Don't practice 'promiscuous partisanship', former public service commissioner warns bureaucrats
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Delivering the Parliamentary Library Lecture on Tuesday, Podger said the incentives for senior public servants had changed, and this had affected the way they acted.Shutterstock
The relationship between ministers and the Australian public service has transformed from a partnership to one more like “master-servant”, with the...