Premium Columnists Appointment of new chief watchdog is vital for good government Editors' Picks The audit office truly is the best friend of good government. The last thing any government needs is a patsy.
Premium Interviews We must keep an open mind on making necessary changes, says Deloitte CEO February 1, 2024 By Tom Ravlic Editors' Picks Deloitte chief executive officer Adam Powick says he has identified several key issues within professional services that need further reflection.
Premium Insights and analysis How do you solve a problem like rural healthcare in NSW? February 1, 2024 By Dan Holmes Editors' Picks Australia’s sparse population has made delivering the same health services in the rural areas as in the cities all but impossible, still.
Premium Columnists Inclusive design is not what you think — it’s the able-bodied who tag along February 1, 2024 By Zoë Rose Editors' Picks Disability has been the driver behind an inexhaustible number of inventions and improvements, and it’s able people who are the included.
Premium Insights and analysis UK civil service is a masterclass in service delivery January 31, 2024 By Helena Cain Community & Social Helena Cain recently took her own user journey through the UK bureaucracy. Here she rates the trip and the service delivery she experienced.
Premium Insights and analysis Auditing the auditor-general: Grant Hehir’s greatest hits January 30, 2024 By Tom Ravlic Economy & Industry Outgoing auditor-general Grant Hehir has had a notable run shining a light on government administration without fear or favour.
Premium Insights and analysis The ICJ’s provisional orders provide lessons about the Genocide Convention for Australia January 30, 2024 By Binoy Kampmark Editors' Picks The Albanese government walks the diplomatic tightrope on genocide but the ICJ says it’s an active matter for all states.
Premium Insights and analysis What benefit will private companies get from climate reporting? January 29, 2024 By Tom Ravlic Economy & Industry Treasury says several benefits to climate reporting are difficult to quantify but a reduction in the cost of capital is among them.
Premium Case studies Iain Cameron: Reshaping road safety policy and saving lives January 29, 2024 By Melissa Coade Editors' Picks Australia’s many roads and fewer taxpayers means targeting deliberate lawbreakers to effect change, says the traffic safety mandarin.
Premium Case studies Whodunnit? Australia joins the geopolitical name-and-shame cyber games January 25, 2024 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology The real value of the new sanctions is that they draw a line in the sand over cyber shakedowns and extortion.
Premium Insights and analysis The PwC effect: What becomes of consultancies in 2024? January 24, 2024 By Tom Ravlic Economy & Industry The Mandarin asks experts what might happen to consultancies and other organisations that work with government in 2024.
Premium Interviews Collaboration and elevating the potency of ‘peer teams’ in the APS January 24, 2024 By Melissa Coade Federal Marianne Broadbent says public service teams often forget the power of building collaborative muscle, leaving group responses in crisis weaker and less effective.
Premium Insights and analysis Difficult horizons for Australia’s first anti-slavery commissioner January 22, 2024 By Binoy Kampmark Editors' Picks Australia’s first anti-slavery commissioner will need to do more than tinker with the available machinery that has not resulted in meaningful change.
Premium Insights and analysis A year after the PwC scandal broke, what have we learned? January 22, 2024 By Tom Ravlic Economy & Industry The only way to deal with poor corporate behaviour is to ensure adequate checks and balances, with sufficient penalties as a deterrent.
Premium Interviews Danielle Wood on expanding productivity expertise and cycles of influence January 22, 2024 By Melissa Coade Editors' Picks Sometimes hard work and a bit of serendipity push careers to full circle. Danielle Wood’s return to the PC as chair is one such story.