Integrity is where good leadership begins Career Advice Integrity is difficult to define, but the lack of it is a serious failing that disqualifies a person from leadership.
APS graduates end one journey and start a new one: Patrick Gorman’s speech December 11, 2023 By Patrick Gorman Career Advice Here is Patrick Gorman’s address to the 2023 graduate class of the APS Academy Graduate Development Program.
Premium Columnists Annual migration of politicians heralds the Christmas season December 8, 2023 By Verona Burgess Editors' Picks The unseemly stampede of politicians fleeing Canberra rivals the annual mass migration of African animals but without the grace and beauty.
Movers & Shakers: SES promos, chief veterinary officer, Qld complaints wrangler December 8, 2023 By The Mandarin Movers & Shakers Queensland complaints clearing house to be led by former District Court judge, new tax commissioner, Board refresh at MSQ, and more.
Chief mandarin’s direction to APS: Learn to follow community December 7, 2023 By Melissa Coade Editors' Picks Glyn Davis requires the APS and political masters to shake free of the compulsion to take the lead in coming up with solutions.
Premium Insights and analysis ‘What works’ is what matters in delivering services to citizens: Glyn Davis outlines hybrid government era December 6, 2023 By Melissa Coade Editors' Picks Welcome to the public sector era. Where the citizen-centric, place-based paradigm reign and policymakers learn to follow rather than lead.
DEWR contact centre staff call out poor conditions December 6, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Community & Social The CPSU has aired Department Employment and Workplace Relations’ staff accusations of micromanagement and shift sweating.
Public service leaders face scrutiny after latest census findings December 5, 2023 By Melissa Coade Culture The 2023 APS census results are in, with a renewed focus on how the next generation of SES is tracking.
Shortchanged tax staff could do a number on APS pay deal December 4, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Federal ATO prepares to seek Fair Work determination despite the CPSU’s agreement to the APS wage deal. Numbers are still well short for Tax staff.
State of the Service? Yet again, tech and digital top APS declared critical skills shortages November 30, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Career Advice It’s crisis-as-usual on the APS IT recruitment front. The (not) good news is a data nerd shortfall is breathing down the neck of developers.
APS headcount grows in 2023, full-time employees make up 80%+ of the workforce November 29, 2023 By Melissa Coade Federal The 2023 State of the Service report shows most mandarins are women aged between 45 and 54 years who work full-time.
Serious questions (and a few answers) surface over APS wage deal sign-on bonus November 28, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Careers More cash, strange silence. It turns out superannuation actually is payable on the APSC’s sign-on bonus. So what gives? Did someone screw up?
‘Full restoration’: A-G names appointees to lead Australia’s privacy and FOI regimes November 28, 2023 By Melissa Coade Culture Dreyfus: standalone commissioner roles mark a serious commitment by Labor to FOI and privacy, data protection, AI policy and governance.
Pezzullo sacked at dawn with immediate effect and no golden ‘chute November 27, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Federal Home Affairs secretary Mike Pezzullo has been let go over Code of Conduct breaches; it follows recent rule changes to prevent big payouts.
Albo removes golden parachute from ejector seat for APS bad bureaucrats November 25, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Community & Social Secretaries stripped of big sacking payouts if corrupt, tainted. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $700,000. Go straight to jail.
