Resources

 

Index

A

Ability to work publications, 70

Aboriginal Australians, see Indigenous Australians

absences, unplanned, 67

accommodation, 94–5

accountability and management, 83–96, 104

accounting professionals, 67

accreditation as registered training organisation, 50

ACT Government, 68

Acting Deputy Public Service Commissioner, 48

Adelaide, see South Australia

administrative arrangement changes, 19, 26

administrative tribunal decisions, 87

advertising and market research, 176

advice and support to Minister, Executive and agency heads (Output 1.1), 16–23, 122

Adviceline enquiries, 16, 22

Adviser to Merit Protection Commissioner, 85

agencies

agency heads, 37, 76

Agency health publication, 77

Agency health seminar, 47–8

Alice Springs, 59, 63

ANAO, see Australian National Audit Office

ANZSOG, 52, 53–4, 63

appropriation funding, 91, 92

APS 1-6 programmes, 45, 47

APS 1-6 staff, Commission, 87, 179–80

APS 5-6 programmes, 47–8

APS 6 programmes, 54

APS Code of Conduct, 51, 86–7 see also breaches of APS Code of Conduct

APS employment and capability strategy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees, 58–9

APS Employment Database (APSED), 72–3

APS Employment Database Internet Interface (APSEDII), 72–3

APS Indigenous career ambassadors, 65

APS induction, 44–6, 95

APS Management Advisory Committee, see Management Advisory Committee

APS National Indigenous Employees conference, 59, 60–1, 64, 65

APS policy and employment services (Output group 1), 15–34, 122

APS statistical bulletin, 73

APS Values, 51, 86–7

APSjobs, 23, 25, 66, 68, 95

Asia–Pacific region, 30–3 see also Pacific

asset management, 93

attendance, 67

Attorney-General's Department, 19, 22

Audit Committee, 85, 86

Auditor-General, 79, 87

audits, 86

AusAID, 29, 31, 33, 63

AusTender, 93

Australia and New Zealand School of Government, 52, 53–4, 63

Australia Day awards, 95

Australia under construction paper, 54

Australian Bureau of Statistics, 79, 108, 110

Australian Capital Territory Government, 68

Australian citizenship, 21–2

Australian Crime Commission, 63

Australian Customs Service, 108, 110, 112

Australian Electoral Commission, 27

Australian Federal Police, 113, 114

Australian Government employment bargaining framework, 21, 27–8

Australian Government Information Management Office, 68

Australian Human Resources Institute, 42

Australian National Audit Office, 85, 93

Australian National University, 39, 52, 54

Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, 26

Australian Public Service Commission Collective Agreement 2006–2009, 90

Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service, 67, 110, 112

Australian Securities and Investments Commission, 110

Australian Taxation Office, 27, 66, 79

Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs), 21

average staffing level, 122

awards, 95

B

Bangladesh, 32

bargaining framework, 21, 27

Better, faster, 67

better practice and evaluation (Output group 3), 57–80, 91, 122

Better Practice Group, 10, 11

better practice (Output 3.2), 66–71, 122

Bhutan, 32

breaches of APS Code of Conduct, 28–9

briefs and briefings, 16, 17, 19

Brisbane, 41

budget outlook, 92

Building better governance, 77–8

bulk recruitment, 62, 65

bullying, 118–19

C

cadets, 59, 62, 65

Callinan inquiry, 28

Canada, 32, 53

Canberra, 12, 104

Canberra coaching week, 48

capacity building, Pacific region, 30–1, 33

CAPAM, 32, 43

Career Development Assessment Centre, 36, 44

Career Management workshops, 62, 63

Career Transition and Support Centre, 29, 91, 92

careers fairs and expos, 68

Caretaker conventions seminars, 41

CeBit expo, 68

Centrelink, 43, 79

Certificate IV in Government, 50

Changing behaviour publication, 77, 78–9

Changing behaviour seminar, 47

Check-up, 80

chief executive officer, see Public Service Commissioner

Chief Financial Officer, 85

Child Support Agency, 110

China, 32

circulars, 23

citizenship-centred service delivery, 80

Citizenship in the Australian Public Service, 21–2

