What an amazing week. By working as a team, we have helped build new homes for 10 families.There were so many wonderful and challenging moments on this project. We are all immensely proud of what has been achieved.
Today was our last day on site, and the homes are finished. It was an immensely important day for these wonderful Cambodian families, when they finally saw their dream come true.
Embarking on a new leadership role is inevitably met with mixed emotions. The excitement of starting something fresh is tempered with the knowledge that you will need to invest considerable amounts of your time in those critical first few weeks establishing new relations and responding to what can sometimes feel like a series of unnecessary distractions.
Co-Authored by David Johnson, Consultant @ Deloitte Australia
Over the past five years, Australia (along with other western democracies) are experiencing a wave of change as the political tides of representative democracy begin to recede. According to the Edelman Trust Barometer, which assesses public trust levels across 28 countries, Australians indicate 35% trust in the government to ‘do what…
My participation in this week’s AFR National Security Summitleft me in no doubt that there are significant major threats to Australia’s national and domestic security that can no longer be ignored. Specifically, threats posed by a rapidly shifting geopolitical landscape, the rise of anti-trade nationalism, advanced new cyber threats, and the prospect of increased instability caused by resource…
Regulations are rules that derive their authority from legislation and are a key lever for government in a “rules based society.” Well-designed regulation provides direction in areas such as responding to market failures, ensuring an appropriate safety net in place, and broadly supporting and maintaining the routines that underpins almost every aspect of our daily lives.
Welcome to this month’s edition of GovConnect. In this edition, we shed light on the key factors influencing and reshaping the way Governments are sourcing and accessing services. This month’s bulletin coincides with the release of the results of our Global Procurement Survey.
New Report: Global Trends in Sourcing and Procurement
This brand new report examines the issues facing more than 500…
This month’s edition looks at how the public sector is being fundamentally reshaped as a result of changing community and citizen expectations. In this month’s edition we explore a data driven approach to identifying future leaders, and examine methods for identifying how public sector leaders can accelerate the redesign of government priorities within a…
Today the NSW Premier, the Hon Gladys Berejiklian presented at the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) – State of the State seminar. Here’s what the Premier had to say.
The NSW Government continues to focus on investing in the social infrastructure across NSW. This will continue to be a key priority for the Government going forward along with addressing the issue of housing…
Recent state and federal reform agendas have focused heavily on identifying new and innovative ways of delivering services for taxpayers and users of government services – such as healthcare and social services – more efficiently and effectively whilst ensuring accountability remains squarely centered on those responsible for delivering services. According to a recent Deloitte report titled “What…
Who would have thought that within two short years we would be witnessing such profound social, political and economic change. One wonders what the next ten years holds for us?
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