Former Health Department Secretary Andrew Podger’s new book offers an intriguing insider’s perspective of how the Australian public service has both improved and regressed in recent decades.
Australian public service
Decoding Rudd’s public service reshuffle
Governments might appoint mates and fellow travellers to authority boards, and diplomatic posts, but Public Service Secretaries are too important for that.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The role of the public service: Crikey readers respond (with lots more on our website)
Following a speech from PM’s department head Terry Moran, we asked Crikey readers to muse on the role of the Australian public servant. Muse they did …
Crikey Says: Should our public servants serve the public interest?
What is the role of our public servants? Should bureaucrats serve the public interest, or is that a task that should be left to those who have to answer to the public?
The Moran public service revolution is underway
PM&C head Terry Moran has heralded a return to more centralised Public Service as part of an effort to strengthen its capacity for high-quality advice.
Meat axe about to come down on the public service?
The “meat axe” promised in the election campaign was kept in the cupboard for last year’s budget. Has its time now come? asks Stephen Bartos.
Rudd looking for broadband experts
The Government placed ads in newspapers this weekend calling for “suitably qualified consultants” for a study to determine how the national broadband network will be built, financed and operated.
Robert Griew: from health to education
Yet another refugee from the state public service has found himself a senior position in Kevin Rudd’s Canberra bureaucracy.
Public service to become a Kevin 24/7 sweatshop
In the Public Service, when management issues a general call for voluntary redundancies, it’s pretty certain large cuts are on the way, writes Bernard Keane.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
Bush’s Iraq exit … government ad spending … Dowding on other significant September 11s … evil and seditious websites … Pakistan … The Chaser …
