Podger calls for recalibration of APS ‘reward’ system
The APS needs to ensure senior bureaucrats are rewarded for doing the right thing rather than pleasing the minister, a discussion paper says.
10 July, 2024The APS needs to ensure senior bureaucrats are rewarded for doing the right thing rather than pleasing the minister, a discussion paper says.
10 July, 2024Weaknesses that led to the robodebt debacle remain embedded in APS culture, according to a public policy expert.
4 June, 2024More than 2000 public servants have signed a letter condemning what they say is the government’s complicity in a genocide in Palestine.
3 June, 2024The Queensland Government has launched a five year plan to boost performance and integrity in the state’s public sector.
13 March, 2024The VPS is subject to creeping and pervasive politicisation, the state’s Ombudsman has found.
6 December, 2023A survey by the APSC has revealed Australia’s most and least trusted public services.
29 November, 2023The NSW transport minister has sidestepped questions about her knowledge of political activities by a public servant in her department.
7 November, 2023Climate change must be embedded into government decision-making, planning and procurement, WA’s new strategy says.
1 August, 2023Treasurer Jim Chalmers has foreshadowed plans to beef up the public service as the government slashes spending on consultants.
21 July, 2023Casual government employees forced to miss work because of COVID-19 now have access to paid leave.
17 March, 2020Long-time public servant Ken Baxter AM reflects on his career and challenges for government today.
25 January, 2020NZ is undertaking the biggest shake-up of its public service in 30 years, Jacinda Ardern told a Melbourne audience.
19 July, 2019A public sector think tank has called for the ‘Indigenisation’ of the Australian Public Service.
13 June, 2019An independent review of the public service has proposed a stronger role for the APS Commissioner as “head of people”.
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