How should public servants respond if a minister asks them to do party political work? Editors' Picks Where should senior public servants and political staffers draw the line between their public duty and the expectation by some ministers for public funds to
Adaptive government? Easier said than done, Peter Shergold told April 11, 2016 By Stephen Easton Features Peter Shergold’s recent report Learning from Failure prescribes a set of administrative reforms the former mandarin calls “adaptive government” to reduce the chance of major
Statistical anomaly? Treasury's David Gruen to PM&C, not ABS September 17, 2014 By Stephen Easton News Media reports insisted Dr David Gruen would become the next chief statistician. Instead, he’s turned up in Prime Minister and Cabinet as a deputy secretary
