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Actuarial modelling is not evidence of effective social welfare: NZ academic

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,…

Citizenship saga: Turnbull decides everything's fine because it has to be

By Stephen Easton

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…

Could dual-citizen Cabinet ministers' decisions be challenged?

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.

'Naive optimism' driving uptake of one stop shops

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,…

Greg Moriarty to be new Defence mandarin

By Tom Burton

Defence

The PM has appointed his own chief of staff to the prized job of secretary of the Department of Defence.

Aspire to Aboriginal secretary within five years, says commissioner

By David Donaldson

Jurisdiction

Victoria's new Aboriginal employment strategy will aim for culturally safe workplaces while strengthening the leadership pipeline.

Better decisions: tips from NZ on putting evidence to work

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…

APS ranks third on civil service effectiveness index, leads on evaluation

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…

NSW Treasury snatches state customer service czar Mike Pratt as its new secretary

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…

ATO's anti-fraud squad knows the type who think they won't get caught

By Verona Burgess

Economy & Industry

It's not just flashy crims that anti-fraud investigators are watching. The risk of the trusted insider — officials rationalising bad behaviour by a self-assessment of…

What Australia can learn from the New Zealand retirement system

By The Conversation

Community & Social

A comparison of the Australian and New Zealand retirement systems from Professor Ross Guest and Kirsten MacDonald from Griffith University.

After 50 years of Indigenous affairs, 'We need to do better'

By Stephen Easton

Community & Social

50 years on from the referendum that made Indigenous affairs a Commonwealth concern, the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet's new deputy secretary, Professor…

Councils take up benchmarking with performance excellence program

By David Donaldson

Features

A local government performance benchmarking program is helping over 100 councils pinpoint challenges and measure progress in everything from spans of control to budget processes.

'Executive creep' threatening parliamentary independence

By David Donaldson

Features

The independence of parliament is being undermined by executive control over budgeting, and even performance requirements. Victoria, the most extreme example, treats parliament as a…

Combating misinformation with Number 10's Alex Aiken

By Harley Dennett

Features

No, it's not propaganda, and yes, it is a critical government profession that enhances and saves lives. Britain's top government communicator has a message for…

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'Naive optimism' driving uptake of one stop shops

Greg Moriarty to be new Defence mandarin

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Better decisions: tips from NZ on putting evidence to work

APS ranks third on civil service effectiveness index, leads on evaluation

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NSW Treasury snatches state customer service czar Mike Pratt as its new secretary

ATO's anti-fraud squad knows the type who think they won't get caught

What Australia can learn from the New Zealand retirement system

After 50 years of Indigenous affairs, 'We need to do better'

Councils take up benchmarking with performance excellence program

'Executive creep' threatening parliamentary independence

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