Government IT buyers can now ‘ask the market’ for creative solutions
The Digital Marketplace where government agencies can purchase IT services now allows public servants to ask vendors for new solutions they didn’t know were available. Read More
Jurisdiction
People and issues outside our big cities are diverse, but these priorities stand out
Rural and regional Australia is a big and diverse place, but some broad common issues do emerge as policy priorities. Read More
First permanent female CEO for VicRoads
Robyn Seymour will step into the role of chief executive at VicRoads, with current CEO Michael Malouf stepping down after seven months. Read More
APS politicised to ‘new heights’? There’s more than one way to look at history
Scandals and potential scandals galore were aired last week across the Senate estimates committees, with the opposition hot to trot on perceptions of public service politicisation. Read More
Former AGD secretary to review compensation for public service mistakes
The Australian Taxation Office’s decisions on compensation for small business victims of “defective administration” are under review by a former head of the Attorney-General’s Department. Read More
Case study: mental health services still struggling in the NDIS era
There is ongoing concern that certain mental health services are struggling to survive after their funding was shifted to the NDIS, despite being designed to serve a wider group than the 64,000 people with psychosocial disabilities thought to be eligible. Read More
MDBA chief denies maladministration, says whistleblowers ‘entitled to their opinions’
Under pressure in Senate estimates on Friday, Murray-Darling Basin Authority chief executive Phillip Glyde maintained the recent South Australian royal commission failed to prove its… Read More
Marcia Langton: Government accelerating Indigenous people into ‘permanent poverty’
Government is making life worse for Indigenous people, argues Marcia Langton -- but progress is possible. Read More
Huawei or the highway? The rising costs of New Zealand’s relationship with China
New Zealand's decision to block Huawei from its 5G cellular networks due to security concerns is likely to be just the first of many that challenge Wellington's relationship with Beijing. Read More
Movers & shakers: treaties and tribunals
New commonwealth executive promotions as well as government board appointments and the first NT Treaty Commissioner. Read More
Flooded with criticism, MDBA finds a small island of common ground
The Murray-Darling Basin Authority says the recent South Australian royal commission produced some “useful analysis and insights” and notes a few “areas of agreement” in its formal response, but argues it would be too risky for governments to follow the inquiry’s main recommendations. Read More
Mark McGowan: the 12 targets that will define my job as WA Premier
By setting these targets, my government will be held to account on its performance. We are ready to meet this challenge. Read More
Murray-Darling Basin bipartisanship: not new, not strong
Water provides many examples of how politics can get in the way of good policy, and how Australia’s federal system sometimes supports and sometimes derails bipartisan solutions. Read More
Four lessons from 11 years of Closing the Gap reports
Some targets seem easier to meet than others, while some are just plain unreliable. Here are four things we've learnt from the last decade of Closing the Gap policy. Read More
Public sector leaders recognised in IPAA awards
Public servants working on a world heritage bid for the Budj Bim cultural landscape are one of the teams to have been recognised at the annual IPAA Victoria Leadership in the Public Sector awards. Read More