Embrace your place in Canberra's table of ranks
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Embrace your place in Canberra's table of ranks

The'flat bureaucracy'is a myth. Let's try transparent hierarchy instead.

  • byLiam Hogan

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'I fart in my colleague's general direction'
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'I fart in my colleague's general direction'

Intentional flatulence is often cited as evidence of workplace bullying.

  • byJohn Wilson
Australia's dabble with demagoguery

Australia's dabble with demagoguery

Jack Lang:the only genuinely charismatic leader of our federation's early history.

  • byMark Thomas
Fads,cliches and jargon won't save the service

Fads,cliches and jargon won't save the service

Heather Smith proposes change for change’s sake and ignores past lessons.

  • byPaddy Gourley
Time to review public administration

Time to review public administration

A major inquiry is due urgently,but it must be thorough and wide-ranging.

  • byAndrew Podger
Are white policymakers maintaining the Indigenous gap?

Are white policymakers maintaining the Indigenous gap?

Conventional bureaucracies cannot address the needs of Aboriginal communities.

  • byJenny Stewart
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Performance information matters. If only agencies agreed

Performance information matters. If only agencies agreed

Parliamentarians and the public may seem uninterested,but these statements should be treated as priorities.

  • byRichard Mulgan
The decades-old energy plan suddenly back in vogue

The decades-old energy plan suddenly back in vogue

Today's debate mimics that sparked by Rex Connor more than 40 years ago.

  • byNorman Abjorensen
In praise of denial

In praise of denial

A gap exists between our view of ourselves and the truth of our professional behaviour.

  • byJacqueline Jago