Premium Interviews Mary Ann O’Loughlin: how I fell in love with policy-making, and figured out what works and the evil problems that don’t Friday December 13, 2019 By Martin Stewart-Weeks Editors' Picks Mary Ann O’Loughlin landed in one of Australia’s most purple phases of creative policy-making and promptly fell in love with it. Young, curious, engaged and…
Premium Interviews Simon Cooper on the new public sector skills needed to match the speed, scale, and intensity of Australia’s digital transformation Thursday December 12, 2019 By Peter Debus Communications & Technology Simon Cooper is now the co-author with Martin Stewart-Weeks of an independent book that has got a lot of people in the public sector talking'.
How far we’ve come, and where we still need to go in the digitisation of Australian service delivery Tuesday December 10, 2019 By Peter Debus Communications & Technology Everybody tells you they are somewhere on the journey towards the holy grail of digital transformation. But sometimes it feels like we’re all stuck in…
Census boycott would hurt public policymaking across government Friday August 5, 2016 By Myriam Robin and David Donaldson Editors' Picks Privacy concerns around next Tuesday's Census have led to calls for a boycott. Partial or false data risks interrupting records on everything from inequality to…
Why government doesn’t work anymore, but it can again Tuesday July 12, 2016 By Martin Stewart-Weeks Features REINVENTING GOVERNMENT: In a new multi-part essay series, Martin Stewart-Weeks examines how and why Western governments must reinvent. The system seems to be working…
Terry Moran sticks with policy, joins CPD Monday March 21, 2016 By The Mandarin News The former APS top mandarin has a new role keeping him tied to the pulse of Australia's public sector challenges. He's not being shy about…