What would you change about the ACT Public Service?

Allan Hawke states “The Review has concluded that the ACTPS is not broken.”

My dear old Dad (04modelBloke) used to say, if it isn’t broke, then don’t touch it. Sage advice, me thinks…

wildturkeycanoe said :

How about getting them to at least answer emails. I’ve sent complaints to TAMS and Transact, without even an acknowledgment, so after several weeks I’m trying again. I hope I get through this time.

TransACT is not ACT public service. But if you say in their online enquiry form that you’re taking it up with the Canberra Times/Telecommunications Ombudsman you might get a quick response

How about getting them to at least answer emails. I’ve sent complaints to TAMS and Transact, without even an acknowledgment, so after several weeks I’m trying again. I hope I get through this time.

justsomeaussie said :

joeyjojojuniorshabadoo said :

11. Read the question properly.

12. Attempt to improve ACT residents reading and comprehension skills. Point out one of the questions asked was “What change would you bring about if it was your decision?”

Thank you joeyjojojuniorshabad, you are constructive.

Wow. The fail is strong in this one.

justsomeaussie said :

6. Abolish selection criteria system. Utilise private sector model rather than a model based on a random arts degree and good ability to bullshit in said selection criteria.
7. Have an open and translucent recruitment scheme where people can learn why they did not get the job.

Or, teach people in the ACT public service to actually write selection criteria questions befitting the role, thus approximately reproducing the private sector method of recruiting (also called “asking questions in order to determine if the person can do the job”), while retaining the “transparency” people like to see in there gov’t institutions.

Asking people to address questions in writing is a pretty good idea since most gov’t jobs require a minimum ability (not the press release people though, obviously). Like many of the tasks undertaken by governments, the issue isn’t the system but the way is is used by inept idiots. Something addressed

justsomeaussie said :

joeyjojojuniorshabadoo said :

11. Read the question properly.

12. Attempt to improve ACT residents reading and comprehension skills. Point out one of the questions asked was “What change would you bring about if it was your decision?”

Thank you joeyjojojuniorshabad, you are constructive.

You still seem to be confused about the distinct difference between the ACT Government Public Service and the Commonwealth Government Public Service. The post is clearly about the Public Service of the ACT Government and not the Commonwealth Government which are totally different, making the majority of your post irrelevant.

Anyway, what needs change about the ACT Public Service is that Jon Stanhope and his useless Government needs to be removed. The problems of the ACT Public Service are directly related to the inability of Stanhope and co. to effectively organise and run their own departments as they are incompetent. But that’s only the fault of the idiots who voted for Labor and the Greens at the last election..

joeyjojojuniorshabadoo said :

11. Read the question properly.

12. Attempt to improve ACT residents reading and comprehension skills. Point out one of the questions asked was “What change would you bring about if it was your decision?”

Thank you joeyjojojuniorshabad, you are constructive.

As an employee of a private consultancy I’ve had my time (and by extension the taxpayer’s money) wasted sitting in multi-departmental meetings listening to a bunch of departmental representatives arguing over the most insignificant nonsense on numerous occasions. Perhaps when you’re paying a private firm to be at your meeting you could ensure that everyone’s properly briefed, sticks to the meeting agenda and most importantly sticks to the project scope.

It also frustrates me to hear just how much paper shufflers with a high school level education earn in the public service.

justsomeaussie said :

What should occur?
7. Have an open and translucent recruitment scheme

Perhaps you mean transparent, translucent is what many people imagine it is right now.

I agree with “justsomeaussie”

‘Work ethic’ i feel summarises the issues.

astrojax said :

1. get speech/media writers with a grasp of english?

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