Transport for NSW looking for new secretary New South Wales The NSW government will launch a local and international search for a new secretary, with a successful candidate to be appointed in early 2021.
Home Affairs used Google Translate for COVID-19 advice to multicultural communities Friday November 20, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social Public servants from the Department of Home Affairs used Google Translate rather than official translators to communicate with multicultural communities at the beginning of the…
Peter Woolcott named ANZSOG chair Thursday November 19, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal After serving as a director at the organisation for the past year, Woolcott was named chair at the ANZSOG annual general meeting on Wednesday.
Service NSW used names of politicians to analyse media sentiment, audit finds Thursday November 19, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology Service NSW ran an advertising campaign immediately before the state election and then 'inappropriately' used its post-campaign evaluation to measure sentiment towards the state government,…
Special forces soldiers murdered 39 civilians, Afghanistan war crimes report alleges Thursday November 19, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Defence The report found 'credible information to substantiate 23 incidents of alleged unlawful killing of 39 people by 25 Australian Special Forces personnel, predominantly from the…
National privacy regulator set to publish COVID-19 app investigation findings Thursday November 19, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology The incoming report will contain findings and recommendations from the first in a series of five assessments, which Angelene Falk says have examined compliance and…
National human rights charter could aid public acceptance of government decision-making processes, Law Council says Thursday November 19, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Australia is the only Western democracy without some form of a charter of rights at the national level. Many Australians don't know that their human…
Premium Columnists Do consultants help avoid public sector politicisation? Thursday November 19, 2020 By Helena Cain Australian Capital Territory As a senior public servant, your politician strongly suggests that you drive an obviously political initiative – that may or may not go against your…
Premium The Briefing The Briefing: Donald Trump’s stacking of the US public sector is on another level than local efforts, but only just Thursday November 19, 2020 By Chris Woods Editors' Picks While Donald Trump's last-minute effort to stack America's public sector is on its own level of cronyism, it is not wholly distinct from efforts by…
Australia seeing a ‘creep’ in political public service appointments, ex deputy secretary warns Wednesday November 18, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Stephen Bartos, Lucy Turnbull and Geoff Gallop discussed the key events and issues that have defined 2020 for the final Mandarin Talks event for the…
Melbourne Water, Transport for NSW named IAP2 award winners for 2020 Wednesday November 18, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social The International Association of Public Participation has named Melbourne Water as Australasian organisation of the year for its innovative community engagement program.
DTA seeking feedback on proposed Digital Identity laws Wednesday November 18, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology The DTA has released a public consultation paper on the proposed legislation. Submissions close December 18.
Australian Digital Health Agency to refresh national digital health infrastructure Tuesday November 17, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology A 'modern approach' to the replacement of the services currently provided by the My Health Record System operator would be undertaken in the national infrastructure…
Australian mental health system not ‘person-centred’, Productivity Commission finds Tuesday November 17, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social National Mental Health Commission CEO Christine Morgan said the report confirms what many have known and experienced for a while — that the Australian mental…
ASIO warns government staff to be cautious online, in new foreign interference campaign Tuesday November 17, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Cyber espionage has been targeting all levels of government, universities and academia to gain access to sensitive and commercially valuable information.
