Renewed calls for changes to NSW integrity agencies’ funding model New South Wales The paper is the final report on the inquiry into the funding arrangements for five integrity bodies: the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), the Law…
Prominent judges call for parliamentary oversight committee to scrutinise COVID-19 response Thursday April 2, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal A number of distinguished judges have called for the establishment of a bi-partisan parliamentary oversight committee to hold the federal government’s coronavirus response to account…
Four NSW integrity agencies face audits and a parliamentary inquiry that covers the auditor, too Wednesday December 4, 2019 By Stephen Easton New South Wales The Audit Office of New South Wales has been asked to run the ruler over the financial arrangements and management practices of four integrity agencies,…
Archives boss looks to ‘outcomes over process’ as auditors savage ‘ineffective’ policy leadership Monday November 4, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal The entire federal public sector is supposed to be on the cusp of a new era in information management defined by interoperability, following the earlier…
Qld public service faces new oversight after black lung inquest Tuesday June 6, 2017 By Stephen Easton Case studies Queensland's public servants have been put on notice after the recent inquest into the scourge of coal workers' pneumoconiosis, AKA black lung, which recommended more…
'Yawning gaps': government corporations need new watchdog Monday August 1, 2016 By Neil Westbury Career Advice OPINION: Federal government corporations need an independent regulator, argues Neil Westbury, a former top bureaucrat who sat on the Indigenous Land Corporation board.
Inquiry puts integrity framework's shortcomings on the record Friday June 3, 2016 By Stephen Easton Career Advice The specific weaknesses of the federal integrity framework mean NSW's ICAC model, although popular, isn't necessarily the best option. Whichever the model, it's likely APS…
Why public sector corporations need an independent watchdog Monday February 22, 2016 By Stephen Easton Career Advice FEATURE: The idea that there are holes in the federal accountability landscape won't go away. Veterans of debacles say the PGPA Act, although an…
