Public service charity cycle team cracks $288k in donations to Canberra disability service
Last Friday, a group of Canberra public servants pulled on their lycra and set off on bikes to Charlotte’s Pass, deep in the Snowy Mountains,… Read More
Jurisdiction
Platforms, not projects, key to executing DTA’s ‘Vision 2025’ strategy
The DTA's role is to create a platform for digital transformation, not to promote individual projects. The projects belong to individual departments and agencies, argues Darryl Carlton. Read More
Scott Morrison’s authority deficit on show at home and abroad
The Liberals are shellshocked and unnerved after the Victorian rout and both the fact and implications of Julia Banks' desertion. Read More
Greg Wilson, Gill Callister and Richard Bolt resign as MOG rumours fly
Gill Callister, Greg Wilson and Richard Bolt, the heads of Victoria's education, justice and economic development super departments, have announced their resignations ahead of post-election machinery of government changes. Read More
APS centre of excellence to develop the next generation of robot public servants
The Department of Human Services has opened a new centre of excellence to work on the next generation of digital assistants to support service delivery. But first, agencies need to provide joined up services across portfolios and different levels of government. Read More
The passion for making a difference is our greatest asset ‒ and we must preserve that
APS review panel member and Coca-Cola Amatil Australia chief Alison Watkins reveals her observations of the public service and dwells on the role of business in contributing to the reform debate. Read More
Government says corruption watchdog must protect public servants, before losing control
The federal government has rejected the idea of a powerful federal anti-corruption commission over concerns about the rights of Commonwealth employees and contractors, but is running out of time and space to counter with its own proposal. Read More
APS is ageing fast, and its older employees most want to stay
Today's average federal public servant is female, 43-year-old, an APS 6 in a service delivery role in Canberra. She's been working for the APS for 11 years and never moved from her starting agency. Read More
Turnbull, Keating team up to rejuvenate the birthplace of Australia’s bureaucracy
Lucy Turnbull, former Sydney lord mayor, and Paul Keating, former prime minister, will work together to develop a long-term vision for the historic Macquarie Street East precinct. Read More
Making the most of minimal money: ANAO puts the spotlight on measuring efficiency
Federal agencies put a lot of effort into measuring effectiveness but "rarely develop indicators of efficiency" these days. Read More
State of the Service 2018: Woolcott restores the APS data deep dive
Australian Public Service Commissioner Peter Woolcott has unchained his commission staff from the vapid 'streamlined' reports of recent years and let their deep expertise shine with the latest State of the Service Report, tabled today. Read More
Tom Burton: VPS key to ‘delivering’ the ‘Danslide’
If there is an unsung hero of Saturday’s so-called 'Danslide' state election result, it is the Victorian public service. Read More
10th anniversary of the Global Financial Crisis ‒ and prevention against the next one
We won’t necessarily know beforehand where or when the next crisis will start. But if trouble arises, Australia’s experience demonstrates the old toolkit of responses still works. Read More
Digital manifesto: ‘trust deficit’ must be overcome to realise ‘Vision 2025’
“It is an enormous journey — one that will ultimately impact every government department, and every Australian.” So says the federal government’s new Digital… Read More
Tom Burton: government is about to change, big time
The new digital strategy promises to cut through a century of federalism gridlock, offering to overhaul a suite of complex multi-jurisdictional life events that could fuel major economy-wide changes across the many domains governments operate in. Read More