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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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Conference: Be Bold Be Brave
Treaty, Self Determination and the Public Sector
Keynote address by Jill Gallagher AO, Victorian Treaty Advancement Commissioner
20 November 2019
9.30 am – 4.30 pm
Aborigines Advancement League
2 Watt St
Thornbury, Melbourne
On the Couch with Leonie Muldoon
A conversation with Ms Leonie Muldoon, Chief Executive, Department for Trade, Tourism and Investment
27 November 2019
9.30 am – 10.30 am
PwC
11/70 Franklin St
Adelaide
Leadership Learnings from the ABS
The lows, the highs and everything in between
An address from the Australian Statistician, David W. Kalisch
28 November 2019
4.30 pm – 6.15 am
Members Dining Room
Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House
18 King George Terrace
Parkes, Canberra
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Online Writing Masterclass
Deliverology Masterclass — Targeted Actions and Routines
27 November 2019
Masterclass — Targeted Actions
8.30 am – 12.30 pm
Masterclass — Routines
1.00 pm – 5.00 pm
Holding Redlich, MLC Building
Level 65, 19–29 Martin Place
Sydney
Introduction to policy work
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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”.
Budgets and Intergenerational Inequity
At 7:30 P.M., April 2, 2019, Josh Frydenberg, Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Australia, delivered his first Budget speech. He introduced the Australian Government’s budget for the 2019–2020 financial year.
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