coaching services programmes, 48

Code of Conduct, 51, 86–7 see also breaches of APS Code of Conduct

collective agreements, 27–8

Comcare National Customer Seminar Series, 74

Comcover Risk Management Benchmarking Survey, 86

Commander Communications (Volante) Pty Ltd, 6–7, 94

Commission Management Committee, 85, 89

Commissioner of Taxation, 79

Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management (CAPAM), 32, 43

Commonwealth Disability Strategy report, 168–9

Commonwealth Management Forum, 66

Commonwealth Managers Forum, 69

Commonwealth Secretariat, 30

communication skills courses, 48, 63

communications, Commission, 94

COMNET, 69

complainants guidelines, 20

complaints by former employees, 105, 106, 111

conferences, 54

Connect Government Series, 66

Connected to whom seminar, 69

consultancy contracts, Commission, 93

consultancy services, 45, 48–9

consultations, 172

Contemporary Challenges seminar mini-series, 47–8

Contemporary Government Challenges publication series, 75, 77–9

contracts, see purchasing

corporate committees, 85–6

corporate governance framework, 84–7

Corporate Group, 10, 11, 85, 95

corporate learning and development, 88–9, 169

Corporate Management Forum, 69

Corporate plan 2007–08, 84

correspondence, 16

Cotton, Dr Peter, 69

court decisions, 87

Cracking the code, 67

Crawford School of Economics and Government, 52

D

de Brouwer, Dr Gordon, 40

Defence Materiel Organisation, 67

delegations of powers to outsiders, 27

delegations (visitors), see overseas delegation visits

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, 28

Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, 19

Department of Climate Change, 19, 40

Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, 19

Department of Defence, 27, 40

Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR), 19, 63, 65–6

Department of Education, Science and Technology, 19

Department of Education, Science and Training, 110

Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, 19, 110

Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, 110, 112

Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, 60

Department of Finance and Administration, 41

Department of Finance and Deregulation, 19, 53, 79

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 30, 31

Department of Health and Ageing, 48, 63, 79

Department of Immigration and Citizenship, 22, 27, 79

Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, 107, 108

Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources, 19

Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, 19

Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism, 19

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, 21, 27, 63, 79

Department of the Senate, 43

Department of the Treasury, 31, 40, 53

Department of Transport and Regional Services, 110

Department of Veterans' Affairs, 110

departmental Secretaries, see Secretaries

departments, abolition and creation of, 19, 26

Deputy Public Service Commissioner, 23, 26, 84

Deputy Secretaries Group meetings, 74, 75

development programmes (Output group 2), 35–55, 91–2, 122

Diploma of Government, 50

disability, people with, 70, 96, 168–9, 180

discretionary grants, 94

diversity, see workplace diversity

documents maintained, 173–4

Drawing Together Competition, 95, 176

E

Ecologically Sustainable Development, 177

EL update series, 47

email requests to Employment Policy Adviceline, 22

employee survey, 74, 75–6

employees, see people management

employment conditions, 19

Employment Policy Adviceline, 16, 22

employment services (Output 1.2), 23–9, 91, 122

energy management, 177

engagements, see recruitment

English not first language, staff with, 96, 180

Ensuring leadership continuity in the Australian Public Service, 68

entry level recruitment (trainees), 59, 62, 66

environmental performance, 177

equine influenza outbreak, 28

Ernst and Young, 85, 86

ethical standards, 86–7

