A shakeup inside Australia's federal Indigenous Affairs bureaucracy will see its top official, Andrew Tongue, replaced with the recently retired Vice Chief of the Defence Force, Ray Griggs. Read More
The PM's department can walk and chew gum, but conflicting new roles put merged staff in the position of either critiquing their own work or setting up a "secret spy unit" to do it for them. A new paper tells staffers' point of view. Read More
Andrew Tongue knows a thing or two about working at the centre of governments. The PM&C associate secretary explains the right and wrong ways to get on the agenda, and why being "searched and destroyed" isn't all bad. Read More
First Australians can overcome the tyranny of the majority and wrest back self-determination, leaders argue. When armed with facts and fire in the belly, Pat Turner sees indigenous bureaucrats as the key to better outcomes. Read More
When the pressure is on to drive tough reform and it looks like the wheels are about to fall off, hold your nerve and "beware the vividness of the transient moment", advises Victoria's top public servant. Read More
