Senior PM&C figure says Australia needs sophisticated and sustained solutions to crack gender inequality Community & Social Policymakers will need to work through complex structural problems as patriarchal and misogynistic attitudes gradually change: Padma Raman.
National focus on poverty ahead of federal Budget can go further December 14, 2023 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Government called on to establish a national definition of poverty if meaningful and responsive economic inclusion policy is to stack up.
Services Australia chief Rebecca Skinner apologises to staff for robodebt September 8, 2023 By Anna Macdonald Community & Social The CEO extended her regrets to current and former staff in an internal message: ‘Robodebt is a heavy burden that many of you still carry’.
Centrelink payments timeliness and accuracy pinged by auditor-general September 4, 2023 By Anna Macdonald Community & Social An ANAO report has found issues with how the timeliness of welfare payments were reported by Services Australia.
Plans and targets to end violence against women now on the table August 17, 2023 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Two new action plans offer a pathway to driving down Australia’s family, domestic and sexual violence in Australia.
Services Australia in ombud hotseat over unlawful income apportionment August 4, 2023 By Anna Macdonald Community & Social The ombud criticised Services Australia for not being informed of the issue sooner, saying the agency fell short of expectations.
Something for the stewards: Measuring what matters could power-up public service culture reset July 26, 2023 By Melissa Coade Economy & Industry The time is right for a reimagining of best practice service delivery, rather than simply conversation about improvement.
Premium Case studies Robodebt: Why a slew of oversight bodies let the APS fall foul of preserving the integrity of government July 13, 2023 By Melissa Coade Federal Catherine Holmes’ inquiry has exposed how government watchdogs failed to catch and stop the evil robodebt policy.
Support reminder for public servants working for poisoned robodebt department July 11, 2023 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Ray Griggs advises current and former staff affected by the robodebt report to speak with their manager or chat to an EAP provider.
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 royal commission savages impotent government lawyers, APSC takes next steps July 10, 2023 By Melissa Coade Community & Social A sample of the astonishing ways the APS and the people who are paid to serve our community failed us through robodebt.
Government’s ‘anti-welfare’ robodebt scheme rooted in wicked issues over frank advice July 7, 2023 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Robodebt has been described by the final royal commission report as a crude and cruel mechanism, neither fair nor legal. It is a dark day for everyone in Canberra.
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.
The robodebt timeline, month-by-month July 5, 2023 By Anna Macdonald Community & Social A non-exhaustive timeline of the robodebt scheme and the road leading up to its royal commission.
Face facts: This is how senior bureaucrats will forge better community connections March 20, 2023 By Peter Strong Community & Social Putting feet on the ground in the local community is essential. We can’t continue the centralised approach, writes Peter Strong.