Gary Sturgess: contestability with uninterrupted service Features Contestability in the public sector requires there be viable alternatives for genuine competition. That means encouraging alternate providers, or having an alternate management team. ANZSOG’s…
Gary Sturgess: a middle way for contestability Wednesday April 15, 2015 By Gary Sturgess Features ANZSOG's Professor Gary Sturgess has written a paper making the case for contestability. The word has come to mean many different things, as synonym for…
Charities regulator reprieve a call to get back to work Thursday April 9, 2015 By Helen Andrews Features The cautionary examples of charities regulators in the UK and NZ show the ACNC's stay of execution is no licence to relax. Fulfilling its purpose…
Digital transformation kickstart: Turnbull brings in US star Monday March 23, 2015 By Tom Burton Features It aims to be a 500-day digital sprint, instead of a slog, as the Digital Transformation Office launches this week. A star performer has been…
Accelerating the digital transformation of government Friday March 20, 2015 By Miguel Carrasco Features Australia may not be a "laggard" in the digital space, but the DTO could be the best opportunity we have had in a long time…
Focus on primary healthcare: Medibank chief George Savvides Friday March 20, 2015 By David Donaldson Jurisdiction There are too many perverse incentives and a lack of coordination in Australia's healthcare system, Medibank boss George Savvides told a CEDA forum yesterday.
'Thanks for your service, liars': did Dan Andrews go too far? Wednesday March 11, 2015 By Jason Whittaker Jurisdiction The brutal dismissal of the CEO and chairman of WorkSafe in Victoria over a water contamination scare left some breathless. Did the Premier go too…
Bean-counters to strategists: why CFOs need more power Monday March 2, 2015 By Harley Dennett Features Increasingly, public sector number-crunchers are being asked to play a bigger role in driving agency productivity and reform. But are agencies supporting CFOs well enough…
Australian public service knowhow for PNG governance Monday February 16, 2015 By The Mandarin Jurisdiction Australia continues to expand its efforts to build good governance in Papua New Guinea with a new training initiative for public servants. It adds to…
Government tickles funny bones to promote cyber security Friday February 6, 2015 By David Donaldson Features A new cyber security awareness campaign may have attracted the scorn of Twitter, but the agency responsible wants to build engagement on new platforms while…
Andrew Mills: Tax Office improving dispute resolution process Wednesday January 21, 2015 By Andrew Mills Features The Tax Office hasn't always gotten its dispute resolution process right in the past, the ATO's second commissioner admits -- but they're working on reaching…
'A safe environment to fail': when secretaries go to school Friday January 16, 2015 By Harley Dennett Features What happens when departmental secretaries go back to school? The Victorian Leadership Development Centre has pioneered on-the-job training for our top mandarins in Australia.
Budget axe: the small government agencies abolished by Abbott Monday December 15, 2014 By Harley Dennett Jurisdiction Merged, consolidated and abolished: the government will work through a "methodical" process of slashing some 175 agencies from the Commonwealth ranks. Read the full list.
'We wanted to change China with FTA': former ambassador Tuesday November 11, 2014 By David Donaldson Jurisdiction EXCLUSIVE: The China FTA only achieved lift-off under the Abbott government's more "defensive" approach in talks, a former Chinese ambassador reveals to The Mandarin.
Disclose infrastructure contracts earlier, former min agrees Friday November 7, 2014 By David Donaldson Jurisdiction Disclosing infrastructure contracts more often and earlier would be welcome, says a former state minister. Too often governments hide behind commercial-in-confidence provisions.
