restructuring

The public service should provide training to new members of parliament, ministers and their staff, in the view of senior Commonwealth secretary Martin Parkinson. He also thinks his colleagues should put the spotlight on the cost of restructuring.

Recent machinery of government changes in Canberra saved almost $1 billion and didn’t disrupt service delivery, the auditor-general concludes, giving a rare look at the cost of restructuring.

A new chief executive has stamped his imprimatur on the SA Premier and Cabinet Department, sacking 11 executives and restructuring various functions.

After a controversial “spill-and-fill”, staff at the Department of Communications have resettled with minimum pain. The Mandarin discovered what made this restructure a success.