Markus Mannheim
Markus Mannheim edits The Public Sector Informant and writes regularly about government administration and policy.
Coalition: Go harder on job cuts
Markus Mannheim The Coalition says the government needs to "go harder" when cutting public service jobs.
Austerity drive hits Gillard's dept
Markus Mannheim The Gillard government's austerity drive has hit the Prime Minister's own department, forcing it to retrench staff.
New laws set to protect online privacy
Markus Mannheim Australia's privacy watchdog will gain the power to fine businesses that fail to protect customers' confidential details, under proposed laws to be unveiled this year.
Privacy protection boost for online information
Markus Mannheim Australia's privacy watchdog will gain the power to fine businesses if they fail to protect customers' confidential information, under proposed laws to be unveiled this year.
Awards selection to remain secret
Markus Mannheim The secrets behind how Australia Day honours are selected will remain a mystery after a tribunal ruled the Governor-General's office was right to suppress them.
Oz honours stay secret
Markus Mannheim The secrets behind how Australia Day honours are selected will remain a mystery.
Welcome, and join in
Markus Mannheim Yes, The Public Sector Informant is finally online due to popular request (no, seriously). I'll use this blog, and The Canberra Times' new public service website, to build a repository of articles...
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Houses are bad welfare, not kids
Markus Mannheim If we were genuinely opposed to middle-class welfare, we'd stop blaming families and start taxing the family home.
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The real games aren't on TV
Markus Mannheim I can't help but feel that the federal government would prefer we watch a handful of elite athletes on television rather than take part in any physical games ourselves.
Public servants happier in micro-agencies, survey says
Markus Mannheim Public servants in small workplaces feel more involved in their jobs and have far more confidence in their bosses than those who work in large departments, a survey suggests.
Watchdog probes Immigration over FOI responses
Markus Mannheim The Immigration department is under investigation for breaching freedom of information law.
Immigration's handling of FoI requests under investigation
Markus Mannheim A government watchdog is formally investigating whether the Immigration Department operates in breach of freedom of information law - the first inquiry of its sort.
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Every time you 'dress to impress', you demean yourself
Markus Mannheim Every time we don a suit, we clad ourselves in a veneer of "respectability". And we tell ourselves, and everyone around us, that what we wear is what matters, not what we think, say or do.
Pursuit of surplus on with 1500 bureaucrats to go
Markus Mannheim THE federal bureaucracy is poised to shed more than 1500 staff in coming months, most from Canberra, as it struggles to cope with spending cuts.
Federal policy failures slated
Markus Mannheim The public servants' professional association has damned 10 high-profile federal policies as failures, including the national broadband network and the school building scheme.
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Public service to cut 1500 jobs within months
Markus Mannheim The federal bureaucracy will shed almost 1500 staff in coming months, most based in Canberra, as it struggles to cope with pending budget cuts.
Job agency blows whistle on dubious referees process
Markus Mannheim About two in five job references are worthless because the referee is the applicant's friend, a recruitment firm says.
Cost of FoI access looks likely to rise
Markus Mannheim The federal government is likely to increase the price of accessing its documents after the bureaucracy complained that the public was inundating it with requests.
Rising cost of government information
Markus Mannheim The federal government is likely to increase the price of accessing its documents after the bureaucracy complained that the public was inundating it with requests.
Govt loses half a billion to fraud
Markus Mannheim The federal government reported losses of almost half a billion dollars in 2009-10 through fraud, mostly rorts of welfare benefits.
