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APS human resource managers given guide to handling misconduct

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Federal human resource managers are receiving updated guidelines on handling misconduct, amid the Australian Public Service Commission tweaking a range of advice to agencies. APSC

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The Thodey report has an excessive amount of rhetoric and is not an easy read. And then there’s Morrison’s response. Where to from here?

By Andrew Podger

Career Advice

Andrew Podger says the final Thodey review has many sensible recommendations, but detail is often missing, analysis is weak, and some recommendations reveal a surprising

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You cannot administer government policy and relentlessly criticise it online. Governments, whatever you think of them, have to be able to trust public servants

By Bernard Keane

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BERNARD KEANE: CODE OF CONDUCT With good professional judgement, people can implement policy in one area professionally and impartially, while being vocally enraged by the

Defence restricts political association of public servants

By Harley Dennett

News

Should Department of Defence public servants have greater restrictions on their private associations or political views than other public servants? Defence secretary Dennis Richardson evidently thinks

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The Thodey report has an excessive amount of rhetoric and is not an easy read. And then there’s Morrison’s response. Where to from here?

You cannot administer government policy and relentlessly criticise it online. Governments, whatever you think of them, have to be able to trust public servants

Defence restricts political association of public servants