Evaluation Group, 10, 11, 74, 84, 85 see also research and evaluation

Executive, 23, 84, 85

Executive Agency Heads, 27

Executive Fellows Programme, 53

Executive leadership dimensions residential programme, 43

Executive Level programmes, 45, 47–8, 54, 88

Executive Level staff, Commission, 87, 88, 179–80

Executive Masters of Public Administration, 53, 63

exempt contracts, 93–4

expertise development programmes, 38–9

Export Wheat Commission, 26

external scrutiny, 87

F

fairs and expos, 68

family commitments, 70–1

Faulkner, Hon. John, 46, 47

fee-for-service functions, 24, 27, 107, 113–14

Fels, Professor Allan, 39

females, see women

finance, 91–4, 122–67

Finance jobs recruitment campaign, 67

Financial Management and Accountability (FMA) Act, 85, 86

financial statements, 123–67

foreign delegation visits, see overseas delegation visits

foreign technical assistance, 30–2

former employees, complaints by, 105, 106, 111

Fostering an attendance culture, 67

fraud control, 86

freedom of information, 19

full-time staff, 178

functions and responsibilities, 9, 10–11

G

Gallop, Hon. Dr Geoffrey, 40

Gazette, 23, 24

gender of staff, 88, 178

Germany, 32

Getting connected seminar series, 69–70

Gibbs, Ross, 39

goods and services, income from sale of, 91

Gordon, Dr Sue, 39

governance, 77–8

Governing by looking back conference, 54

Government Industry Skills Council (Government Skills Australia), 52, 54–5, 172

graduate development, 46–7

graduate recruitment, 59, 62

Grafton, Professor Quentin, 39

Group 8 cluster arrangements, 6–7, 94

Group Managers, 10, 23, 84, 95

groups, 10–11

H

Hamilton, Clive, 39

harassment, 108, 109, 118–19

Harding, Richard, 69

Hart, Virginia, 48

health and safety, 85–6, 89, 170

Health Week, 89

Henry, Dr Ken, 40, 53

HMA Blaze, 176

Hobart, see Tasmania

Hockey, Hon. Joe, 17, 41

Horizons secondment programme, 59, 63

HR Capability Programme, 66

Human resource capability development programme, 69

Human Resource Capability Programme, 66

human resource capacity building, Pacific, 30–1, 33

Human Resource Directors Forum, 68–9

human resource management, see people management

I

Implementing machinery of government changes, 26

in-house programmes, 49, 51

income sources, Commission, 91–2

Independent Selection Advisory Committees, 107, 111–12, 113, 114

India, 32

Indigenous APS Employees Networks (IAPSENs), 59, 64

Indigenous Australians, 58–66

Indigenous cadetship programme, 59, 62

Indigenous capability fund, 65

Indigenous career trek initiative, 59, 62, 63, 65, 66

Indigenous Coordination Centre managers, 60

Indigenous employment (Output 3.1), 58–66, 122

Indigenous entry level programme, 59, 62, 66

Indigenous graduate recruitment (trainee) programme, 59, 62

Indigenous liaison officer, 65

Indigenous pathways alumni, 62

Indigenous scholarship programme, 63, 65

Indonesia, 31–2

information management, 6–7, 92, 94

information services, 71–3

Information Technology Advisory Committee, 85

inquiry under section 41(1)(d), 28–9

Integrated Leadership System, 36, 43, 44

inter-agency secondments (Horizon) programme, 59, 63

internal audit programme, 85, 86

international assistance and organisations (Output 1.3), 29–33, 91, 122

see also overseas delegation visits

International Coaching Federation, 48

international forums, 30, 32, 43

international programmes, 51–3

International Women's Day, 71

internet, see online publications; websites and web services

Iraq, 32

Ireland, 32

ISACs, 107, 111–12

J

Japan, 32

John Curtin Institute of Public Policy, 69

judicial decisions, 87

L

LAFIA, 51–2

Landcare Programme evaluation, 75

Larkins, Alison, 48

Leader to leader series, 39–40

Leadership, Learning and Development Panel, 48

Leadership across borders programme, 52–3

leadership continuity, 26–7

leadership development, 36–44, 52–3

Leadership Development Network, 36, 43

Leadership dimensions programme, 63

leadership services (Output 2.1), 36–44, 122

Leading across boundaries, 37

Leading Australia's Future in Asia, 51–2

