Premium Insights and analysis Election 2022: Historically speaking, public service heads always roll when a government changes Editors' Picks If the polls are correct (and that’s always a big ‘if’ these days) and Labor wins government on the weekend, we can be sure there
Premium Insights and analysis Co-design, not secondments, key to enhancing APS understanding of business February 17, 2022 By Melissa Coade Career Advice According to former public servant Jane Halton, there is an important case for skilled public servants who have a deep understanding of private sector interests
‘Please, never again’: former Health secretary urges governments to ramp up preparedness following COVID-19 August 13, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Former Department of Health secretary Jane Halton and strategic health policy adviser Bill Bowtell have cited a lack of preparedness and a failure to learn
PSsst! Stepford snipe July 8, 2021 By The Mandarin Federal Another gig for Halton, and maybe another Jane Halton might have been loaded up with yet another gig, but that hasn’t stopped rumours something else
Premium Columnists Department secretaries in the spotlight — whether by accident or design May 6, 2021 By Verona Burgess Defence How are senior public servants expected by convention to behave? We’ve had a few colourful and charismatic secretaries, for starters… writes Verona Burgess. If a
PM disbands COVID-19 advisory board, declares emergency response over May 3, 2021 By Melissa Coade Federal More than a year since the COVID-19 Commission Advisory Board was formed, the prime minister has announced that its work has concluded as Australia looks
Opinion: Australia and China have something to celebrate, not squabble over December 7, 2020 By Max Whitten Editors' Picks On 3 December the UK government announced a roll out of Pfizer’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. The quest for the vaccine began on 11 January following
Premium The Briefing The Briefing: how will the new National COVID-9 Commission Advisory affect policy? July 30, 2020 By Chris Woods Editors' Picks Welcome to ‘The Briefing,’ Mandarin Premium’s curation of the most pressing policy challenges facing Australia. Crux of the issue ‘How will the new National COVID-9 Commission
Halton to lead hotel quarantine review July 10, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Former senior public servant Jane Halton will lead a nationwide review into the hotel quarantine system. Following the national cabinet’s Friday meeting, Scott Morrison said
Not-for-profit sector to advise National COVID-19 Coordination Commission on impacts of pandemic on the vulnerable May 18, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social A new not-for-profit working group will advise the National COVID-19 Coordination Commission on ways to mitigate the social and economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic
National COVID-19 Coordination Commission pay packets revealed May 13, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal The head of the National COVID-19 Coordination Commission will receive $267,345 over six months, the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet has revealed. PM&C’s
Premium Insights and analysis National COVID-19 Coordination Commission — who are the commissioners? March 26, 2020 By Chris Johnson & David Donaldson Features Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced a National COVID-19 Coordination Commission to “solve problems” that require the public and private sectors to work together. Here,
Archives boss looks to ‘outcomes over process’ as auditors savage ‘ineffective’ policy leadership November 4, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal The entire federal public sector is supposed to be on the cusp of a new era in information management, defined by interoperability, following the earlier
Thodey review #2 told to imagine a ‘bottom-up’ federation that rewards reformist governments September 9, 2019 By Stephen Easton Economy & Industry The Berejiklian government says state governments should be rewarded for pursuing economic reform and given back a measure of their sovereignty through reforms to federal
