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Changing mindsets: From wealth creation to delivering retirement incomes

Australia’s superannuation system is based upon defined contributions, largely because that avoids the main weakness of many overseas systems based...

17.03.2024 6

Pearls and Irritations

Andrew Podger

Accountability demands putting it in writing

The APS Commissioner, Gordon de Brouwer, included some surprising comments when speaking at The Mandarin’s ‘Rebuilding Trust and Integrity in the...

02.03.2024 7

Pearls and Irritations

Andrew Podger

Albanese’s proposal doesn’t fix bracket creep for low income earners

The Albanese Government’s proposed change to the Stage 3 tax cuts is clearly a broken promise; or, put another way, where was the political courage...

06.02.2024 8

Pearls and Irritations

Andrew Podger

Holding senior public servants to account

A central question the Joint Committee on Public Accountability and Audit is pursuing in its inquiry into probity and ethics in the Commonwealth...

23.12.2023 10

Pearls and Irritations

Andrew Podger

Politicalisation is a bipartisan problem: Victoria’s Labor Government joins the club

The most disappointing part of the Victorian Ombudsman’s report on alleged politicisation of the public sector is the ‘nothing to see here’...

13.12.2023 9

Pearls and Irritations

Andrew Podger

Serious reform now firmly on the agenda

The good news from Katy Gallagher’s second progress report on APS Reform presented at ANU last week is that there will be a second Public Service...

12.11.2023 6

Pearls and Irritations

Andrew Podger

Engaging with China despite rising tensions

The challenges of engagement when international tensions rise go beyond defence and security considerations. The benefits, however, are vitally...

14.10.2023 6

Pearls and Irritations

Andrew Podger

Pezzullo story points to serious systemic problems in the APS

The revelations in the Nine newspapers that Mike Pezzullo, secretary of the powerful Home Affairs department, shared with Liberal Party powerbroker...

25.09.2023 9

Pearls and Irritations

Andrew Podger

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...

25.09.2023 5

The Conversation

Andrew Podger

Overseas tension not just a matter for defence

The challenges of engagement when international tensions rise go beyond defence and security considerations. The benefits, however, are vitally...

17.09.2023 6

Canberra Times

Andrew Podger

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