New cross-disciplinary unit to track potential terrorists and intervene early Community & Social Victoria will establish a new cross-disciplinary office to track people at risk of carrying out terrorist attacks and intervene early. Read more
Expert panel to cast an eye over incoming federal whistleblowers legislation Tuesday October 3, 2017 By The Mandarin Jurisdiction The Turnbull government has quickly convened an advisory panel to make good on its commitment to strengthen protections for whistleblowers and create safer pathways for… Read more
Looking for the new intelligence czar Tuesday September 19, 2017 By Tom Burton Features Canberra is looking for an intelligence chief to head up the new Office of National Intelligence. As the person who will get the first call… Read more
Gender tops diversity priorities in new APS champion awards Thursday September 7, 2017 By The Mandarin Jurisdiction Government rarely lives up to the promising rhetoric of inclusion for all Australians, but those who walk the talk inside the public service can now… Read more
All 25 WA government agencies have permanent heads except one Friday September 1, 2017 By The Mandarin Jurisdiction Eight more of Western Australia's public service directors-general were officially approved by the state governor this week, leaving only the newly formed Department of Communities… Read more
ANZSOG triples research investment and recruits Glyn Davis Monday August 28, 2017 By The Mandarin Jurisdiction The Australia and New Zealand School of Government will expand its research program by threefold, which, with dollar matching by government and other partners, will… Read more
Actuarial modelling is not evidence of effective social welfare: NZ academic Tuesday August 22, 2017 By The Mandarin Community & Social Using actuarial modelling of future costs as the key measure of the welfare safety net's effectiveness is a "deeply flawed" idea imported from New Zealand,… Read more
Citizenship saga: Turnbull decides everything's fine because it has to be Monday August 21, 2017 By The Mandarin Jurisdiction The government is trying to appear unfazed by the dual-citizenship saga, on the basis of legal advice it refuses to release, but which appears to… Read more
Could dual-citizen Cabinet ministers' decisions be challenged? Saturday August 19, 2017 By Anne Twomey Features It’d be better for ministers like Barnaby Joyce to have any potentially contentious decisions made by an acting minister until their citizenship issues are resolved. Read more
'Naive optimism' driving uptake of one stop shops Monday August 7, 2017 By David Donaldson Features "Administrative fashion" is influencing the spread of the one stop shop model, argues an ANZSOG review paper. Although service integration can be a public good,… Read more
Greg Moriarty to be new Defence mandarin Friday July 28, 2017 By Tom Burton Defence The PM has appointed his own chief of staff to the prized job of secretary of the Department of Defence. Read more
Aspire to Aboriginal secretary within five years, says commissioner Friday July 28, 2017 By David Donaldson Jurisdiction Victoria's new Aboriginal employment strategy will aim for culturally safe workplaces while strengthening the leadership pipeline. Read more
Better decisions: tips from NZ on putting evidence to work Thursday July 27, 2017 By David Donaldson Features To produce good policy public servants should engage diverse communities and ensure decision makers have enough time to examine the data, urges NZ's specialist policy… Read more
APS ranks third on civil service effectiveness index, leads on evaluation Thursday July 20, 2017 By David Donaldson Jurisdiction Australia ranks third in the world for the overall effectiveness of its national public service but the APS is the world leader in public sector… Read more
NSW Treasury snatches state customer service czar Mike Pratt as its new secretary Tuesday July 11, 2017 By Julian Bajkowski Career Matters The Treasury head role with the Western world's most envied surplus will go to the state's Customer Service Commissioner, continuing the trend of taxing bank… Read more
