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Movers & Shakers: Eminent person appointed for robodebt review
Dec 19, 2024 · Band 2. Edwina Spanos has been promoted to first assistant secretary at the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR).. Band 1. Laura Harris is now executive director of aged care policy and communication at the Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority.. The Department of Education has appointed Geoffrey Kimber as senior executive lawyer.
Remembrance Day: Nation commemorates ultimate sacrifice
RSL WA will use the occasion to call for DNA donations to try and help identify unnamed fallen soldiers from a battalion that took part in one of World War I’s most devastating battles.
NSW public transport dispute set to grind on for months
5 days ago · New South Wales commuters are set to endure months more industrial disputation over wages for the state’s public transport workers after the Minns government was pushed into folding its attempt to force the Rail, Tram & Bus Union (RTBU) to arbitration over proposed strikes immediately prior to millions returning to work and school.
Dutton’s take on public servants is just game-talk
Jan 19, 2025 · PM&C head Glyn Davis has chipped in by observing that the size of the APS as a proportion of the population is smaller than in at the end of the Howard government in 2007. As Davis noted, “there is no right answer to the appropriate scale for government.” It all depends on your ideological perspective.
Relationships with community are critical to Closing the Gap
5 days ago · Relationships based on trust. Building trusting relationships with Indigenous peoples is the cornerstone of good policy outcomes. As the assistant director-general for Indigenous education in Queensland from 2014 to 2018, I implored principals in all public schools to focus on these relationships, which ultimately helped improve outcomes.
Corrective Services NSW fined over officer's torture
Dec 20, 2024 · While one of the officers escaped with several stab wounds, the other man was tied up in the officers’ station with a skipping rope before being beaten, stabbed with a shiv and chemically burned by a hospital-grade disinfectant, Fincol.
New statutory role for Indigenous children backs ‘better outcomes’
The statutory role has now been given “executive agency” status under the Public Service Act 1999 and will officially commence on January 13, 2025.. The office is set to work with groups such as the ‘Safe and Supported’ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leadership group, other First Nations leaders, state and territory Children’s Commissioners, guardians and …
Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry chair decries 'legacy of failure'
Nov 1, 2024 · Then-opposition leader David Crisafulli withdrew support for the process after the failure of the Voice to Parliament referendum last year.. He confirmed yesterday the government would stop the process in a “respectful and decent way”. “We don’t believe embarking on that process will be one that unites the community, but we …
Manthorpe to stand up Defence and Veterans’ Service Commission
Jan 19, 2025 · Manthorpe’s appointment as an interim head of the commission showed the federal government was taking “swift action” in response to the veteran suicide royal commission final report delivered last September, a joint statement from the Defence Minister and Minister for Veterans’ Affairs said.. Richard Marles and Matt Keogh said Manthorpe’s team would work across the government to ...