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Media releases

1 May 2008
Career Transition and Support Centre - Open for business

Speeches

The following speeches/presentations have been made at Commission events or by Commission employees.

26 October 2011

Mr Mick Keelty AO APM,The Australian National University and Charles Sturt University
The Use of Social Networking in Crisis Management

20 October 2011 SES Updates series:

Thursday, 29 September 2011
Mr Andrew Metcalfe, Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship

Friday, 16 September 2011
Richard Rochefort, Vice President of Program Operations, Canada School of Public Service
Building a culture of service excellence - lessons from Service Canada for senior leaders

Wednesday, 7 September 2011
Attorney General, The Hon Robert McClelland MP

Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Carolyn Taylor, Author, Walking the talk
Building and leading a culture for success

7 July 2011
Lynelle Briggs Valedictory Speech
THE BOSS IN THE YELLOW SUIT or Leading Service Delivery Reform

14 June 2011
Mary Ann O’Loughlin, Executive Councillor & Head of Secretariat
SES Breakfast Series: Making a federal case out of it:Promoting reform in the COAG context

9 May 2011
Karin Fisher, Group Manager, Ethics, Australian Public Service Commission
Using a values based approach to develop a positive workplace culture

7 April 2011
Chris Blake, Executive General Manager, Australia Post
Contemporary approaches to nurturing talent

29 March 2011
Mr Bernard Wright, Clerk of the House of Representatives
ELLN Breakfast Series: Minority Government - six months on

10 March 2011
Mr Bernard Wright, Clerk of the House of Representatives
SES Breakfast Series: Minority Government - six months on

9 November 2010
Mr Robin Ryde, former CEO of the UK National School of Government and a co-founder of the research enterprise, Public Leadership Inquiry
The Leader as Networker

Class: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0DUsGSMwZY
Social Media Revolution:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFZ0z5Fm-Ng

12 October 2010 ELLN Breakfast
Professor John McMillan AO, Australian Information Commissioner
Open Government – the New Agenda

Released 7 October 2010
Ken Matthews valedictory speech
Presentation (PDF - external website) given by National water Commission CEO and Chair Ken Matthews at Old Parliament House on his retirement.

Ken Matthews Valedictory Introductory remarks

24 June 2010
ELLN Annual Forum 2010

9 December 2009
2009 State of the Service report
Nicole Pietrucha, Group Manager, Research and Evaluation, APSC
Powerpoint presentation

6 November 2009
Canada-Australia Public Policy Initiative Lecture - Public Policy in a Changing World
The Honourable Kevin Lynch
Presentation

29 September 2009
ELLN Breakfast - Green Shoots Leading
Amanda Horne
Presentation Handouts

YouTube links

15 September 2009
SES Breakfast - Turning Crisis into Opportunity: How the Australian Public Service can support Social Inclusion
Elaine Henry CEO, The Smith Family

1 September 2009
New Directions event
Senator the Hon Joe Ludwig, Cabinet Secretary and Special Minister of State

4 August 2009
Implications of a Pandemic for Australia
Professor Peter Collignon, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Canberra Hospital

31 July 2009
The global financial crisis: an alternative view
Chris Richardson, Director, Access Economics

9 June 2009
Investing in a Downturn Reflection, Resilience, Renewal
Mark Lelliott, Marianne Broadbent, EWK International

19 May 2009
SES Breakfast - Responding to Climate Change and the Global Financial Crisis
Don Henry, Executive Director of the Australian Conservation Foundation

8 May 2009
"Privacy: Where do you draw the line?"(external website)
Senator John Faulkner, Special Minister of State
held in conjunction with the Privacy Commission

related material

28 April 2009
‘How could a Human Rights Act lead to better Government?’
Hon Catherine Branson QC, President, Australian Human Rights Commission

22 April 2009
The Global Financial Crisis
David Gruen, Executive Director, Domestic, Macroeconomic Group, Australian Treasury

3 April 2009
SES Breakfast - Becoming more IT savvy and how it pays off
Professor Peter Weill, Chairman & Senior Research Scientist, Center for Information Systems Research (CISR), MIT Sloan School of Management

18 March 2009
International Women’s Day Address
Tanya Plibersek MP, Minister for Housing, Minister for the Status of Women

10 March 2009
Valedictory Lecture by David Borthwick, Secretary of the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts

3 March 2009
Executive Level Leadership Network Annual Forum

Social Inclusion and the Third Sector - Jill Farrelly, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
The MPC and Ethical Decision Making - Annwyn Godwin, Merit Protection Commissioner
A Victorian approach to Social Inclusion: "New leadership, fresh approaches- advancing the social inclusion agenda." - Alison McClelland, Executive Director, Strategic Policy Research & Forecasting, Department of Planning & Community Development
Social Inclusion and Workforce Participation - Dr Alison Morehead, Social Inclusion and Participation Group, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Leading on social inclusion in the APS - Michelle Patterson, Social Inclusion Unit, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Social Inclusion? A different challenge for today’s leaders - Robin Ryde
Values - Simon Tatz / David Crosbie, Mental Health Council of Australia

