Premium The Select Committee The first meeting – The Select Committee Wednesday October 21, 2020 By Chris Johnson Editors' Picks You are meeting with your minister for the first time. How do you prepare for the interview and what do you say and do once…
Premium The Select Committee Define the public interest – The Select Committee Tuesday September 1, 2020 By Chris Johnson Editors' Picks 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 Thursday August 20, 2020 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…
Premium Expert briefings If the SES is your goal, here’s some advice Tuesday August 11, 2020 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…
Premium The Select Committee Consultants being public servants – The Select Committee Tuesday August 4, 2020 By Chris Johnson Career Advice 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? Monday June 29, 2020 By The Mandarin Editors' Picks 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…
Premium The Select Committee Redrawing the line in the public interest – The Select Committee Friday June 26, 2020 By Chris Johnson Editors' Picks 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 Tuesday June 16, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins News 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…
Premium The Select Committee Introducing The Select Committee – The Mandarin Brains Trust Thursday June 11, 2020 By Chris Johnson Editors' Picks 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 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. …
Reinventing government starts at the local level Monday April 1, 2019 By Sarah Novak Editors' Picks 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 Friday October 26, 2018 By David Donaldson Career Advice 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 Monday October 15, 2018 By David Donaldson Career Advice 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…
Promoted Politics of division set to rock public sector at ground-breaking Melbourne conference Friday July 27, 2018 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 Tuesday July 17, 2018 By David Donaldson Features 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…
