The Prime Minister wants the public service to spend vastly more with Indigenous-owned suppliers, hoping to double down on the success of affirmative action in… Read More
Michael Cranston, a former senior public service executive, has been cleared by a jury of two charges relating to misusing his position to benefit a family member. Read More
The Morrison government has restated a commitment to having more public servants in regional areas, narrowly defined as anywhere but Canberra and the two major city-centres, in response to a Senate inquiry that reported last June. Read More
The Payment Times Reporting Framework is under development, and a key question is whether it should apply universally, leave Commonwealth agencies under existing rules with similar intent, or something in between. Read More
For all the sound and fury in parliament, late changes mean the contentious medivac bill does not threaten the minority government’s control of the nation’s… Read More
There will be a brief moment of bad headlines for the government that will soon fade away. But the underlying dynamics don’t change: the slow bleeding of the government’s authority. Read More
Ken Henry's fall from pedestal to bed of nails was not even cushioned by the sterling contribution he previously made to the public service, says Verona Burgess. Read More
The Auditor General has criticised Home Affairs for dragging its feet on citizenship processing, but the department refuses to concede. Read More
Former Australian Competition and Consumer Commission head Graeme Samuel will be joined by erstwhile Westpac executive Diane Smith-Gander and Grant Spencer, a former deputy governor… Read More
The federal government has finally published a long-awaited evaluation report on the special work-for-the-dole scheme for remote communities, but it’s unclear where it fits into the policy process. Read More
The absence of a scientific foundation in the PC reports explains why the Australian government itself seems impervious to scientific warnings about the impending collapse of our natural systems. Read More
New legislation aims to expose the communications of serious criminals, but it might undermine our security too. Read More
The notoriously long average waiting times for Centrelink’s phone lines are “plummeting” after the outsourcing of several thousand extra operators, claims Minister for Human Services… Read More
A certain long-serving former Treasury secretary will soon be back on the market, with NAB Chair Ken Henry announcing he will leave the bank. Read More
An OECD body is working on a declaration that would see signatories commit to public sector innovation, and help cement a better common understanding of what it actually means. Read More
