John Fraser: did the world's governments break the business cycle? Economy & Industry The Secretary of the Treasury, John Fraser, addressed ANU’s Research School of Economics last Thursday on Australia’s business investment challenge in the school’s annual Sir Leslie
Treasury secretary makes business case for more interstate presence June 20, 2016 By Harley Dennett Economy & Industry The Commonwealth Treasury’s decision to open an office in Sydney almost a year ago has been vindicated with almost half the local staff members arriving as new blood
Keane: after years of decline, who'll rescue the public service? February 12, 2016 By Bernard Keane Features There are public service bungles, of various scales, under every government. No public administration is ever perfect, no matter the government. But the Australian public
Decentralisation: 'ideologically driven Canberra bashing' February 11, 2016 By Stephen Easton Economy & Industry Three of the federal government’s agricultural research bodies will move out of Canberra as instruments of regional development and to be closer to the industries
John Fraser: what is structural budget balance? January 29, 2016 By John Fraser Economy & Industry No budget ever satisfies everybody. The world, and Australia, are not short of people who have become budget experts. There will always be a wide
Change of PM? No big deal say Treasury, Finance bosses September 24, 2015 By Stephen Easton News The recent ministerial reshuffle on Capital Hill and the machinery of government changes it catalysed may have far reaching effects, but it’s pretty much business
Let ideas transcend jurisdiction: ACT invites widely for first territory IPAA conference September 18, 2015 By Stephen Easton Career Advice The ACT branch of the Institute for Public Administration Australia has a unique position with two very different governments from which to draw its members.
FOI, frankness & formulating policy under the cone of silence August 12, 2015 By David Donaldson Career Advice A greater range of deliberative documents should be covered by protections similar to cabinet-in-confidence classification, says former departmental secretary Andrew Metcalfe, to restore the trust
'We're not there to be popular': Treasury boss John Fraser May 18, 2015 By David Donaldson News Increased transparency from the expansion of freedom of information “has made people extremely careful in the public service about what they put on paper” thinks
John Fraser: fiscal repair, structural reform for budget February 27, 2015 By John Fraser Features Over the past two decades, I have observed the performance of the Australian economy and the debates about fiscal policy and structural reform largely from
Fraser for Treasury, tasked with 'thorough' review December 8, 2014 By Jason Whittaker News London-based finance executive John Fraser will take the reins of Treasury next month, tasked with immediately reviewing the operations of the department. Prime Minister Tony
Thawley returning for PM&C post to 'get good things done' October 31, 2014 By Tom Burton News Michael Thawley The Commonwealth’s new public sector leader has told The Mandarin he wants to “get a lot of good things done”,
Is UBS banker John Fraser the right man to lead Treasury? October 6, 2014 By Jason Whittaker News A London-based executive of a scandal-plagued financial giant is set to become the nation’s next chief economist and most powerful bureaucrat. And The Mandarin could only find