An irony of the banking royal commission is that it may end up having its greatest impact on an entity that isn’t a bank. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission and its shortcomings have become a major theme of the commission. Read More
While the Australian Public Service Review panel works on a list of public recommendations to flesh out its five-point “vision” for the high-performance bureaucracy of… Read More
Dr Steven Kennedy, one of Australia's most senior public servants, has twice been seconded to the Prime Minister's Office -- picking up a few tricks on the hill that have come in handy in his new role as departmental secretary. Read More
A free ‘tax clinic’ by Curtin University to help vulnerable people with their tax issues has shown promising results. The Perth-based pilot might soon be replicated elsewhere around Australia like community legal centres, but specifically for tax advice. Read More
If you think cyber risk management is not the end of the world you are dead wrong, according to the federal government’s top adviser on these matters, Alastair MacGibbon. Read More
Data integration is giving government a clearer understanding of everything from Indigenous life expectancy to commuting, says Australian Statistician David Kalisch — but cuts threaten data quality. Read More
Imagine HR as an extreme sport -- that's what it's like to fill Navy's Collins Class submarines and keep those few with the right aptitude who are also willing to spend months on board each year for decades of their life. Read More
The ABS wants to test out eight new topics in the next census to reflect a changing Australia. Read More
A better system is needed to acknowledge experience in a ministerial office to enable public servants to transfer back at a higher level and non-public servant staffers to have their service recognised in the APS, says Verona Burgess. Read More
The behavioural economics team in the Prime Minister’s department has published hours of valuable educational videos from Behavioural Exchange 2018, the international conference it hosted… Read More
The federal Labor opposition has promised a more collaborative relationship between program experts and evaluation experts if it forms government after next year's election. Read More
Leadership development programs should call on senior managers to “get out from behind the email” and take a more active role in mentoring staff, says a study on the influence of the 70:20:10 learning model in the Australian public sector. Read More
It's not clear if the federal minister responsible for the first myGovID pilot program is listening to those raising privacy concerns, but he's clearly annoyed it's been called 'Big Brother'. Read More
Digital technologies put an abundance of data at our fingertips, but we must ensure questions of what should, and should not, be measured are answered before we use them in official statistics. Read More
Extensive work has been done to ensure that the privacy and security of users has been built into the very heart of myGovID, says Human Services and Digital Transformation Minister Michael Keenan. Read More
