Public Sector Perspectives

To celebrate United Nations Public Service Day, IPAA Victoria is launching a new series to highlight the extraordinary individuals who work in the public sector and provide outstanding public service, and the breadth of work that gets done. In this episode, we speak with Ben Rimmer, Associate Secretary at Department of Families, Fairness and Housing, Victoria and Chief Executive Officer at Homes V...

To celebrate United Nations Public Service Day, IPAA Victoria is launching a new series to highlight the extraordinary individuals who work in the public sector and provide outstanding public service, and the breadth of work that gets done. In this episode, we speak with Y Le – Director of Affordable Housing and Social Investment Group at Homes Victoria, which sits within the Department of Familie...

Reflecting on the release of the IPAA Victoria Top 50 Public Sector Women Awards for 2022, Deanne Stewart (CEO of Aware Super) shares insights on what helps and hinders gender equity in public and private sector workplaces.

The panel from IPAA Victoria's International Women's Day event discuss some of the audience questions that they were unable to get to on the night. The discussion features: - Molina Asthana, President Elect, Victorian Law Institute; Board Director and lawyer - Captain Mona Shindy CSC, Reserve Naval Officer with the Royal Australian Navy - Tasneem Chopra OAM, cross-cultural consultant inaugural Amb...

Many organisations this year have been required to respond and adapt to the unprecedented impacts of COVID-19. Especially in their approach to the digitalisation of their services. In this episode of Public Sector Perspectives, we look at embracing digital services in government amidst a global pandemic with Joanne de Morton, Chief Executive Officer, Service Victoria. How Service Victoria has mode...

To mark NAIDOC WEEK 2020 and celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, in this special episode of Public Sector Perspectives we are joined by Elly Patira, Executive Director, Treaty, Aboriginal Affairs Policy, Aboriginal COVID-19 Taskforce for the Department of Premier and Cabinet. Elly describes how Aboriginal communities in Victoria stopped...

2020 has put enormous stress on public servants. In this episode of Public Sector Perspectives, we look at how the Department of Education and Training responded to the challenges of COVID-19 and why their CIO, Elizabeth Wilson believes the term ‘transformation’ can have an adverse reaction. To encourage small incremental changes that in turn optimises the experience people have with the public se...

One of the challenges facing all long term public sector institutions is renewal – bringing in new people with new ideas and building and rebuilding a sector that better reflects the community it serves. In today’s episode of Public Sector Perspectives, we talk to someone who epitomises that renewal, Bonnie Cavanagh is a Program Manager in the Media and Corporate Communications Unit in Victoria Po...

In this episode of Public Sector Perspectives, we hear from Emma Grey, Manager of Macroeconomic Policy & Forecasting at Deloitte Access Economics, who discusses the impacts of COVID-19 on the social economic structure in Victoria from the lens of a young professional. As Victoria looks to start navigating its way to ‘COVID-19 normal’, the roadmap to reopening turns our attention towards the state...

VicHealth was a world-leading example of public sector innovation when it was established in 1987, for more than 30 years it has supported and promoted new ways of improving public health. In this episode of Public Sector Perspectives, we speak to Dr Sandro Demaio, the CEO of VicHealth, about how COVID-19 is reshaping the work of one of Australia’s most influential public health organisations.

Last month, the State government confirmed Local government elections will go ahead as scheduled, for Saturday 24 October 2020. In this podcast episode of Public Sector Perspectives, we are fortunate to gain an insight to the election preparations already well underway. Warwick Gately AM, Victorian Electoral Commissioner, discusses how the VEC is planning to deliver these state-wide council electi...

“One of the big debates in the leadership of digital transformation is the merits of a ‘big bang’ strategic program versus a more tactical, incremental approach,” says the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services’ (DHHS) Chief Information Officer and IPAA Victoria Fellow, Dr Steve Hodgkinson. IPAA Victoria’s Public Sector Perspectives interviewed top 50 CIO, Dr Hodgkinson to discuss his v...

If a city is constantly evolving and growing, what happens when we press the pause button? In this episode of Public Sector Perspectives Podcast, IPAA Victoria is joined by Andrew Wear, Director of Economic Development at the City of Melbourne and senior public sector professional. Andrew discusses this poignant question and how residents across Melbourne are facing the pandemic in very different...

As a leader, Colin Radford understands human beings are social creatures and his own energy is replenished through interactions with his team. After commencing as Chief Executive for WorkSafe Victoria in November 2019, he was only in the role for a few months before, like so many others, was asked to work from home. This week’s episode of Public Sector Perspectives delves into how Colin built trus...

All the world’s a stage and fittingly, in this week’s Public Sector Perspectives episode, we are joined by Arts Centre Melbourne CEO, Claire Spencer AM. Sitting beneath its iconic Spire and home to The Australian Ballet, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Theatre Company and Opera Australia, Arts Centre Melbourne is Australia’s largest and busiest performing arts centre. Its doors however are...

In this episode of Public Sector Perspectives, CEO Glenn Patterson describes how one decision taken three years ago made their transition to remote work easier, how you maintain staff morale during a period that has included the COVID19 crisis and the sacking of the Council, and why he thinks he might­­­ never see all his staff again.

Putting the gender lens over COVID-19. This episode of Public Sector Perspectives features Tanja Kovac, CEO of the newly formed peak body Gender Equity Victoria. How has the epidemic affected men and women differently and how has the community sector, on which the public sector depends for advice, expertise and service delivery, fared during the crisis?

In this two-part episode, we sit down with Managing Partner Ben Schramm and Director Tom Craven of Cube Group to discuss flattening not one, but four curves of disruption and how to manage public services through the waves of the COVID-19 crisis. Read Cube Group's report in full 'From Response to Recovery'.

In this two-part episode, we sit down with Managing Partner Ben Schramm and Director Tom Craven of Cube Group to discuss flattening not one, but four curves of disruption and how to manage public services through the waves of the COVID-19 crisis. Read Cube Group's report in full 'From Response to Recovery' here. https://cubegroup.com.au/flattening-four-curves-how-to-manage-public-services-through-...

In this episode we hear from Dr Wesley Payne McClendon, expert in transformation and change strategy. Dr McClendon discusses leadership in a crisis, outlines a transformation lifecycle and shares ways to approach leadership and ways to adapt during a pandemic. Dr Payne McClendon has written multiple articles on the topic since the crisis of Covid-19 began, see below for a link to his piece 'Leader...

Kate Torney, describes her COVID-19 moment and how the State Library is capturing this unique cultural moment in Victoria's history.

Susan Middleditch Deputy Secretary at Victoria Police, describes the phone call that made everything change in her professional world and the behind-the-scenes work that has kept one of Victoria's most important public sector services operational during the COVID19 pandemic.

IPAA Victoria presents Public Sector Perspectives: Mental health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 crisis. Today on the show we look at how public sector managers are responding to the challenge of suddenly having to manage their teams remotely. More details about IPAA Victoria’s People Leaders’ Wellbeing Leadership Online Workshop Series are at www.vic.ipaa.org.au