Basic aged care standards will tank in Australia without more workers Community & Social The staff shortage for Australia’s aged care sector will hit home with nobody to perform at least 35,000 direct roles in 2022, according to the
Australians invited to share well wishes for Queen’s Jubilee June 2, 2022 By Melissa Coade Community & Social This year marks the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, and public servants from the Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet are collating messages from Australian citizens to
Labor cinches numbers to form majority government May 31, 2022 By Melissa Coade Community & Social The Labor party has secured enough seats in the lower house to form a majority government. Just after dinner time on Monday, a cheer went
Election 2022: Albanese goes for Coalition jugular on APS job cuts May 19, 2022 By Melissa Coade Community & Social The Labor leader has savaged the Liberals’ latest plan to slash $2.7 billion from the public service over forward estimates to pay for costly election
Next financial year will mark a new age for e-invoicing in government May 13, 2022 By Melissa Coade Economy & Industry The ATO’s Bruce Rossel has discussed the role of e-invoicing adoption across departments and agencies as part of a ‘modern digital economy’ vision for Australia.
Movers & Shakers: AGD’s new assistant secretary, water pundit joins Productivity Commission April 8, 2022 By Melissa Coade Federal The latest senior public sector appointments from across the country. Senior Executive Service Band 1 Jan Swanepoel has joined the Attorney-General’s Department as an assistant
Mungo remains and other Australian ancestors to be laid to rest at world heritage site April 7, 2022 By Melissa Coade Community & Social The environment minister has announced a burial site has been chosen in her own electorate of Farrer for ancient Aboriginal remains dating back 42,000 years.
Promoted How can we craft a better public service? April 4, 2022 By Melbourne School of Government Pandemics, natural disasters, rising inequality and threats to liberal democratic traditions are just some of the challenges that shape the operating context of contemporary public
Budget delivery reveals changes to government procurement rules March 31, 2022 By Melissa Coade Defence An update to commonwealth procurement rules will see significant initiatives, as announced by the government in this week’s federal budget. Small and medium businesses will
Premium Insights and analysis What form will a budget in another pandemic year take with an election on the horizon? March 29, 2022 By Melissa Coade Economy & Industry EY’s new Oceania chief economist, fresh from her last gig at Austrade, speaks to The Mandarin about the key portfolios that will keep public servants
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Promoted Poor customer experiences are costing governments votes, according to new research. March 16, 2022 By Qualtrics QR check-ins. Online schooling. Vaccine rollouts. The pandemic has forever changed the way residents interact with government agencies, and what they expect from them too.
Payne to co-chair ideas exchange event for women leaders of Southeast Asia March 10, 2022 By Melissa Coade Culture Australia and Indonesia’s foreign ministers will co-chair the inaugural Southeast Asia Dialogue Of Women Leaders 2022 next Friday. On 18 March a virtual event is
Premium Interviews Commissioner: Government’s got some work to do applying inclusive agenda March 8, 2022 By Melissa Coade Career Matters Intersectional diversity and multicultural issues have been big themes throughout Viv Nguyen’s working life but she was already performing public service duties through various community
