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APS Commission and Social Services to ‘refresh’ disability strategy

By Shannon Jenkins

Community & Social

The Secretaries Equality and Diversity Council has announced updates to its 2019 strategies.

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The good, the bad, and the ugly ways of explaining oneself in a Senate estimates committee; Wong on song

By Verona Burgess

Editors' Picks

THE OBSERVER: There comes a point when every democratic government bureaucracy needs to remember why it is there, why it has outlived successive political leaders,…

Parkinson’s investigation under fire, passed over to Gaetjens

By Shannon Jenkins

Federal

The former secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet has been criticised over his report into two former ministers, with a push…

PM&C chief Phil Gaetjens is on the hunt for a non-ongoing deputy secretary amid restructure

By Stephen Easton

Career Matters

The role of deputy secretary for social policy at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet is being offered on a non-ongoing basis, six…

Full steam ahead: mind-reading mandarin Phil Gaetjens says APS can look forward to stability

By Stephen Easton

Federal

Canberra's new top mandarin, Phil Gaetjens, says things are looking up for federal public servants because he can tell them all what Prime Minister Scott…

Scott Morrison wants only some (selective) gender inclusion in his department

By Shannon Jenkins

Culture

The Prime Minister has said he expects his department to remove an “over the top” toilet sign that encourages people to choose the bathroom which…

Phil Gaetjens 'was never doing politics' in my office: Costello

By Harley Dennett

Federal

The inbound secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet was always a public servant, even when working as the Treasurer's chief of…

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Peter Costello on the independence of the public service 'view', the future of policy advice, and when Treasury secretaries were treated harshly

By Peter Costello

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Peter Costello tackles the thorny issue of where, when and how a department of state should be having its own view, and what does that…

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The APS needs to radically and quickly overhaul what 'service delivery' means to them. That should start with genuinely listening to their front-line people

By Verona Burgess

Features

Much of the APS needs to lose the attitude that policy is the apex of public administration and service delivery is done by lesser mortals,…

Treasury outlines new diversity strategy, encouraging staff to 'be themselves'

By Shannon Jenkins

Culture

The Treasury has released an Inclusion and Diversity strategy in what looks to be one of Phil Gaetjens’ final actions before he steps into his…

Who's in line to lead ASIO? Major moves draw congratulations, trepidation and speculation

By Stephen Easton

Economy & Industry

Last week's major movements at the top of the Australian Public Service last week were followed by tributes, trepidation and congratulations, as well as a…

Phil Gaetjens promoted to head of PM&C, Dr Steven Kennedy to lead Treasury

By Stephen Easton

Federal

Treasury secretary Phil Gaetjens will lead the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet from September, and be replaced by the secretary of the Department…

Secretaries' pay boost takes Parkinson above $900k

By David Donaldson

Career Matters

Australia's top federal public servants will enjoy a 2% pay increase on July 1.

Re-elected Prime Minister's public message to department heads

By Stephen Easton

Federal

Prime Minister Scott Morrison brought department heads out in front of the media cameras on Thursday and told them not to get in the way…

Just the facts: Treasury and CSIRO put space between advice and how ministers use it

By Stephen Easton

Federal

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…