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The systemic roadblocks to improving public sector capability

The Albanese Government has made it clear that it intends to reduce public sector reliance on external consultants, with Finance and Public Service Minister Katy Gallagher recently revealing plans...

BCG govt work still growing after pandemic jump

12 December 2022 | by Brandon How

Federal government contracts with Boston Consulting Group grew by another seven per cent in the last financial year after an explosion of government work during the pandemic, thanks in...

UK in-house consultancy offers APS a path

7 November 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

A proposed in-house consulting service for the Australian Public Service looks likely to be modelled on similar hubs introduced overseas that have produced encouraging early results. Finance minister Katy...

Labor retains regional APS digital training program

18 October 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

300 data and digital training and employment opportunities will be offered in four regional cities from next year under a continuation of a Morrison-era program by the Labor government,...

Katy Gallagher on in-house consulting model for APS

14 October 2022 | by Justin Hendry

An in-house consulting unit will be established within the federal government to provide professional services to agencies, reducing the reliance on external consultants, while contractors will be used “only...

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

17 May 2022 | by Denham Sadler

The Coalition’s plan to cut more than $3 billion from the public service to pay for its election promises will lead to a jump in spending on consultants and...

Grattan on looming changes for bureaucrats in the Canberra ‘bubble’

8 April 2022 | by Michelle Grattan

With a change of government a real prospect according to the opinion polls, public servants are starting to gossip about what an Albanese administration would mean for them. For...

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

4 March 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

Labor has vowed to rebuild the Australian Public Service into a model employer that is better able to provide frank and fearless advice to Government. If elected, Labor would...

‘Utterly unacceptable’: $1b annual spend on consultants undermining APS

30 November 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

There are fresh calls to reign in the growing and “excessive” use of consultants by the public service, after evidence the Coalition government is currently on pace to spend...

Contractors have ‘hollowed out’ APS tech skills

29 November 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

A year-long review of the Australian Public Service has slammed the growing externalisation of ICT projects and skills, warning contractors are now being relied on for “core, ongoing work”...

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The systemic roadblocks to improving public sector capability

BCG govt work still growing after pandemic jump

UK in-house consultancy offers APS a path

Labor retains regional APS digital training program

Katy Gallagher on in-house consulting model for APS

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

Grattan on looming changes for bureaucrats in the Canberra ‘bubble’

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

‘Utterly unacceptable’: $1b annual spend on consultants undermining APS

Contractors have ‘hollowed out’ APS tech skills

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