Premium Insights and analysis Top mandarin who inherited robodebt department ‘deeply sorry’, cautions public servants to avoid social media discourse Community & Social DSS secretary Ray Griggs has personally apologised for the “upsetting” findings about the robodebt royal commission.
APS visionaries commit to ‘open and constructive’ approach in robodebt fallout, unleash independent investigator Stephen Sedgwick July 11, 2023 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Stephen Sedgwick will investigate which mandarins should be referred for sanctions in the wake of the robodebt final report.
Robodebt has stained the reputation of the public service but its eventual reckoning shows a system capable of countering itself July 7, 2023 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Public servants at Victoria Legal Aid, along with some internal whistleblowers helped to eventually unravel the wicked robodebt scheme.
Robodebt adverse findings primed to trigger APS sackings, stripping of medals and contracting bans July 7, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Community & Social There are plenty of real consequences available for those who advanced robodebt. The APS’s stomach for systemic change is the real question.
Premium Insights and analysis Recovering from robodebt’s moral shame and political blame will be a long road July 6, 2023 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Robodebt has become the modern-day moniker for government policy failure and maladministration. It hangs around like a foul stench.
Premium Insights and analysis Robodebt: Can the APS value of stewardship help reform the rot that saw a social welfare program go to the dogs? July 6, 2023 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Gordon de Brouwer has to clean up all the things that the robodebt royal commission has shown must change in the public service.
Newcastle the next regional port of call for APS academy as government looks beyond the Canberra bubble for talent July 6, 2023 By Melissa Coade Federal The federal government wants to tap into the local talent of the Hunter region, with the opening of a Newcastle-based APS academy.
National Anti-Corruption Commission chief tries to explain ‘serious corruption’ to APS, promises probe results with 12 month window July 4, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Culture Paul Brereton cautions the APS that even if something isn’t criminal, it can still be corrupt. Corruption-risk-hunting is the NACC’s priority.
Christmas in July comes with the gift of Australia’s own anti-corruption watchdog June 30, 2023 By Melissa Coade Federal Mark Dreyfus says it’s time to restore integrity and accountability in Australian institutions, with the NACC starting in July.
Premium Insights and analysis Secretary wanted: APS casts net wide in hunt to replace Metcalfe, EOIs open to the public June 29, 2023 By Melissa Coade Federal The new vanguard of APS secretaries shows the public service is being very intentional in creating a more diverse talent pool.
Four-day work week officially hits APS bargaining table June 20, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Career Matters A four-day work week that chalks up 37.5 hours between 7am and 7pm for public servants is the latest proposal being thrashed out.
How clean is your conscience? Gordon de Brouwer wants honour and pride in the APS to be hallmarks of his era as commissioner June 19, 2023 By Melissa Coade Career Matters Gordon de Brouwer reminds some of the country’s most powerful mandarins they are legally bound to abide by prescribed public service values.
Premium Columnists Refer Public Service Act amendment bill to a senate committee June 19, 2023 By Andrew Podger Career Matters Thodey’s central reforms are missing from the PS Act amendments bill. Perhaps Katy Gallagher or Patrick Gorman could clarify why?
Career clarity took time for mastermind of APS-wide workforce strategy June 14, 2023 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Grant Lovelock PSM has been recognised for outstanding public service but he very nearly became an optometrist instead.
Australia’s worst paid public servants get a 5.75% pay bump to $25.64 per hour June 14, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Federal Paid as little as $24.25 per hour, the wage for the lowest APS rung will soon increase to $25.64, on the Annual Wage Review.