Federal Budget 2019: funding ‘Innovation’, at least in name Federal Malcolm Turnbull’s “Innovation boom” might be a thing of the past, but that doesn’t mean innovation has vanished from the budget entirely.
Why Michael Pezzullo is not a fan of KPIs, or right-wing extremists Tuesday April 2, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal Department of Home Affairs secretary Michael Pezzullo made it very clear he has no intention of setting new performance targets for processing citizenship applications, as…
Planning and Environment Secretary Carolyn McNally resigns Tuesday April 2, 2019 By David Donaldson New South Wales Carolyn McNally, secretary of the NSW Department of Planning and Environment, announced her resignation on Monday amid a post-election shakeup.
Public service becomes a ministerial portfolio in NSW post-election reshuffle Tuesday April 2, 2019 By Stephen Easton New South Wales New South Wales now has a Minister for the Public Service and Employee Relations following a post-election reshuffle, in which Don Harwin was allocated the…
Paul Younis confirmed as Transport secretary Monday April 1, 2019 By David Donaldson News Paul Younis has been named officially as secretary of Victoria's new Department of Transport.
Settling migrants in regional areas will need more than a visa to succeed Monday April 1, 2019 By John van Kooy and Rebecca Wickes Culture Newly released statistics on regional population growth in Australia in 2017-18 show current growth is heavily concentrated in the capitals. People clearly prefer to settle…
Andrew Cappie-Wood to retire Monday April 1, 2019 By David Donaldson New South Wales Andrew Cappie-Wood, secretary of the NSW Department of Justice, has announced his retirement from the public service. …
Concern over Defence's projects of concern regime Monday April 1, 2019 By David Donaldson Defence Defence is not applying its special process for troubled projects with "rigour", and is more interested in maintaining relationships with industry, argues ANAO.
What's in the new data hosting strategy for the APS? Monday April 1, 2019 By Stephen Easton Communications & Technology Federal agencies have a new guiding document to look at when they make decisions about paying companies to store data for them.
The false hope offered by talk of a living wage Monday April 1, 2019 By John Freebairn Economy & Industry Tax refinement, and not a 'living wage', would be the most direct and effective ways to fight household poverty, argues John Freebairn.
Reinventing government starts at the local level Monday April 1, 2019 By Sarah Novak Editors' Picks Terry Moran is a man of firm convictions and has been an outspoken critic of managerialist approaches to policy-making -- particularly of top-down (or centre-out)…
Law Council: governments don't seem to care about Indigenous incarceration Friday March 29, 2019 By Stephen Easton Australian Capital Territory It appears the federal government doesn’t care about high rates of Indigenous incarceration, according to the Law Council of Australia, given it has failed to…
ACCC wins international award for 'government agency of the year' in its field Friday March 29, 2019 By The Mandarin Federal The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission was named Government Agency of the Year this week at an international awards ceremony recognising the world's top government…
Pilot program to help transgender women into jobs Friday March 29, 2019 By David Donaldson News Recognising the challenges transgender people often face in the workforce, Victoria will run a pilot program supporting transgender women into employment.
New way to text or email citizens: feds offer free trial to all levels of government Friday March 29, 2019 By Stephen Easton Australian Capital Territory The Digital Transformation Agency is inviting local, state, territory, and federal government agencies to try out a new system to send texts and emails to…
