More women certainly needed in public service ranks

By The Canberra Times
Updated April 24 2018 - 9:55pm, first published June 22 2016 - 5:40pm

Gender diversity in the senior ranks of the federal bureaucracy has become the talk of the town, with both major parties vying to demonstrate which is doing more to advance it. In April, the Coalition launched Balancing the Future: The Australian Public Service Gender Equality Strategy 2016-19, which focused on "changing culture through leadership, flexibility, and innovation". And more recently, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull called for a 50:50 split in the ranks of the senior executive service (women currently hold about 41 per cent of positions).

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