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The Gender Balance on Australian Government Boards Annual Report is prepared by the Office for Women each year, and outlines performance against the Australian Government’s targets for gender balance on Australian Government boards. These targets…
Purpose of Strategic Leadership GroupThe Secretaries Board requires sufficient time for members to participate in strategic, forward-looking discussions on significant public policy or administration matters. To enable this to occur…
ContextVarious Commonwealth agencies within Australia’s national security community fund activities through third-party organisations to inform public debate, provide expert input to policy processes, and/or strengthen partnerships…
Bunting – Strong, coarse cloth used to make flags. Can also refer to a string of small festive flags
Canton – The top left quarter of a flag, also known as the first quarter or upper hoist. It is…
Date: Tuesday 21 May 2024Host: Professor Catherine Bennett, Panel Member, Commonwealth Government COVID-19 Response InquiryParticipants: This roundtable brought together a range of participants from…
Figure 2. Phases of the Australian Government Crisis Management ContinuumThe Australian Government’s Crisis Management Continuum (Continuum) comprises 7 phases:Prevention refers to measures to eliminate or reduce the severity of a…
PM&C remains committed to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. We work to ensure Departmental activities are child safe and to continuously improve our implementation of the Commonwealth Child Safe Framework (the…
Qualities
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Leading
Supports and mentors others through a strengths-based approach
Promotes a strengths-based approach to performance and development…
The Secretaries Board met today at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and discussed the following matters.Closing the Gap - Productivity Commission 3-Yearly Review Draft ReportThe Board discussed the Productivity Commission’s Closing…
The Australian Government is committed to ensuring that Australians have good, secure jobs. It recently made job security a central objective of the Fair Work Act, the minimum wage objective and the modern awards objective.Job security is important…
Australian Government ministers and officials use various mechanisms to conduct crisis coordination, depending on the nature of the crisis. These mechanisms can rapidly bring relevant stakeholders together to ensure that the crisis response is…
Gallagher, Katherine RuthAPPOINTMENT OF MINISTER OF STATEI, SAM MOSTYN AC, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, pursuant to sections 64 and 65 of the Constitution, hereby direct and appoint KATHERINE RUTH…
The recipients of the 2022 Australian of the Year Awards have now been announced.
As with every year, these Australians are role models and highly-respected individuals who provoke change on issues of national importance but who also inspire every…
This weekend, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed Prime Minister of New Zealand, The Rt Hon Chris Hipkins to Brisbane. It was Prime Minister Hipkins’ second visit to Australia as leader.Prime Minister Hipkins’ visit is in the lead up to ANZAC…
The Women’s Economic Equality Taskforce (WEET) has provided the Australian Government with its final report, Women's Economic Equality: A 10-year plan to unleash the full capacity and contribution of women to the Australian economy.The taskforce was…
The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet envisions a future where the knowledge, perspectives and contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are integral to all we do. We strive to create a culturally safe and…
The 2024 Quad Leaders’ Summit was held in Wilmington, Delaware on 21 September 2024, hosted by the United States. Prime Minister the Hon Anthony Albanese MP attended with fellow Quad Leaders, President of the United States Joseph R. Biden Jr., Prime…
Leaders in the APS are stewards of culture and should have the skills to foster an environment where integrity conversations are common. Peer learning and support can occur when leaders share ethical dilemmas and reflections on learning in a…
New Australian honours are created by The King on the recommendation of the Prime Minister. Since 1975, new awards have progressively been added to the system.
Why honours are created
New honours are created for two reasons:
A need to…
Notification of agendasOnce the forward program and agendas are approved by the Cabinet Secretary, Cabinet Division issues to ministers:an agenda for each meeting, showing the business to be considered, the ministers responsible for…
REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL ACT 1973INSTRUMENT OF ASSIGNMENT UNDER SECTION 14(3)In accordance with subsection 14(3) of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973 and consistent with the classification structure determined by the Remuneration…
The Secretaries Board met at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to discuss the following matters.APS ReformThe Board agreed an approach to engage APS staff in developing an APS Purpose Statement (Recommendation 6 of the Thodey Review…
Wearing awardsRecipients of awards are granted insignia as a visual expression of the honour conferred on them.For Australian awards, the presentation box generally contains a range of pieces:the full-size medala miniature with ribbonfor some awards…
By convention, the Government ensures that important decisions are not taken in the caretaker period that would bind an incoming government and limit its freedom of action. The basic caretaker conventions require Government to avoid making major…
The suitability of the model to represent Australian women, including underrepresented women, was assessed with reference to who is being represented and how they are being represented. With regards to who is being represented, the program has…