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,…

Prime Minister Scott Morrison brought department heads out in front of the media cameras on Thursday and told them not to get in the way…

One of the more interesting ideas that emerged from the Australian Public Service Review this week was a move towards “common pay”, but as excitement…

Former Westpac chief executive and Hawke-era Treasury deputy secretary David Morgan has added his voice to those who argue the Australian Public Service needs leaders…

Verona Burgess looks at how two critical elections could trigger another round of politically and personally favoured musical chairs at the top of the public…

The release of secretaries' board notes from the prime ministerial spill provide an insight into what APS mandarins talk about when their ministers are falling…

As well as angering Labor, the installation of Phil Gaetjens has raised eyebrows in bureaucratic quarters.

Would a Shorten Labor government bring another night of the long knives? Verona Burgess thinks some executives could be seen as turn-coats, but wiser heads…

BREAKING: The dean of Commonwealth departmental secretaries, Department of Finance boss Jane Halton, has resigned from the public service saying she wants to give…