If we want the best possible public sector, we need more leaders challenging what has always been done. Not to seek consensus ...

The past decade has seen the ANAO repeatedly point to weaknesses in record keeping, failure to comply with IT guidelines and ...

Politicians, senior bureaucrats and public service observers offer their assessment of the value The Mandarin has provided ...

Bass player looks for smaller stages, merit protection commissioner announced, Hill and AIATSIS make it official.

When it comes to what former mandarin Michael Keating says are 'analysts' and the 'policy people', he senses that capability ...

The cognitive dissonance clanged loud and clear in conflict of meshing business’ profit imperative with legislated APS values ...

Australia's definition of older people and approaches to ageing are not consistent, with policies not at war with itself but ...

The Inspector of the National Anti-Corruption Commission is to investigate the NACC's decision not to examine referrals from ...

The past 10 years started badly for the Australian government, the lowest point, of course, being robodebt, but what does the ...

What became popularly known as WA’s ‘disaster department’, ambitions to roll corporate services (for 80 out of 150 government ...

The problems started with bots writing official evidence submitted to courts by protection officers. And then there were the ...

The appeal of the initial settlement in the robodebt class action follows the release of the Australian Public Service ...