Andrew Podger, Professor of Public Policy at ANU and a former Secretary of the Federal Health Department and Public Service Commissioner, delivered a Reconciliation Lecture at the ANU today,... Read more
The health debate in Australia is awful. Medical associations sometimes behave like militant trade unions – Painters and Dockers in white coats – while bureaucrats are often obsessed w... Read more
As we’ve heard in the last few days, the Federal Government has dropped plans for a National Funding Authority, which was announced as part of its health reform package, to oversee the... Read more
I have an article in the Crikey bulletin today looking at the amount of public money invested in media management by health bureaucracies and services, and wondering whose interests are bein... Read more
Important opportunities have been lost in the current plans for health reform, says Andrew Podger, National President of the Institute of Public Administration Australia and a former Health... Read more
Andrew Podger, the former Health Department secretary and public service commissioner, may be in China at the moment, but he is keeping a close eye on the Australian health scene. And he do... Read more
Having now had a quick read of Podger’s book (following on from the previous post), I recommend it strongly as an eminently readable and quite fascinating insight into the workings of the up... Read more
Bernard Keane has given a warmish plug to former Health Department Secretary and Public Service Commissioner Andrew Podger’s new book, The Role of Departmental Secretaries: Personal reflecti... Read more
