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Fostering talent that is hiding in plain sight

The Australian Public Service in 2023 is faced with an extraordinary opportunity to reset its contribution to supporting the government of Australia and all Australians. Four events occurring almost simultaneously have led to this. Firstly, the election of a new Labor government promising to reduce spending and dependency on external consultants.…

InnovationAus

We are fumbling Australia’s digital sovereignty

Our government isn’t delivering the digital capabilities that Australia needs to meet the challenges and opportunities of the digital age. In August 2023, the ATO’s troubled Modernising Business Registers (MBR) program was axed after taxpayers were asked for an additional $2.3 billion in funding. That kind of budget for a…

InnovationAus

Hampshire villagers bring street’s apostrophe catastrophe to a full stop

St Mary’s Terrace in Twyford has regained its lost punctuation after a row that even drew in local author Jane Austen

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Govt to deploy Microsoft AI across the Public Service

Australia will be one of the first countries in the world to deploy generative artificial intelligence across a national public service, with the Prime Minister announcing a partnership with Microsoft on Thursday. The government will conduct a six-month trial of Microsoft 365 Copilot, with the generative AI assistant to help…

InnovationAus

APVMA cultural review uncovered (no, not that one)

Bursting the bureaucracy's bubble.

The Canberra Times

New Act urgently needed to fix APS digital recordkeeping

Record keeping professionals deplore the state of the Australian Public Services’ over-retention of digital records and call for urgent reform to bolster the National Archives of Australia’s record keeping regulatory role. The Records and Information Management Practitioners Alliance (RIMPA) has sent a letter to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese describing the…

InnovationAus

Public servants are putting their 'frank and fearless' advice on post-it notes: Metcalfe

Mr Metcalfe said FOI laws mean APS advice is more accessible to the public.

The Canberra Times

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Sport broadcasts and gambling ads can't be treated as inseparable

Most young fans must think that it is part of the game.

Newcastle Herald

‘Why would you find me attractive?’: the body disorder that needs more attention

Celebrity culture, the ‘Zoom effect’ and unrealistic beauty standards have contributed to the rise of the poorly understood dysmorphic condition

The Guardian - AU

India's demand for electricity for ACs to exceed total power consumption of Africa: IEA

“India’s demand for electricity for running household air-conditioners is estimated to expand nine-fold by 2050 and will exceed total power consumption in the whole of Africa today,” the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on October 24.

The Hindu

'Well above the norm': More Code of Conduct investigations than previously thought

Altogether there are around two dozen formal investigations underway.

The Canberra Times

Dept of Agriculture staff to vote on striking for better pay

Members will consider striking for 24 hours, and banning overtime.

The Canberra Times

Who is Mike Pezzullo and how did he end up here?

'Undone by a mobile phone' - the steps and side steps of an 'untouchable' public servant.

The Canberra Times

Athlete Bianca Williams cries as she recounts moment police handcuffed her

Bianca Williams became tearful at a disciplinary hearing in London where five Metropolitan Police officers could be sacked if misconduct is proven.

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Finalists unveiled: Paul Shetler Disrupter of the Year 2023

A global leader in brain-computer neural interfaces, an electric airplane manufacturer, and a data trust by design expert are our three finalists for the 2023 Paul Shetler Disrupter of the Year category of the 2023 InnovationAus Awards for Excellence. It is a huge pleasure to announce these finalists in a…

The Canberra Times

Pezzullo story points to serious systemic problems in APS

What does being impartial really mean? And what should it look like?

The Conversation

Pezzullo story points to serious systemic problems in the Australian Public Service

The revelations in the Nine newspapers that Mike Pezzullo, secretary of the powerful Home Affairs department, shared with Liberal Party powerbroker Scott Briggs are certainly extraordinary. But, just like the revelations about Robodebt from the royal commission, they must not be treated as an isolated case but as evidence of…

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Mike Pezzullo and the trashing of the Australian Public Service

While Home Affairs has been involved in scandal after scandal, it turns out its secretary Mike Pezzullo was busy playing political games with party powerbrokers.

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The Independent UK

Black athletes detained in unnecessarily ‘aggressive’ police stop, hearing told

The case against five Met Police officers was outlined during a misconduct hearing.

Crikey

‘Continuing dysfunction and poor culture’: mental health body found most unwell

A review of the National Mental Health Commission paints a bleak picture, with staff reporting ‘anxiety, depression or suicidal ideation’.

The Canberra Times

CPSU split on APS-wide pay bargaining, as some members call for more aggressive approach

Section of union pushes to reject 11.2 per cent offer.

USA Today Sports Media Group

HS football coach in Georgia punches player, gets arrested for battery

The coach was removed from the sidelines and taken into custody by an APS police officer.

Evening Standard

Search for volunteers to face eight hours of midge bites

Ten volunteers will be paid £100 for midge repellent testing by APS Biocontrol

Chicago Sun-Times

Citi VP, wealth adviser in Chicago accused of steering older clients into money-losing film projects

Helen Grace Caldwell also made horror films — and, the Cook County public guardian’s office says in a lawsuit, solicited older bank clients to put money into her side movie projects.

Chicago Sun-Times

How Illinois’ safety net to protect the elderly from financial exploitation is falling short

Paul Borik, 91, who worked as a Chicago Park District horticulturalist at the Garfield Park Conservatory, is among those the state’s safety net increasingly is failing to protect, an Injustice Watch investigation has found.

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