Leading productive people, 68

Learn Lead Succeed brochure, 37

learning and development products and programmes, 35–55, 91

legislation, 85, 86, 90, 170, 177

Linking leaders series, 42

Lobbying Code of Conduct, 20–1

locations, 12, 87, 179

M

MacDonald, Norma, 64

machinery of government changes, 19, 26

Malaysia, 32

male staff, 178

Management Advisory Committee (MAC), 54, 74, 75, 79–80

Managing and sustaining the APS workforce, 23

management and accountability, 83–96, 104

Management Committee (CMC), 85, 89

management practices reviews, 109

management skills/leadership consultancy programmes, 48

market research, 176

Mastering your financial environment expertise development programme, 39

Masters of Public Administration, 53, 63

maternity leave, 70–1

media guidelines, 21

Melbourne, see Victoria

Memorandum of Understanding, 104

men staff, 178

mentoring programmes for Indigenous employees, 60, 62

Merit and transparency, 18

merit-based selection of agency heads, 17–18

merit protection and other services (Output 1.4), 33–4, 122

Merit Protection Commissioner, 9, 23, 84, 104

Merit Protection Commissioner, Adviser to, 85

Mersey Campus, 26

Minister, 17, 29

advice and support, 16, 17–19

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, 28

ministerial briefings, 16, 17, 19

Ministerial conversation series, 41

ministerial correspondence responses, 16

misconduct, see breaches of APS Code of Conduct

Moran, Terry, 47

Mrdak, Mike, 38

N

NAIDOC Week, 96

national and international programmes (Output 2.3), 51–5, 122

National Archives of Australia, 19, 39, 80

National Indigenous Cadetship Project, 62, 65

National Indigenous Employees conference, 59, 60–1, 64, 65

National Indigenous Radio Service campaign, 65

National Landcare Programme evaluation, 75, 78

national office, see Canberra

National Tobacco Strategy evaluation, 75, 79

natural justice, 116, 117

new agencies, 26

New leadership horizons programme, 38

New South Wales, 94–5

New South Wales IAPSEN, 64

New Zealand, 32, 53, 76, 80

non-English speaking background staff, 96, 180

non-ongoing staff, 87, 178

North West Regional Hospital, 26

Note for file, 80

Nowra, 68

O

observer training, 44

occupational health and safety, 89, 170

Occupational Health and Safety Act 1991, 170

Occupational Health and Safety Committee, 85–6

OECD, 32

office accommodation, 94–5

Office of the Privacy Commissioner, 20

Office of the Workplace Ombudsman, 26

ongoing staff, 87, 178

online publications

operating result, 92

organisation and structure, 9–12, 84–7, 95

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), 32

outcomes, 9

outputs, 14–80

overseas born staff, 96, 180

overseas delegation visits, 30, 32–3

overseas technical assistance, 30–2

P

Pacific, 32, 43

Pacific Engagement Strategy, 31

Pacific Government Support Programme, 33

Pacific Human Resource Managers conference, 30

Pacific Regional Public Service Commissioner's Conference, 32

Pacific village online, 31

paid maternity, paternity and parental leave, 70–1

Papua New Guinea, 52

Papua New Guinea Department of Personnel Management, 31

parental leave, 70–1

Parkinson, Dr Martin, 40

parliamentary committees, leadership development programmes on, 39, 41

part-time staff, 88, 178

paternity leave, 70–1

Pathways programme, 62

pay, see remuneration

people management, 68–71

people management, Commission, 87–91, 95–6, 168–70, 178–80

people with disability, 70, 96, 168–9, 180

performance bonuses, 90

performance framework, Commission, 84

performance management and assessment

performance review, 14–80, 104–19

Perth, see Western Australia

policy and advice services, 33

policy and employment services (Output group 1), 15–34, 122

Policy for SES expertise development programme, 39

Policy Group, 10, 11, 23, 84

policy programmes, 48

Portfolio Budget statements, 104–5

portfolio membership, 9

powers, 171–2

Preparing to appear before parliamentary committee expertise development programme, 39

