When former bureaucrats speak out: insight and resentment Thursday March 10, 2016 By Jason Whittaker News A former ABS head attacks the agency's approach to privacy. An ex-Immigration spinner takes on his old stomping ground. When former bureaucrats speak out there's…
Menadue & Keating policy book launch Friday October 30, 2015 By The Mandarin News Many of you will have read one or more of the policy essays published earlier this year as part of a series on "Fairness, Opportunity…
John Menadue: making health reform possible Wednesday June 3, 2015 By John Menadue Features Health ministers may be in office but they are seldom in power, says John Menadue. The former head of the Australian Public Service, who also…
Vested interests and the subversion of the public interest Wednesday May 13, 2015 By John Menadue Features Lobbying now represents a growing and serious corruption of good governance, writes former top mandarin John Menadue. Departments need to return to being independent policy-powerhouses,…
