Premium Columnists Election 2022: Add seven new secretaries and a couple of senior agency heads? Friday May 20, 2022 By Verona Burgess Editors' Picks Let’s assume, for the sake of discussing machinery of government, that the mood for change translates to a major overhaul of the suite of portfolios.
Premium Columnists The APS is sniffing the winds of change Thursday April 14, 2022 By Verona Burgess Editors' Picks With election 2022 already getting down and dirty, it is vital for the APS to keep its nose perfectly clean.
New guide for election costings published Friday September 24, 2021 By Tom Ravlic Federal A new version of the guide to how the costing of election policies is going to work when the next governance caretaker period begins has…
Premium Columnists Opportunity knocks for those with Secretary ambitions (but mind your head) Friday June 18, 2021 By Verona Burgess Editors' Picks The drive to reach the top is not just about being close to political power, although that can be shockingly seductive. There’s a characteristic that…
Premium Columnists Questions – and answers – matter over the Leppington Triangle Friday October 23, 2020 By Bernard Keane Editors' Picks What a signal to send — if you’re big enough and ugly enough to take the commonwealth to court over long periods, it will give…
Huxtable flags reforms in wake of bungled Leppington Triangle purchase Thursday October 22, 2020 By Matthew Elmas News Department of Finance Secretary Rosemary Huxtable says leaders will look "very carefully" at what needs to change after Leppington Triangle.
Premium Columnists With the ongoing crisis turning so much on its head, the Thodey review is unlikely to survive intact Thursday July 9, 2020 By Verona Burgess Editors' Picks Dealing with COVID-19 will continue to be, for the foreseeable future, a massive exercise for the government in harnessing the strengths of the public service…
Public expectations are high and trust is in short supply: Peter Woolcott Wednesday February 12, 2020 By The Mandarin Career Advice The APS Commissioner's speech delivered to the APS-Wide Conference in Canberra in February 2020. …
Finance selects tech solution for whole-of-government ERP Tuesday February 11, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology The shared service hubs are located in Services Australia, the ATO, Treasury, Finance, Industry, and Foreign Affairs.
APS leaders warned about conflicts of interest in procurement Tuesday December 3, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal Australian Public Service leaders have been formally reminded they are expected to fully comply with the rules around managing potential and actual conflicts of interest…
Premium Columnists APS State of the Service: a welcome return to a quality report despite some pre-Thodey verbal gymnastics Thursday November 28, 2019 By Verona Burgess Career Advice 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…
If he could turn back time: Andrew Colvin's tips on change management, in hindsight Tuesday July 30, 2019 By Stephen Easton Features If Andrew Colvin could turn back time, the Australian Federal Police commissioner would not have wasted so time much time battling the minority of staff…
Phil Gaetjens promoted to head of PM&C, Dr Steven Kennedy to lead Treasury Thursday July 25, 2019 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…
Federal government’s new Transparency Portal set to transform APS reporting Thursday March 14, 2019 By Stephen Easton Communications & Technology The Australian Public Service is expected to complete the long-discussed shift to online planning and performance reporting by the end of 2019, which could see…
Huxtable: shared services can work; the APS can't afford for it to fail Wednesday October 11, 2017 By Stephen Easton Features Department of Finance secretary Rosemary Huxtable is confident that shared services can reduce administrative costs and support modernisation of the Australian Public Service, based on…
