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The Select Committee

Define the public interest – The Select Committee

By Chris Johnson

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This instalment of The Select Committee includes comment from our whole brains trust – the entire nine-member panel. And while we were acutely aware of…

PM&C citizen survey results delayed, heavily redacted version released

By Shannon Jenkins

Community & Social

This week a heavily redacted version of the results was obtained through a freedom of information request from the Guardian Australia. The document only presented…

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If the SES is your goal, here’s some advice

By Chris Johnson

Career Matters

A recruiter and two executive coaches – all with extensive experience helping qualified people secure SES positions – pass on tips and advice for reaching…

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Consultants being public servants – The Select Committee

By Chris Johnson

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What is the appropriate level of the use of consultants in the public service? Has it gone too far? Are consultants doing too much core/routine…

How should public servants respond if a minister asks them to do party political work?

By The Mandarin

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Where should senior public servants and political staffers draw the line between their public duty and the expectation by some ministers for public funds to…

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Redrawing the line in the public interest – The Select Committee

By Chris Johnson

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Where is the boundary between senior civil servants' designated public duty and party-political tasks? The Mandarin Brains Trust discusses.

The nine policy experts answering the burning questions facing public sector leaders

By Shannon Jenkins

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With nine members from a range of backgrounds, including Lucy Turnbull, Geoff Gallop, and Richard Bolt, the Select Committee provides comment and insight into key…

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Introducing The Select Committee – The Mandarin Brains Trust

By Chris Johnson

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The Mandarin has asked nine highly skilled high achievers to form a panel we are calling The Select Committee. These people are huge contributors to…

Public expectations are high and trust is in short supply: Peter Woolcott

By The Mandarin

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The APS Commissioner's speech delivered to the APS-Wide Conference in Canberra in February 2020. …

Reinventing government starts at the local level

By Sarah Novak

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Terry Moran is a man of firm convictions and has been an outspoken critic of managerialist approaches to policy-making -- particularly of top-down (or centre-out)…

Hierarchy and mystery job applications — public servants reveal their frustrations

By David Donaldson

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What are public servants' biggest bugbears? Motivation-destroying hierarchy and performance management come in near the top, alongside confusing recruitment processes.

APS executives trail private sector on skills, says Terry Moran

By David Donaldson

Federal

Underinvestment in skills development is leaving bureaucrats lagging behind business, argues the former head of the APS. The problem is particularly acute in the senior…

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Politics of division set to rock public sector at ground-breaking Melbourne conference

By IPAA

Engagement

The growing polarisation of our politics in the age of Trump and Brexit forms the premise for a fascinating – and potentially confronting – series…

Commonwealth 'all thumbs' on social policy, says former top public servant

By David Donaldson

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The APS's diminished ability is such that Terry Moran wouldn't trust the Commonwealth "with organising a collection of funds to build the local church". But…

'Urgent': former secretaries assess public service capability

By David Donaldson

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If the public service were a patient "it would be in palliative care", says Terry Moran. Here's what other secretaries have said about Australia's loss…