Premium Interviews The art of advising a minister and other department secretary duties Federal Dr Don Russell shares his tips for those senior public servants committed to helping ministers serve the Australian people.
New training to help public servants and ministers’ offices work together Tuesday September 22, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal The Australian Public Service Commission is developing material to help public servants and ministerial offices work better together, in response to the findings of the…
Premium Insights and analysis Out in the cold: Treasury’s losing policy influence over the 20-teens prime ministers Wednesday January 15, 2020 By Paul Tilley Editors' Picks The reasons for Treasury’s waxing and waning influence on public policy are embedded in the nature of the relationship between the public service and the…
Why is there no APS college? ASIO head Duncan Lewis says public service needs its own school Wednesday September 11, 2019 By Stephen Easton Defence Retiring ASIO head Duncan Lewis says the Australian Public Service "could do better" by offering a lot more education and training to prepare its leaders,…
Public service becomes a ministerial portfolio in NSW post-election reshuffle Tuesday April 2, 2019 By Stephen Easton New South Wales New South Wales now has a Minister for the Public Service and Employee Relations following a post-election reshuffle, in which Don Harwin was allocated the…
'Oh wow.' How public servants react when the minister asks who worked for their opponent Monday December 10, 2018 By Stephen Easton News It sounds ominous -- a minister asking for a list of public servants seconded to the last minister's office before a change of government --…
Promoted Working with ministers and their offices in a time of political volatility Thursday November 8, 2018 By Sonya Sherman and Tom Burton Sponsored Ministers and their offices are facing major volatility. Empowered citizens and stakeholders want recognition of their concerns – and for governments to respond quickly with…
Fortress gov: can scholars, bureaucrats team up to breach ministerial walls? Thursday August 16, 2018 By Stephen Easton Features Policymakers need empirical research, and a lot of researchers aspire to influence public policy. There is a sense, however, that the lines of communication between…
