 By Martin Stewart-Weeks Australian Capital Territory "Accidental public servant" Glyn Davis is a distinguished professor at the Australian National University's Crawford School of Public Policy. Davis talks to Martin Stewart-Weeks about…
A city-by-city guide to how water supplies fared in Australia’s summer of extremes Monday March 9, 2020 By Ian Wright & Jason Reynolds Australian Capital Territory The late summer heavy rain fell in some, but not all, regions. Australia’s capital city water supplies have had different fortunes this summer. Five capital…
‘Manels’ only tell half the story. Here’s how all of us can fight for women speakers Friday March 6, 2020 By Juliana Chan Australian Capital Territory Although conference organisers and male speakers have leverage on how diverse a panel turns out, professional women can also take matters into their own hands…
Premium Case studies How to be a truly terrible leader: What Caligula, Julius Caesar, and the bad Roman emperors can teach us Thursday March 5, 2020 By Josiah Osgood Australian Capital Territory The Roman biographer Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus believed power doesn’t corrupt so much as it allows one’s worst, preexisting instincts to go unchecked. His epic biography, Lives of…
After a summer of extremes, here’s what to expect this autumn Wednesday March 4, 2020 By Catherine Ganter Australian Capital Territory The autumn outlook suggests warmer-than-average temperatures for most of Australia.
Global Intelligence Briefing March 3, 2020: Coronavirus management Tuesday March 3, 2020 By Chris Woods Australian Capital Territory Welcome to Mandarin Premium’s latest newsletter, Intelligence Briefing, your guide to the most important developments from public sectors across the globe. The COVID-19 coronavirus has…
Premium Trends and research Australia’s first Social Progress Index ranks states by human needs, wellbeing and opportunity Friday February 28, 2020 By Chris Woods Australian Capital Territory A social progress index is not a new idea but a UNSW Centre for Social Impact team led by Dr Megan Weier has developed and…
Premium Trends and research Better digital services could boost public trust — but where to start? Monday February 24, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Australian Capital Territory Boston Consulting Group senior partner and managing director Miguel Carrasco says a lack of trust is preventing departments and agencies across governments in Australia and…