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Winners of the 2019 PM’s Awards for Excellence in Public Sector Management
The 2019 Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public Sector Management were announced by the Hon Ben Morton MP, Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister and Cabinet, at a ceremony held on Wednesday evening at Parliament House in Canberra.
Alexander Lau: some lessons from Singapore in building public service innovation
Mr Alexander Lau delivered an inspiring keynote address at the 2019 IPAA National Conference held in Darwin last month. Mr Lau — the Principal Design Lead with the Singapore Government’s Innovation Lab — unpacked some recent successes to innovating service delivery in the Singapore Public Service, and highlighted some of the unexpected lessons they learned from stress testing low cost prototypes before scaling up.
IPAA continues tradition of advancing public administration practice through support of Insight Hack
IPAA is partnering with the South Australian Public Sector Innovation Lab and Mindhive to provide public servants with the opportunity to tackle complex policy issues in a secure, curated environment for Insight Hack 2019.
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Address to the Australian Public Service
An address by Philip Gaetjens, Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet
5 December 2019
5.30 pm – 7.00 pm
Gandel Hall
National Gallery of Australia
Parkes, Canberra
2019 Spann Oration
An oration by David Thodey, Business Leader
5 December 2019
6.00 pm – 8.00 pm
Theatrette
New South Wales Parliament
6 Macquarie St
Sydney
2019 Irene Longman Oration
Democracy Under Threat: How Public Services Can Help Maintain Faith in Democratic Governance
An oration by Professor Peter Shergold AC
9 December 2019
6.00 pm – 8.00 pm
Level 41, 1 William St
Brisbane
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Negotiation Plus
6 December 2019
9.00 am – 12.30 pm
IPAA South Australia
Level 16, 12 Pirie St
Adelaide
Writing with Style
Understanding the Cabinet Submission Process
11 December 2019
9.00 am – 4.30 pm
IPAA South Australia
Level 16, 12 Pirie St
Adelaide
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Leadership lessons learned by Australian Statistician, David W. Kalisch
On a late Spring evening, in the old-world splendour of the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House, Mr Michael Manthorpe PSM, Deputy President and Board Member of IPAA ACT and Commonwealth Ombudsman, introduced Mr David W. Kalisch to make his final public address as the 15th Australian Statistician.
Redefining the Possible: the 2019 Williams Oration
The Williams Oration recognises the extraordinary contribution of Ms Helen Williams AC to public administration in Australia. The 2019 Williams Oration was delivered by Dr Megan Clark AC, Head of the Australian Space Agency, who took the opportunity ‘to go behind the curtain’ and share the thinking behind Australia’s first space agency which commenced operations in July 2018.
“A really most remarkable career”: Duncan Lewis AO DSC CSC
On a bright spring day in early September, Secretary of The Treasury and new IPAA ACT President Dr Stephen Kennedy thanked Duncan Lewis AO DSC CSC, the outgoing Director-General of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, for what he described as a “truly remarkable speech”.
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