Information Session PM's 2012 Awards for Excellence in Public Sector Management

IPAA ACT held an Information Session for the 2012 Prime Minister's Awards for Excellence in Public Sector Management. The Information Session provided information on the Awards and how to participate this year, and gave participants an opportunity to raise any questions about the Awards process.

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Data Centre as a Service – Industry Briefing Session

The Australian Government Information Office (AGIMO) invited organisations to attend a project update on the Data Centre as a Service (DCaaS) project.

The one-hour presentation addressed changes to the DCaaS sourcing strategy and the proposed structure of the catalogue through which products will be marketed to agencies.

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School Community Forum – Jindalee, Brisbane, Queensland

Parents, teachers and community members in Brisbane came together to talk with Peter Garrett, the Minister for School Education about schools and school funding.

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School Community Forum – Adelaide, South Australia

Parents, teachers and community members in Adelaide, came together to talk with Peter Garrett, the Minister for School Education about schools and school funding.

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IPAA ACT - Harmonised Occupational Health and Safety Legislation

Sue McCubbin, the Director of Education for Comcare and Kylie Edwards, the Training Officer for WorkSafe ACT, provided an overview of key significant changes occurring through the harmonisation of work health and safety laws. They also provided an insight into the rollout and implementation of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 from the perspective of WorkSafe ACT.

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School Community Forum – Rockingham, Western Australia

Parents, teachers and community members in Rockingham, Western Australia, came together to discuss local schools and school reform (including school funding) with the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard.

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School Funding Disability Forum

The local community and school members came together to talk with Jacinta Collins, the Parliamentary Secretary for School Education, about school funding reform and the needs of students with disabilities.

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School Funding Forum with Parents

The School Funding Forum with Parents event invited parents to come together to talk with the Minister for School Education, Peter Garrett, about school reforms, including funding.

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Achieving Excellence - Showcasing the 2011 Prime Minister's Awards Winners

The Prime Minister's Awards for Excellence in Public Sector Management aim to encourage and recognise better practice and innovation in all levels of Government in Australia. The Awards are designed to honour the achievements of public sector workgroups, units and teams rather than individuals.

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School Funding Forum with Principals

School Principals came together to talk with the Minister for School Education, Peter Garrett, about school reforms, including funding.

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Cross Agency Communication Forum

Speakers included Sandi Logan (DIAC), Brant Trim (DEEWR) and Ron Jones (CSIRO). The full program is available on the Cross Agency Communication Forum Govdex Site. If you do not have access to the site please contact socialmedia@deewr.gov.au.

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School Community Forum - Western Sydney

This discussion focussed on the Review of Funding for Schooling Panel’s final report, the Australian Government’s response to it and the way forward for our schools.

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Balancing National Security and Individual Rights

In February 2012 the Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security celebrated 25 years of holding Australia's spooks to account. The Inspector-General provides independent assurance to Ministers, Parliament and the Australian public that intelligence and security agencies act with legality, propriety and in accordance with human rights.

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School Funding Forum

On Wednesday 22 February 2012 parents, teachers and the broader community came together to talk to the Australian Government about schooling.

The discussion focussed on the Review of Funding for Schooling Panel’s final report, the Australian Government’s response to it and the way forward for our schools.

During the event questions were submitted via our webchat facility and twitter to Peter Garrett, the Minister for School Education and Jacinta Collins, the Parliamentary Secretary for School Education.

Given time constraints it was not be possible to answer all questions are put forward during this event.

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Canberra Multimedia Accessibility Seminar

As Government agencies and departments come to grips with the impact of WCAG 2.0 compliance on audio and video content, Viocorp hosted an interactive information session to help understanding of changes.

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Jamil Salmi, Tertiary Education Coordinator, World Bank – Seminar: The role and usefulness of university rankings systems

Mr Salmi gives a presentation on the role and usefulness of university rankings systems; something of great interest in the current climate.

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APS and ACT Reform Update: Moran and Hawke Reviews: Where are we now?

It has been 20 months since the release of the 'Blueprint for the Reform of Australian Government Administration'. So how has the APS gone? The Deputy Commissioner of the APSC, Carmel McGregor, provides a scorecard update of progress to date and more detail on what is still planned.

It is 9 months since the release of 'Governing the City State: one ACT Government, One ACT Public Service' and the acting ACT Commissioner for Public Administration also provided an update on the reforms therein.

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IPAA: Young Professional Network Forum

At this Institute of Public Administration ACT Young Professional Network forum on social media in government. Experienced practitioners updated knowledge with insights on the strengths and weaknesses of using social media within government, and on how the ACT Government has made use of Twitter to spread its message to the ACT citizens.

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Minister Garrett’s National Conversation with Parents

Parents came together to talk to the Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth, Peter Garrett, about the Australian Government’s School Reform Agenda.

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Digital Communication, online engagement and social marketing in the Australian Public service

Learn more about best practice in Video Communication, Online Engagement and Social Marketing. Hear case studies from some of the most innovative Australian Government departments. Engage in discussion about the establishment of an Audiovisual and Online Broadcast Practice Group.

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Read For Australia – Minister Garrett favourite books discussion

Peter Garrett, Federal Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth takes part in a discussion about favourite books with students from the following schools via video conference link on Tuesday 23 August 2011, as part of National Literacy and Numeracy Week.

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Read For Australia – Minister Garrett book reading

Minister Peter Garrett sat with a group of school children from St Gregory’s Public school, Queanbeyan, New South Wales, reading “Tales from Outer Suburbia” by Shaun Tan.

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IPAA: Gotcha! or Improving Administration? The Impact of Oversight and Review Agencies

This seminar explored the role and impact of Commonwealth Government's oversight and review agencies. Do they exist to catch out departments and agencies or is their main purpose and impact the gradual improvement of public administration? Or is there a bit of both in what they deliver?

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