While Australian Public Service leaders worry there might be too little staff mobility in their workforce, new research on the United Kingdom civil service is… Read More
A government review proposes a less punitive, more personalised jobseeker assistance framework, and argues publicly funded service providers can be induced to focus on those who need the most help. Read More
The Digital Transformation Agency plans to improve the Australian Government's writing style manual. Great. Can I help? Read More
There is an element of self-serving circularity in the arguments used to justify high executive salaries. But lowering the ceilings on SES pay could be a step to re-energising 'frank and fearless' policymaking. Read More
Public servants seized control of the gov.au domain name administration system last February and are working on making it "simple, fast and clear" for users over coming months. Read More
One of the most compelling areas of public administration demanding attention this year is the role of regulation and oversight across government, says Verona Burgess. Read More
Two classic regulatory approaches. But where does the biggest bang for the regulatory buck lie? Is it in education or in punishment? Read More
Infrastructure Australia finds a new chief executive, a well-known public servant takes charge of technology at Veterans' Affairs, and New Zealand's latest Foreign Affairs and Trade secretary needs no introduction in Canberra. Read More
Public servants waiting to learn if legislation in their field makes it on the Commonwealth's 2019 agenda will want to keep be their expectations realistic. Read More
Australian Bureau of Statistics staff have enthusiastically taken up teleworking and other flexible employment arrangements over the past few years, and staff surveys suggest most feel their work lives have improved as a result. Read More
The Commonwealth is getting its first new style guide since 2002, courtesy of the Digital Transformation Agency, but not until the end of 2019. Also, a tale of digitally transformating the staff experience at one of the Commonwealth's largest departments. Read More
The public service should provide training to new members of parliament, ministers and their staff, in the view of senior Commonwealth secretary Martin Parkinson. He also thinks his colleagues should put the spotlight on the cost of restructuring. Read More
Prime Minister Scott Morrison will have learned a valuable foreign policy lesson in the past day or so as it relates to the Holy Land. Read More
Retired Army general David Hurley will become the 27th Governor-General next June, having served as New South Wales Governor since October, 2014. Deputy opposition leader… Read More
The Commonwealth Integrity Commission proposed by the Morrison government yesterday received mild support. It is highly unlikely to become a reality, but shows where the federal Coalition stands on integrity reform. Read More
