Treasury and the CSIRO have both recently felt the need to clarify advice they have provided the government, after opposition complaints about what ministers did with it. Read More
Public service chiefs answer what is their greatest leadership challenge, and how to build a coalition for change. Read More
In his valedictory address to the NSW public sector, the outgoing chief urges all public servants to get out and about to see the front line and contribute to the sector's unsolved problems. Keep outcomes front of mind as the sector advances into new ways of working. Read More
There's changing of the guard in the New South Wales public service with head of the service, Blair Comley, leaving after three years. Read More
From little things, big things grow — sometimes. Take ARENA, a micro-agency on the verge of extinction under Tony Abbott, now plugged right into the federal power grid that matters -- and the potential saviour of Malcolm Turnbull's agenda. Read More
The individual merit principle has produced public service leaders that look and talk the same, think alike and mix in the same circles. Heads of service are hatching plans to overturn decades of affiliation bias. Read More
Wracked by a highly public ICAC investigation that became a byword for unscrupulous lobbying in NSW, DPC set out to build a new unsolicited proposals framework. The Audit Office has given it the thumbs up. Read More
There's never much on in January but February offers a range of interesting events for people with an interest in the public sector including guests from the UK and CEDA's new women in leadership series. Read More
PM&C boss Michael Thawley really has a problem with locked doors in public administration. He's not alone, with state leaders also wanting change. Read More
Ministers tend to see departmental heads as their principal advisers — but there's a whole lot more to it than that, argued Finance's Jane Halton and NSW DPC's Blair Comley at the ANZSOG conference. Finding the right skills and leadership style is challenging, and ministers don't always help. Read More
Senior public servants, academics and corporate experts from Australia and New Zealand will come together next week to tackle what has been learnt and what remains unsolved as technological advances change the government-citizen/client relationship. ANZSOG's John Wanna opens debate with a new research paper. Read More
