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Inaugural Commonwealth EPA boss appointed

Inaugural Commonwealth EPA boss appointed

The federal government has named John Bradley as the first head of the National Environmental Protection Authority (EPA). Launching July 1, the EPA will be an independent environmental regulator at the Commonwealth level. Environment and Water Murray Watt said Bradley’s experience made him ideal to set up the new agency.
Auditor warns DPS to improve its cybersecurity

Auditor warns DPS to improve its cybersecurity

The Department of Parliamentary Services has been told to lift its game and improve its compliance with cybersecurity guidance, a report from the Australian National Audit Office reveals. An ANAO performance audit on DPS cybersecurity systems found that the department, with 4,817 users, fell short of expectations. The review said
Dancing with disruption: How change happens in practice

Dancing with disruption: How change happens in practice

COVID-19 stress-tested everything — systems, institutions,  relationships, assumptions.  Many of our deepest-held beliefs about how government works were destroyed or made redundant in ways we’d never anticipated. We needed courage and candour to admit that and to step forward through the uncertainty that followed.   For me, the biggest shift was
Movers & Shakers: APSC deputy commissioner departs

Movers & Shakers: APSC deputy commissioner departs

Band 2 Felix Donovan has been promoted to first assistant secretary at the Department of Treasury. Band 1 The Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts has hired Kartika Medcraft-Smith as an assistant secretary. Samuel Beever is now an assistant secretary for policy and programs at the Department of
APS uncertain about key elements of NDIS cuts

APS uncertain about key elements of NDIS cuts

Department of Health officials were unable to provide key details about the government’s proposed changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) at an inquiry this week. Amendments before parliament seek to reduce long-term costs by allocating funding based on “functional capacity” rather than diagnoses. This would act as a

Inaugural Commonwealth EPA boss appointed

Inaugural Commonwealth EPA boss appointed
The federal government has named John Bradley as the first head of the National Environmental Protection Authority (EPA). Launching July 1, the EPA will be an independent environmental regulator at the Commonwealth level. Environment and Water Murray Watt said Bradley’s experience made him ideal to set up the new agency.

Auditor warns DPS to improve its cybersecurity

Auditor warns DPS to improve its cybersecurity
The Department of Parliamentary Services has been told to lift its game and improve its compliance with cybersecurity guidance, a report from the Australian National Audit Office reveals. An ANAO performance audit on DPS cybersecurity systems found that the department, with 4,817 users, fell short of expectations. The review said

Dancing with disruption: How change happens in practice

Dancing with disruption: How change happens in practice
COVID-19 stress-tested everything — systems, institutions,  relationships, assumptions.  Many of our deepest-held beliefs about how government works were destroyed or made redundant in ways we’d never anticipated. We needed courage and candour to admit that and to step forward through the uncertainty that followed.   For me, the biggest shift was

Movers & Shakers: APSC deputy commissioner departs

Movers & Shakers: APSC deputy commissioner departs
Band 2 Felix Donovan has been promoted to first assistant secretary at the Department of Treasury. Band 1 The Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts has hired Kartika Medcraft-Smith as an assistant secretary. Samuel Beever is now an assistant secretary for policy and programs at the Department of

APS uncertain about key elements of NDIS cuts

APS uncertain about key elements of NDIS cuts
Department of Health officials were unable to provide key details about the government’s proposed changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) at an inquiry this week. Amendments before parliament seek to reduce long-term costs by allocating funding based on “functional capacity” rather than diagnoses. This would act as a