Media releases archive

2011

IPAA NSW welcomes new board members (25 November 2011)

The Institute of Public Administration Australia (NSW Division) has announced the appointment of Pheona Twist, Kylie Cochrane, Tim Farland, and Matthew Schroder to the IPAA NSW Council, the governing and policy-making body of IPAA NSW. Ms Twist has been appointed Vice President, Ms Cochrane and Mr Farland have been appointed Councillors, and Mr Schroder has been appointed Young Councillor. Mr Peter Achterstraat – the Institute’s President since 2009 – was successful in securing another two-year term.

Public servants to be bowled over by Darrell Hair (21 November 2011)

Bookings close this week for IPAA NSW’s integrity and resilience seminar with Darrell Hair, one of Australia’s most iconic referees. 

Darrell – a former ICC elite cricket umpire known for his ethics and upholding the spirit of the game – will address a crowd of public administrators on 1 December, the first day of summer. He will discuss integrity and resilience and why these things matter for the public sector.

Public administrators promote Indigenous employment (21 October 2011)

Australia’s public servants have taken a strong stand on behalf of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.

The Institute of Public Administration Australia (IPAA), through its revamped quarterly magazine, has presented a positive showcase of Indigenous employment and workforce issues.

IPAA NSW to host Cost Management Workshop (30 September 2011)

The Institute of Public Administration Australia (NSW Division) has announced a new workshop to help public sector managers reduce costs.

Cost Management Basics – 24 cost cutting tools for the public sector is a two-day program. It will be facilitated by Percy Allan AM and has been endorsed by NSW Treasury.

“With the 2011–12 State Budget forecasting flat revenues and the NSW Government committed to rebuilding services and infrastructure, all departments have a huge task in finding cost savings to meet the efficiency dividend targets, and to achieve financial sustainability for the state’s public services,” said Paul Doorn, CEO of IPAA NSW.

“The IPAA NSW short course on cost management will support staff facing this huge task. It provides a good overview of the cost saving tools that each public sector manager should be familiar with,” Mr Doorn said.

IPAA National appoints new Treasurer and Vice President (30 September 2011)

The Institute of Public Administration Australia (IPAA) has announced the appointment of Len Scanlan and Yehudi Blacher to the Executive of the National Council. Mr Scanlan has been appointed Treasurer and Mr Blacher Vice President (Journals and Partnerships). IPAA is the nationwide professional association of the public sector. 

NSW public servants honoured at awards ceremony (26 August 2011)

Public administrators and academics from across the nation were honoured last week at the 2011 IPAA National Conference dinner and awards ceremony in Hobart.

National President of the Institute of Public Administration Australia, Percy Allan, said the awards were about acknowledging individuals from across Australia who have made an outstanding contribution to public administration.

“Australia is fortunate to have dedicated, talented and passionate public administrators at all levels of government, and it is appropriate that IPAA – the professional association of the public sector – acknowledge and celebrate their achievements. To be made a National Fellow of the Institute is the highest accolade for IPAA members,” Mr Allan said.

NSW recipients of the 2011 IPAA National Fellow award were:

• Peter Achterstraat, Auditor-General of NSW and the President of IPAA NSW
• Dr Kerry Schott, former Deputy Secretary of NSW Treasury and former Managing Director of Sydney Water
• Illana Halliday, former Director Corporate and Community at Wollongong City Council and IPAA NSW Councillor

Minority Government to be examined at IPAA National Conference (18 August 2011)

Public administrators and academics from across Australia and overseas will converge on Hobart next week for the IPAA National Conference. National President of the Institute of Public Administration Australia, Percy Allan, said this year’s conference would focus on minority government – one of the most hotly discussed topics in public and private spheres today.

Details regarding the IPAA National Conference – including speaker bios, the conference program and how to register – can be found at
www.ipaanationalconference.org.au

Premier O'Farrell to keynote at IPAA NSW State Conference LIVE from Beijing (12 July 2011)

In a technological first for IPAA NSW, Premier Barry O’Farrell will address 300 plus senior public sector professionals at the NSW State Conference live via telepresence from Beijing.  But it is not just conference delegates who will have the opportunity to hear the Premier speak – his keynote address will also be streamed live to the web, thanks to conference partners Cisco and Telstra.

IPAA NSW to serve as National Secretariat (1 July 2011)

The National President, Percy Allan AM, has announced that from July 2011, the National Secretariat of IPAA will be managed by the NSW Division, which recently won a competitive tender to provide the service.

IPAA’s New Policy Paper on Government Challenges (17 March 2011)

“Modern government faces risks and opportunities of unprecedented scale and complexity, the solutions to which are very different from those tried in the past,” a new IPAA policy paper argues.

“In Australia, this combination of complexity, scale and unpredictability is testing many of the current models and methods of government and the business processes and systems on which they rely.

“Without considerable reform and renewal, public administration will fail to deliver the mix of better policy, improved services and citizen engagement that are the mark of good government in a more open and connected world.”, the paper concludes.

IPAA Policy Paper - The Future Course of Modern Government

2010

IPAA Calls for Five Public Service Values to be Recognised  (12 November 2010)

National President, Percy Allan AM, today said that IPAA welcomed the Australian Public Service Commission’s initiative in proposing a new set of Values for Commonwealth public servants. Existing public service values are based on the 1999 Public Service Act.

 Australia’s Public Sector Professional Body slams both sides of Politics for Short Sightedness (1 September 2010)

The National President of the Institute of Public Administration Australia, Percy Allan AM, has condemned the decision of both sides of politics to scrap budget funding for the implementation of the reform of public administration proposed by the Moran Blueprint, Ahead of the Game.

He has called on the independent members of Parliament who now hold the balance of power to make restoration of funding for implementation of the Moran report one of the conditions of their support for the next government. 

Mr Allan says “The independents are united in their demands for better governance. Yet better governance involves not just improving the processes of Parliament, but also those of public administration.”