Editors' picks - the best selection of public sector news | The Mandarin https://www.themandarin.com.au/editors-picks/ Australia’s venue for public sector leaders Tue, 12 Dec 2023 01:05:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 https://www.themandarin.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-1.png?w=32 Editors' picks - the best selection of public sector news | The Mandarin https://www.themandarin.com.au/editors-picks/ 32 32 Integrity is where good leadership begins https://www.themandarin.com.au/236439-integrity-is-where-good-leadership-begins/ https://www.themandarin.com.au/236439-integrity-is-where-good-leadership-begins/#respond Tue, 12 Dec 2023 00:42:35 +0000 https://www.themandarin.com.au/?p=236439 Integrity is difficult to define, but the lack of it is a serious failing that disqualifies a person from leadership.

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]]> https://www.themandarin.com.au/236439-integrity-is-where-good-leadership-begins/feed/ 0 Loose lips sank a ship: Regulation for tax professionals’ confidentiality https://www.themandarin.com.au/236319-loose-lips-sank-a-ship-regulation-for-tax-professionals-confidentiality/ https://www.themandarin.com.au/236319-loose-lips-sank-a-ship-regulation-for-tax-professionals-confidentiality/#respond Mon, 11 Dec 2023 22:33:36 +0000 https://www.themandarin.com.au/?p=236319 It ought to be bewildering to any tax professional that somebody in Canberra has agreed it is necessary to further define confidentiality.

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]]> https://www.themandarin.com.au/236319-loose-lips-sank-a-ship-regulation-for-tax-professionals-confidentiality/feed/ 0 Accounting professionals react to tax agent regulation proposals https://www.themandarin.com.au/236409-accounting-professionals-react-to-tax-agent-regulation-proposals/ https://www.themandarin.com.au/236409-accounting-professionals-react-to-tax-agent-regulation-proposals/#respond Mon, 11 Dec 2023 20:33:07 +0000 https://www.themandarin.com.au/?p=236409 Professional accounting bodies have hit out at the federal government’s latest proposals aimed at tightening aspects of tax agent regulation.

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]]> https://www.themandarin.com.au/236409-accounting-professionals-react-to-tax-agent-regulation-proposals/feed/ 0 Queensland public service life post-Annastacia Palaszczuk https://www.themandarin.com.au/236402-queensland-public-service-life-post-annastacia-palaszczuk/ https://www.themandarin.com.au/236402-queensland-public-service-life-post-annastacia-palaszczuk/#respond Mon, 11 Dec 2023 20:20:58 +0000 https://www.themandarin.com.au/?p=236402 One of the biggest needs for Queensland public servants is for the new leader to restore order to the dysfunctional cabinet processes.

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]]> https://www.themandarin.com.au/236402-queensland-public-service-life-post-annastacia-palaszczuk/feed/ 0 It’s on accounting professionals to understand what’s required of them, says PwC https://www.themandarin.com.au/236325-its-on-accountants-to-understand-whats-required-of-them-says-pwc/ https://www.themandarin.com.au/236325-its-on-accountants-to-understand-whats-required-of-them-says-pwc/#respond Mon, 11 Dec 2023 19:57:14 +0000 https://www.themandarin.com.au/?p=236325 Climate change reporting expert Katelyn Bonato says boards and senior management must get familiar with the information that standards require.

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]]> https://www.themandarin.com.au/236325-its-on-accountants-to-understand-whats-required-of-them-says-pwc/feed/ 0 The case for adaptive and end-to-end policy management https://www.themandarin.com.au/236266-the-case-for-adaptive-and-end-to-end-policy-management/ https://www.themandarin.com.au/236266-the-case-for-adaptive-and-end-to-end-policy-management/#respond Mon, 11 Dec 2023 19:54:55 +0000 https://www.themandarin.com.au/?p=236266 Why should we reform how we do policy? Because the gap between policy design and delivery is a huge barrier to good public service.

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]]> https://www.themandarin.com.au/236266-the-case-for-adaptive-and-end-to-end-policy-management/feed/ 0 Forecasts warn major national policies face construction workforce and materials concerns https://www.themandarin.com.au/236376-national-policies-face-construction-workforce-materials-concerns/ https://www.themandarin.com.au/236376-national-policies-face-construction-workforce-materials-concerns/#respond Mon, 11 Dec 2023 19:33:14 +0000 https://www.themandarin.com.au/?p=236376 The federal government braces for several pain points that will either prevent major infrastructure works from firing up or blow outs costs.

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]]> https://www.themandarin.com.au/236376-national-policies-face-construction-workforce-materials-concerns/feed/ 0 RAAF Albo-One KC-30As pimped for cryptography https://www.themandarin.com.au/236385-raaf-albo-one-kc-30as-pimped-for-cryptography/ https://www.themandarin.com.au/236385-raaf-albo-one-kc-30as-pimped-for-cryptography/#respond Mon, 11 Dec 2023 19:25:28 +0000 https://www.themandarin.com.au/?p=236385 They might be flying Jet A-1 fuel bowsers, but the recycled Qantas Airbus A-330s have just become a little more luxe.

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]]> https://www.themandarin.com.au/236385-raaf-albo-one-kc-30as-pimped-for-cryptography/feed/ 0 Chalmers reveals dates for bans on government and bank cheques https://www.themandarin.com.au/236372-chalmers-reveals-dates-for-bans-on-government-and-bank-cheques/ https://www.themandarin.com.au/236372-chalmers-reveals-dates-for-bans-on-government-and-bank-cheques/#respond Mon, 11 Dec 2023 19:08:24 +0000 https://www.themandarin.com.au/?p=236372 It's crunch time for the humble bank cheque, as revenue agencies face their biggest infrastructure upheaval in 20 years.

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]]> https://www.themandarin.com.au/236372-chalmers-reveals-dates-for-bans-on-government-and-bank-cheques/feed/ 0 APS graduates end one journey and start a new one: Patrick Gorman’s speech https://www.themandarin.com.au/236357-aps-graduates-end-one-journey-and-start-a-new-one-patrick-gormans-speech/ https://www.themandarin.com.au/236357-aps-graduates-end-one-journey-and-start-a-new-one-patrick-gormans-speech/#respond Mon, 11 Dec 2023 01:45:29 +0000 https://www.themandarin.com.au/?p=236357 Here is Patrick Gorman’s address to the 2023 graduate class of the APS Academy Graduate Development Program.

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