On 6 January 2026, the Minister for Justice Home Affairs and Migration, Jim O'Callaghan published the General Scheme of the Civil Reform Bill 2025 (the Civil Reform Bill). Its primary purpose is to ...

There’s a lot going on in the federal civil service world these days, with much of the “what” (like the goal of many of the Office of Personnel Management’s reforms) long overdue. However, far too ...

The Federal Government has commenced a comprehensive personnel audit and skills gap analysis across Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) as part of efforts to strengthen data integrity, improve ...

As I noted in my first installment, there’s a lot going on in the federal civil service world these days—that includes most of “what” the Trump Administration is trying to accomplish in that regard, ...