presentations and speeches, 19–20

price of outputs, 122

primary reviews, 105, 106, 108–11

Prime Minister, 41

privacy, 19

Privacy Commissioner, 20

Private Health Insurance Ombudsman, 26, 27

procedural fairness, 116–17

procurement, see purchasing

Productivity Commission, 70–1

programme delivery (Output 2.2), 44–51, 122

programme management programmes, 38, 48

Programmes Group, 10, 11, 85

project management programmes, 48

promote better practice (Output 3.2), 66–71, 122

Promotion Review Committees, 105, 106, 107–8

Proust, Elizabeth, 40

Public calling promotional campaign, 64–5

public information and awareness initiatives guidelines, 21

public interest whistleblowers, 28, 29

Public Sector Industry Advisory Committee, 54–5

Public Sector Management Programme, 52, 54, 63

Public Sector Management Programme Board of Management, 172

public sector reform, 30–2, 95

Public Sector Training Package, 50, 54–5

Public Service Act 1999, 9

Public Service Commissioner, 9, 23, 26, 84

Public Service Commissioners' Conference (PSCC), 80

Public Service Gazette, 23, 24

Public Service Regulations, 103, 105

publications, see reports and publications

purchasing, Commission, 6–7, 93–4

purchasing programmes presented, 48

Q

quantity and quality measures

Queensland, 41

question time briefs, 16, 17

R

Rebuilding the Federation seminar, 70

Reconciliation action plan 2007–2010, 95, 96

recordkeeping, 39, 79–80

recruitment, 66–8, 92

recruitment, Commission, 88

redeployment, reduction and retrenchment, 27, 28, 29

re-engagement requests and approvals, 24

regional networks, 69

regional offices, 12, 95

Regional Services Group, 10, 11, 85, 104

registered training organisation, 50

Regulatory environment expertise development programme, 39

Regulatory practice for SES expertise development programme, 39

Remaining ahead of the game workshops, 67

remuneration, 27–8

reports and publications, 11

requests for briefings, 16

research and evaluation, 73–80

research and evaluation (Output 3.4), 73–80, 122

responses to correspondence, 16

retirements with incentives, SES, 26

reviews, 33, 105–11

risk management, 86

Rudd, Hon. Kevin, 41

Russell, Greg, 40

Ryde, Robin, 39

S

safety, 85–6, 170

salaries, see remuneration

sale of goods and services, 91

Samoa, 52

sanctions for breaches of APS Code of Conduct, 109, 115, 117–18

satisfaction

scholarships, 63, 65

secondary reviews, 105, 106, 110, 111, 116

secondment programme (Horizons), 59, 63

Secretaries, 37, 68, 79

security, 95

selection processes

seminars and forums, 44–9, 51

Senior Executive Leadership Capability Framework

Shapes strategic thinking capability, 40

separations, 84

SES, 76

SES adviser, 23

SES Band 1, 38

SES Band 2, 37, 44, 53

SES Band 3, 38, 44, 53

SES breakfast seminar series, 39, 40

SES Human Resource Roundtable, 68–9

SES notes, 20

SES orientation programme, 44, 45, 46

SES snapshots, 40–1

SES updates, 40

sex of staff, 88, 178

Shergold, Dr Peter, 42, 53

Sir John Bunting Chair of Public Administration, 54

skill shortages, 67

South Australia, 104

South Pacific, see Pacific

speeches and presentations, 19–20

staff, see employee survey; people management

State of the Service 2006–-7: at a glance, 76

State of the Service employee survey results 2006–07, 76

State of the Service Report, 73–7

statistical/information services (Output 3.3), 71–3, 122

statutory office holders, Commission, 9, 90

statutory office holders, merit-based selection of, 17–18

Strategic communications programmes, 39, 41

Strongim Gavman programme, 31

Structured Training and Employment Programme (STEP), 65–6

Study Encouragement Scheme, 89

submissions made, 70–1

succession management, 68

surveys, 74, 75–7

Sydney, see New South Wales

T

't Hart, Professor Paul, 39

Tackling wicked problems, 77, 78

Tasmania, 63, 96

A taste of Government seminar, 46–7

technical assistance overseas, 30–2

telephone services, 94

tenders, see purchasing

Thailand, 32, 43

timeliness

Tobacco Strategy evaluation, 75, 79

Torres Strait Islanders, see Indigenous Australians

Townsville, 42

trainees, see entry level recruitment

training and development, see learning and development products and programmes

Transforming leadership programme, 38

Treasury, 31, 40, 53

tribunal decisions, 87

U

unauthorised release of information case study, 117–18

United Kingdom, 32, 53

unplanned absences, 67

V

Valedictory lecture events, 42

van Onselen, Dr Peter, 42

Vanuatu, 52

Victoria, 33, 104

Victorian IAPSEN, 64

Vietnam, 32, 43

visiting officials and delegations, see overseas delegation visits

vocational education and training, 50, 54–5

Voice over Internet Protocol telephone services, 94

Volante (Commander Communications) Pty Ltd, 6–7, 94

W

Warner, Nick, 40

Watt, Dr Ian, 53

websites and web services

Western Australia, 94, 95

Westminster tradition, restoration of, 4

Wheat Export Authority, 26

whistleblowing reports, 28, 29, 33, 112–13

whole-of-government initiatives in Indigenous employment, 60–62

women, 70–1

work attachments, 30–1, 33

work experience placements, Commission, 88

Work Shorts, 94

workforce planning, 87–8

workplace agreements, 27–8

Workplace Authority, 26

workplace culture, 86–7

workplace diversity, 58–66, 70–1

workplace health and safety, 85–6, 89, 170

workplace relations, 21, 27–8

Workplace Relations Committee, 85

workshops, see seminars and forums

writing skills programmes, 48

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