Ten government reports that got our attention in 2023 Editors' Picks Here are the white papers, analyses, frameworks and reviews that cut to the heart of public servants’ operations and expectations.
Premium Columnists Former mandarins lay down the law on public sector board appointments September 1, 2023 By Verona Burgess Editors' Picks Fancy a gig on a federal government board? Good money (sometimes), excellent prestige and nice work if you can get it.
Premium Columnists Our understaffed, poorly led aged care regulator has major problems July 25, 2023 By Bernard Keane Community & Social The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission is badly understaffed, has a problematic workplace culture, poor leadership and isn’t trusted by either aged care users or providers, a review finds.
Former Finance sec to lead review into aged care commission October 17, 2022 By Anna Macdonald Federal David Tune has already led a legislative review of aged care, a review of the NDIS, and a review of the National Archives of Australia.
Australia’s archivist says keeping nation’s official memories intact is no mean feat September 16, 2022 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Budget and staffing constraints and growing public demand for the institution’s services mean processing blowouts at the National Archives of Australia.
Government responds to review of National Archives August 20, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology The government has fully agreed to 14 of the 20 recommendations made by the Tune Review of the National Archives of Australia.
National Archives faces backlog of 20,000 access requests July 26, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Federal The National Archives has revealed that more than half of the 20,178 applications were submitted between five and ten years ago.
National Archives receives $67.7m to preserve at-risk records July 1, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology The funding will be used to preserve the NAA’s at-risk collection over an ‘accelerated four-year digitisation program’.
Premium The Briefing The Briefing: Conflicts of interest claims and ‘independent assessments’ dog NDIS reform March 31, 2021 By Chris Woods Editors' Picks Plans for NDIS independent assessments face allegations of conflicts of interest and exclusion of people with certain brain inquiries.
National Archives ‘struggled to fulfil its mandate’ March 15, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology A major review of the National Archives of Australia has highlighted a range of “substantial” problems, including the deterioration of documents, a growing backlog of access requests, and a lack of resourcing.
The plan says ‘no’ — ex-Finance secretary releases NDIS review findings, points to inflexibility as a big weakness to participant experience January 20, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Former Department of Finance secretary David Tune has released his review findings into the National Disability Insurance Scheme. In a new report, Tune noted that while the NDIS has improved the social and economic outcomes for many people, the implementation process “has not been smooth” and the pressure of rolling the scheme out nationwide in […]
National Archives budget at ‘breaking point’ as agency looks to David Tune for relief November 6, 2019 By Stephen Easton Communications & Technology The federal opposition says the National Archives lacks the resources to lead major reforms to information management practices in the Australian Public Service due to years of budget cuts, as the agency awaits the outcomes of a looming functional and efficiency review.
Former Finance secretary to review NDIS August 12, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Former Department of Finance secretary David Tune will review the National Disability Insurance Scheme in an effort to reduce wait times for participants. NDIS Minister
The Centre for Strategy and Governance shares its views (succinctly and politely) on the APS Review April 24, 2019 By Verona Burgess Features What do former mandarins think about the Australian Public Service Review so far? Quite a lot, and not all of it is flattering.
Thousands of senior officials swept into expenses review August 3, 2015 By Harley Dennett News Bronwyn Bishop may have the last laugh at the expense of senior public servants she once terrorised over use of taxpayer’s money. The entitlements review announced on the weekend will look at bringing statutory officials into the same system with independent oversight of their travel and personal expenses.
