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Machiavelli meets Sun Tzu: the knives are out, and they cut all sorts of ways

By Verona Burgess

Editors' Picks

There are a few more audits in the pipeline that might cause shivers up public service spines, writes Verona Burgess. What a difference seven months…

Changing of the guard: a closer look at the PM’s new secretary picks

By Melissa Coade

Community & Social

A closer look at the people the PM has chosen to guide the major commonwealth departments through one of the most challenging periods in living…

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Militarisation of the public service continues

By Stephen Bartos

Editors' Picks

If the defence forces comes to be seen merely as a stepping-stone to a senior public service appointment, the public service ethos is undermined.

Three new department secretaries appointed

By Chris Johnson

Federal

Scott Morrison has appointed new secretaries for Foreign Affairs, Social Services and the Attorney-General’s Department.

COO Committee launches newsletter for public servants

By Shannon Jenkins

News

The Chief Operating Officers Committee has produced a newsletter in which members of the Australian Public Service can share positive stories of success and useful…

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At last, the Australian Public Service at large has discovered what it really means to ‘pivot’

By Verona Burgess

Editors' Picks

Designing straight-forward delivery mechanisms is one of the most difficult challenges in public policy. But, says Verona Burgess, senior public servants are feeling their way…

How COVID-19 is driving APS reform

By Shannon Jenkins

Federal

The Institute of Public Administration Australia and the Canberra-based communications company contentgroup have produced a new podcast exploring the role of the Australian Public Service…

‘The time has come’ for more centralised public service recruitment: Finance deputy secretary

By Stephen Easton

Federal

Human resources is now the federal government's first formally recognised public service profession and a new centralised graduate recruitment program as a funnel into HR…

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How to change the world with HR: tips on taking people management to the next level from the new APS head of profession and her corporate-affairs counterparts

By Stephen Easton

Features

Jacqui Curtis hit the ground running on her first day as inaugural head of the human resources profession within the Australian Public Service, offering the…

APS Review draft: everyone's heard it all before, implementation is the challenge

By Stephen Easton

Career Advice

David Thodey says that implementing lasting reform for the APS would be challenged by the requirement for both realism and and optimism. As always, reform…