Mark Cormack, a deputy secretary responsible for strategic policy and innovation who followed Bowles across to Health from the Department of Immigration and Border Protection,…

The Commonwealth's Health boss has a change program on his agenda, and it starts with reshaping smart policymaking. Martin Bowles outlines eight factors that make…

In a last minute announcement, Department of Health secretary Martin Bowles farewells chief medical officer Chris Baggoley and reflects on the importance of the role.

David Hazlehurst and Martin Bowles have launched Innovation Month, with a packed schedule of events across the country. Plus five key leadership behaviours to help…

The Department of Health secretary shows off his Machiavellian side with the tips and tricks of getting people to do what you need done. Also,…

Two years ago, the Department of Health was a reliable machine, but staff were run ragged and working to outdo each other instead of looking…

SPEECH: The enormous challenges in health policy are actually an opportunity, the Health Department boss says. He outlines the reform agenda around primary and…

Australia's chief health bureaucrat is excited by the opportunities for technology in healthcare. My Health Record "can improve treatment decisions, reduce adverse events, avoidable hospital…

NSW's crowd-pleasing act of belligerence on World AIDS Day showcased why the push to dump unhelpful bureaucratic ways is urgent — even in areas where…

SECRETARY'S MESSAGE: When Martin Bowles came to the federal Health Department he found fragmentation and disconnect across the healthcare system. Here he discusses the…

Commonwealth public servants attending last week's Innovation Month Summit were encouraged to start using a new central platform to register fresh ideas and novel solutions…

The public service needs open-minded leaders, ready to listen and brave enough to try new things, Health mandarin Martin Bowles told the 2015 Innovation Month…