COVID-19 crisis future fault lines: managing the conflicts we have to have Australian Capital Territory The buck stops here, now: critical decisions need to be made across all departments and agencies. We will be judged on how well we ‘do…
Corruption watchdog issues guide on proper record keeping Thursday April 2, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins News Efforts to resolve the record-keeping deficiencies severely criticised by the state's Independent Commissioner Against Corruption last year.
States and territories implement measures for latest gathering restrictions Tuesday March 31, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal The federal government’s new restrictions on gatherings has come into effect, with states and territories taking different approaches to enforce it.
Queensland government releases sweeping review of public sector employment laws Monday March 30, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins News Independent reviewer Peter Bridgman's report makes 99 recommendations, including a new Public Sector Act.
COVID-19: Tas to close borders, Vic boosts health sector Thursday March 19, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Queensland Tasmanian will close its borders, Queensland is granting its chief health officer stronger powers, and Victorian is boosting its health system with $437 million, all in…
Twenty days’ special pandemic leave for Queensland’s public servants Thursday March 19, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins News Public servants in Queensland who refuse to go to work for fear of contracting coronavirus risk suspension, according to a new government directive.
Premium Case studies How values-based leadership can help fix our broken political system Friday March 13, 2020 By Chloë Spackman Australian Capital Territory Values-based leadership is the way to cut through personality politics and have political insiders start fixing their own system by repairing Australia’s future-making system, writes…
Premium Interviews ‘The talent flooding out of the public service should concern us all’: Glyn Davis on institutional memory loss, staff caps, and other challenges to public service Wednesday March 11, 2020 By Martin Stewart-Weeks Australian Capital Territory "Accidental public servant" Glyn Davis is a distinguished professor at the Australian National University's Crawford School of Public Policy. Davis talks to Martin Stewart-Weeks about…
A city-by-city guide to how water supplies fared in Australia’s summer of extremes Monday March 9, 2020 By Ian Wright & Jason Reynolds Australian Capital Territory The late summer heavy rain fell in some, but not all, regions. Australia’s capital city water supplies have had different fortunes this summer. Five capital…
‘Manels’ only tell half the story. Here’s how all of us can fight for women speakers Friday March 6, 2020 By Juliana Chan Australian Capital Territory Although conference organisers and male speakers have leverage on how diverse a panel turns out, professional women can also take matters into their own hands…
Premium Case studies How to be a truly terrible leader: What Caligula, Julius Caesar, and the bad Roman emperors can teach us Thursday March 5, 2020 By Josiah Osgood Australian Capital Territory The Roman biographer Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus believed power doesn’t corrupt so much as it allows one’s worst, preexisting instincts to go unchecked. His epic biography, Lives of…
After a summer of extremes, here’s what to expect this autumn Wednesday March 4, 2020 By Catherine Ganter Australian Capital Territory The autumn outlook suggests warmer-than-average temperatures for most of Australia.
Global Intelligence Briefing March 3, 2020: Coronavirus management Tuesday March 3, 2020 By Chris Woods Australian Capital Territory Welcome to Mandarin Premium’s latest newsletter, Intelligence Briefing, your guide to the most important developments from public sectors across the globe. The COVID-19 coronavirus has…
Premium Trends and research Australia’s first Social Progress Index ranks states by human needs, wellbeing and opportunity Friday February 28, 2020 By Chris Woods Australian Capital Territory A social progress index is not a new idea but a UNSW Centre for Social Impact team led by Dr Megan Weier has developed and…
IPAA Queensland explores influence, impact, and reconciliation Thursday February 27, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins News Public servants from state, local and federal governments have come together to discuss the need to focus on reconciliation and reframe relationships in the public…
