Phil Gaetjens | People | The Mandarin

PM&C boss defends sports rorts investigation, rejects ANAO findings

By Shannon Jenkins

Federal

The head of the Australian Public Service has spoken out to justify his investigation into the former sports minister Bridget McKenzie's handling of a Commonwealth…

Senate push to release Gaetjens report loses 35-36

By Shannon Jenkins

Federal

A Senate committee into the sports rorts will begin on Thursday with evidence from the national auditor-general Grant Hehir. Gaetjens will also be called.

Premium
Columnists

As the government blusters and self-justifies, it’s the public servants who get mandatory integrity training

By Verona Burgess

Editors' Picks

Somebody very senior in the Australian Public Service needs to spell out explicitly and publicly that it is never okay for ministers to use federal…

Gaetjens to speak on sports rorts ‘in due course’

By Shannon Jenkins

Federal

The head of the Australian Public Service will make a public statement regarding his investigation into former Nationals deputy Bridget McKenzie's handling of a sports…

Gaetjens signals McKenzie’s departure, but not an end to meddling ministers

By Shannon Jenkins

Federal

Scott Morrison's top mandarin has handed over his report on the sports rorts scandal, prompting the resignation of agriculture minister Bridget McKenzie. While McKenzie accepted…

Staff movements at agency tied to controversial sports grants scheme

By Shannon Jenkins

Federal

The Australian Sports Commission has appointed a new boss amid investigations into how Senator Bridget McKenzie handled the agency’s grants program. Former Ernst & Young…

Premium
Columnists

The embers of devastation are yet to fade. As public sector leaders know, spin can’t obscure the situation on the ground

By Verona Burgess

Editors' Picks

If there’s a Canberra bubble, the entire south coast of NSW is part of it. Both the Prime Minister and his chief bureaucrat have lost…

Gaetjens leads probe into sports rorts

By Shannon Jenkins

Federal

Canberra’s top mandarin will investigate whether former sports minister Bridget McKenzie breached ministerial standards in her handling of a $100m sports grants program which favoured…

Premium
Columnists

APS State of the Service: a welcome return to a quality report despite some pre-Thodey verbal gymnastics

By Verona Burgess

Editors' Picks

Thankfully, the State of the Service Report for 2018-19 bears no resemblance to the embarrassing, stripped-back version of the previous few years, which barely paid…

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.

Premium
Columnists

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…