27 November & 2 December 2009
EL Leadership Network Breakfast – Maintaining the rage through a big organisational change and beyond
Matt Miller, General Manager, Child Support Agency

8 October 2008
SES Breakfast - New Pathways to a Regulatory Alternative( PDF /PPT)
John Tucker, CEO, Standards Australia

1 October 2008
Leader to leader forum - Leadership in a regulatory environment
ACCC chairman Graeme Samuel

28 August 2008
Departmental and Personal Perspectives of Leadership
Geoff Leeper - Deputy Secretary - Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

18 August 2008
Valedictory Lecture by Robert Cornall AO, Secretary of the Attorney-General’s Department

30 July 2008
Water in Australia - The big issues
Ken Matthews, Chair and CEO, National Water Commission

28 July 2008
Valedictory Lecture by Mark Sullivan, Secretary, Department of Veterans' Affairs - An Unlikely Secretary

19 May 2008
Climate Change Challenges (Presentation slides only)
Martin Parkinson - Address to the Leader to Leader Forum

30 April 2008
Address to Heads of Agencies and members of Senior Executive Service
Speech by The Hon. Kevin Rudd MP, Prime Minister of Australia
also available as media files: WMA (29mb) MP3 (44mb)

29 April 2008
Growth fetishism and public policy
Clive Hamilton - Visiting Fellow, Regulatory Institutions Network, Australian National University

15 April 2008
Stepping up to change
Greg Russell - Chief Executive Officer, Airservices Australia

12 March 2008
LDN Annual forum

Talent and succession management - Natalie Archer, Director, Bendelta
Talent and succession management - Telstra

8 February 2008
Valedictory Lecture by Dr Peter Shergold, Secretary, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

1 November 2007-
LDN - BreakfastManaging talent through better career design
Dr Heidi Viljaama, Managing Director, CareerStorm Ltd, Finland

7 September 2007
LDN - Investing in Leadership Development Are we getting value for money?
Dr Carla Day, Director, Leadership Values and Cultural Engagement, Personnel Executive, Department of Defence presentation

27 June 2007
LDN - Powering Up Leadership through Mentoring
Imogen Wareing, Director at The Growth Connection presentation

23 April 2007
Reflections on Life at Home and Away in the Australian Public Service
Ms Joanna Hewitt, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry - Valedictory speech

18 April 2007
An appetite for service
Ms Lynne Tacy, Deputy Public Service Commissioner at 'A Taste of Government'

4 April 2007
LDN - Organisational Change (Leadership – Culture – Change)
Malcolm Wright - National Manager, Planning & Change Management, Centrelink

21 February 2007
LDN - Recruiting and retaining staff in a high pressure environment
Philippa Crome – Branch Manager HR Services, Department of Finance and Administration

5 December 2006
'The last count' - Dennis Trewin, Australian Statistician, Australian Bureau of Statistics - Valedictory speech

15 November 2006
LDN - Annual one-day forum - Leadership, culture and change

Dr Iain Densten, Associate Professor of Leadership, UNSW at ADFA
Mr Kevin Panozza, CEO, SalesForce
Mr Michael D’Ascenzo – Commissioner, ATO
Ms Josephine Schumann, HR Manager, DVA
Ms Kate Dawson, Better Practice – Diversity, Australian Public Service Commission

13 September 2006
LDN - Leadership in crises and disasters -

Infections and epidemics - Professor Peter Collignon, MB, BS (Hons), B.Sc (Med), FASM, FRACP, FRCPA
Leadership in crisis situations - General Peter Cosgrove, AM, MC, (Retd)

22 June 2006

Still learning after all these years - Dr Peter Shergold, Secretary, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Launch of Better Practice Guides: Workforce Planning, Performance Management & Absence Management - Lynne Tacy, A/g Public Service Commissioner22 June 2006

21 June 2006
LDN - Accountability, governance and leadership -

The ANAO's leadership initiatives in improving public administration - Ian McPhee, PSM, Auditor-General for Australia
Organisation management, oversight and practice - lessons from the Cornelia Rau Inquiry - Associate Professor Michael (Mick) Palmer, AO, APM

2 May 2006
An overview of organisational change within the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs and its implications for other agencies - Andrew Metcalfe, Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs - Presentation

12 April 2006
LDN - Advancing leadership development practices

Building leadership capability - Ian Harris, Clerk of the House, Department of the House of Representatives.
DMO leadership programmes - Mary Kelaher, Director-General People and Performance, Defence Materiel Organisation.

22 February 2006
LDN seminar: Reviews and initiatives in leadership development

The impact of leadership development - Catherine Hayman, Business Manager, Organisational Learning and Development, Centrelink
Building SES leadership capability - Gordon McDonald, Director, Governance and Support/Programme Delivery, Programmes, Australian Public Commission

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