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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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Public service audit reveals $20.8b spent on external contractors and consultants in 2021-22

An audit of the Australian Public Service workforce has found that $20.8 billion was spent hiring tens of thousands of external contractors and consultants in the 2021-22 financial year, most of which saw the Liberal-National Coalition in power.

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'Mind boggling': AIATSIS executive says her staff are paid much less than other public servants

Dr Hughes said she 'laughed at' the initial pay offer for her role at AIATSIS.

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Govt in-house consultancy progressing despite UK failure

The Albanese government looks set to unveil its in-house consultancy project at the May budget, with several options being worked up for government consideration by then. It will learn the lessons from a recently scrapped UK approach, according to Finance minister Katy Gallagher. Ms Gallagher this week sought to distance…

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GovERP faces summer slowdown as SAP build enters new phase

Work on the federal government’s massive enterprise resource planning overhaul will be cut back for six weeks over the next two months, as the late-running multi-million dollar project enters the next build phase. It comes just weeks after consulting giant Ernst & Young, the delivery partner on the Services Australia-run…

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Buy Australia Plan: Govt starts by looking within

The Centre of Procurement Excellence established in 2019 has moved into a new “Future Made in Australia Office” within the Finance department, as the Albanese government looks to get its sovereign procurement plan moving by lifting the public services’ contract capabilities. The new office is part of the government’s Made…

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UK in-house consultancy offers APS a path

An employment audit of the Australian Public Service is underway, with results likely to underpin a new in-house consulting service as the new government looks to save billions on external labour. Finance minister Katy Gallagher on Monday said the new government is still working to “understand the extent” of external…

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'So many questions': concerns next stage of tram line could take longer than thought

The government has not said when the project will be completed.

The Canberra Times

Katy Gallagher on in-house consulting model for APS

An in-house consulting unit will be established within the federal government to provide professional services to agencies, reducing the reliance on external consultants and the use contractors and labour hire “only when suitable and required”. Finance and Public Service Minister Katy Gallagher revealed plans for the in-house consulting model in…

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David Thodey to lead major audit of myGov platform

A panel of experts led by former CSIRO chair David Thodey will lead a major audit of myGov promised by the federal government in the lead up to the election to deliver reliability and usability improvements for users. Former Human Rights Commissioner Edward Santow, eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant, social…

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Barr says election win would see new approach to territory-Commonwealth relations

Mr Barr said he looked forward to working closely with the federal Labor government.

The Canberra Times

Coalition to cut $3b from public sector to pay for election promises

The Coalition’s plan to cut more than $3 billion from the public service to pay for its election promises has created concerns it will lead to a jump in spending on consultants and contractors and may lead to more automation in public services. The Coalition on Tuesday morning released its…

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Labor to ‘pick up and run’ with Thodey public sector reforms

The Thodey review of the public service has been a “missed opportunity” so far, and a Labor government would “pick up and run” with its reform agenda, Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers says. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Mr Chalmers faced off at the traditional National Press Club Treasurers election debate on…

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Labor to rebuild a ‘seriously eroded’ Australian Public Service: Gallagher

Labor has vowed to rebuild the Australian Public Service into a model employer able to provide frank and fearless advice to Government. If elected, Labor would do this by removing staffing and employment condition caps and ending an “excessive reliance and waste of public funds” on consultants, contractors and labour…

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Tehan’s taskforce and the million-dollar McKinsey mystery

Trade minister Dan Tehan has declined to provide almost any detail about a lucrative consultant contract his department awarded last year, with the Opposition slamming it as part of a Coalition effort to reduce the Australian Public Service to being “merely a secretarial service to minister”. In October Austrade gave…

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EY given $14.5m to deliver ‘digital backbone’ of the APS

Services Australia has handed Ernst & Young a $14.5 million contract to help deliver its GovERP project, making the Big Four consultancy a strategic delivery partner for the project touted as the “digital backbone” of the Australian Public Service. Overdue tender documents published Friday reveal the arrangement has been in…

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