NSW seeks feedback on disability legislation amid NDIS death claims Thursday January 16, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal The New South Wales government has encouraged feedback on state disability legislation amid reports that more than 1000 people have died while waiting for their… Read more
Secretary contradicts PM over Thodey review while APS braces for more MoG changes Tuesday December 10, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal A federal department secretary has contradicted Prime Minister Scott Morrison's claim that his dramatic and decisive changes to Australian Public Service are "consistent entirely with… Read more
Premium Interviews Federal public servants will soon have a ‘responsibility to share’ data for public benefit, but they need to lean on the experts and be careful not to overreach Tuesday December 10, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal After a long period of consultation around upcoming federal data-sharing and release reforms, questions about consent and commercial use remain the most controversial. While a… Read more
The Facebook of government: watch the ‘vision’ of what Services Australia will deliver Friday December 6, 2019 By Stephen Easton Communications & Technology The Digital Transformation Agency has finally published a flashy promotional video showing the government's "vision" of Services Australia, a week after Minister for Government Services Stuart… Read more
The big unknown in Stuart Robert’s grand designs for Services Australia: how much will it cost? Tuesday December 3, 2019 By Stephen Easton Communications & Technology One major thing was missing from Government Services Minister Stuart Robert's big update on digital transformation and the plans for Services Australia on Friday: what… Read more
Premium Trends and research An ableist public service? How to shift the underemployment of people with disability in the Australian Public Sector Tuesday December 3, 2019 By Paul Williamson Editors' Picks Data from the Australian Public Sector Database shows a steady long-term decline in the number and proportion of people with disability in the Commonwealth public… Read more
Feds plan to join up government using computer science, on the way to service delivery ‘Nirvana’ Monday December 2, 2019 By Stephen Easton Communications & Technology The federal government wants to create whole-of-government information technology architecture to underpin its ambitious plans to improve service delivery. Read more
The big reveal: Services Australia reforms linked to data sharing and digital transformation Monday December 2, 2019 By Stephen Easton Communications & Technology The federal government's Digital Transformation Strategy and data-sharing reforms have been stitched together with the government’s ambitious plan to completely transform the Commonwealth’s troubled service… Read more
Robodebt defeated: Commonwealth caves in and accepts debt and 10% penalty both invalid Wednesday November 27, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal The Commonwealth government has conceded one Centrelink’s robodebt was invalid due to the use of income averaging in the absence of concrete evidence — the… Read more
‘No apologies’ for robodebt, no admission of ‘mistakes’ despite major retroactive change Tuesday November 19, 2019 By Stephen Easton Communications & Technology Minister for Human Services Stuart Robert says there will be “no apologies” from the federal government over how its much-maligned robodebt program has operated in… Read more
Robodebt ‘refinement’ or strategic back-down? Human Services reads the writing on the wall Tuesday November 19, 2019 By Stephen Easton Community & Social The Department of Human Services will no longer raise welfare debts based only on the unproven assumption that a person earned an income from employment… Read more
Once more unto the socials: NDIS chief stays on Twitter, enjoys minister’s ‘absolute confidence’ Friday November 15, 2019 By Stephen Easton Communications & Technology Rather than bunker down and abandon Twitter, Hoffman has quickly opened a new official account — @ndisceo — and addressed the issue in three opening… Read more
NDIS minister gets CEO Martin Hoffman a payrise Wednesday November 13, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins Federal NDIA CEO Martin Hoffman will take home an additional fixed loading of $166,260 per year until November 2022, on top of his $554,220 salary. … Read more
NDIA staffing boost and new CEO draws cautious optimism from stakeholders, snark from opposition Friday October 18, 2019 By Stephen Easton Community & Social The federal government's decision to raise the National Disability Insurance Agency's public service staffing levels and the appointment of new chief executive Martin Hoffman has… Read more
Martin Hoffman appointed to lead NDIA, government to hire 800 new public servants Thursday October 17, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal Martin Hoffman has been appointed chief executive of the National Disability Insurance Agency for a three-year term starting on November 4. Hoffman, who was a… Read more
