Government report card on community services, housing and homelessness released Economy & Industry The Productivity Commission has published the first set of data for its 2022 Report on Government Services (ROGS), with the goal of sharing data across
What 'common pay' really means and other things we learned questioning David Thodey March 21, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal One of the more interesting ideas that emerged from the Australian Public Service Review this week was a move towards “common pay”, but as excitement
International Women's Day: Marise Payne says female leaders make the world more peaceful March 7, 2019 By The Mandarin Australian Capital Territory For International Women’s Day, Senator Marise Payne spoke to a packed Great Hall at Parliament House this week on women in public sector leadership, drawing
Balanced boards: Tasmania catching up to gender parity November 20, 2018 By Stephen Easton News When it comes to reversing male dominance in public sector leadership roles, governments are making progress outside their own departments. Tasmania is the latest to
New gender equity targets encourage federal agencies to brief lady lawyers July 2, 2018 By Stephen Easton Federal From now on, Commonwealth agencies are expected to make sure they don’t give all their legal work to men. New gender equality targets ask federal
Plibersek promises to surpass Coalition on public sector gender equality March 8, 2018 By Stephen Easton Community & Social A Labor government would aim for gender equality in senior levels of the Australian Public Service by 2025. It would make sure women fill at
Confidence doesn't help women get ahead: survey call March 6, 2018 By The Mandarin News They say fortune favours the bold, but confidence does little to help Australian women get ahead in their careers, according to an economics researcher from
Uh-oh Canada ... public service musical chairs is unsustainable March 2, 2018 By Stephen Easton Features To attract and retain more millennials in the public sector, it’s not enough to reform slow, complex hiring processes and replace “archaic” technology, according to
APS diversity and gender equality awards announced November 8, 2017 By Stephen Easton News The first Australian Public Service Diversity and Gender Equality Awards were presented this morning, highlighting four examples of how individual public servants, staff networks and
Women Leaders Index: Australia strong globally, but lags behind Europe September 14, 2017 By David Donaldson News Australia ranks second among the G20 for the number of women in senior public sector roles, according to the Global Government Forum’s Women Leaders Index. At
Tom Burton: new agency brings a new model of infrastructure funding April 11, 2017 By Tom Burton Features A new infrastructure and financing agency, quietly being set up in the Prime Minister’s department, is worth paying attention to. The agency brings investment banking
Why a 'blokey' Tasmanian department got an anti-discrimination exemption March 20, 2017 By Stephen Easton Career Advice The Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment is already seeing more women join its ranks and move into senior roles as staff
Tasmania's top mandarins get together to understand unconscious bias March 9, 2017 By Stephen Easton News Efforts to avoid unconscious bias in recruitment and improve gender equality at senior level have brought together the secretaries and deputy secretaries of all Tasmanian
Overcoming the flexibility stigma in the APS March 8, 2017 By Meraiah Foley & Sue Williamson Features As UNSW Canberra researchers examining gender equality strategies currently being implemented in the Australian Public Service, we were recently asked, “When will flexible work stop
