For the most part, the Australian public service has adjusted well to the change of government, writes Stephen Bartos.
Federal bureaucracy
Tips and rumours
Apparently, the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet have asked for volunteers within its Department to take notes at the 2020 summit. That’s volunteers … i.e. unpaid work over a weekend. They are selling it as a great development/career opportunity. Fabulous! Those hoping for a night of the long knives scenario in the senior ranks […]
Was the government’s employment advocate demoted?
A significant staffing change in the government’s workplace regulation bureaucracy has passed with little fanfare. The Employment Advocate himself, Peter McIlwain, is now second in charge at the new Authority, which has a new Director – Barbara Bennett.
