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The Westminster Tradition

43 Episodes • By The Westminster Tradition • thewestminstertradition.buzzspro...
Unpacking lessons for the public service, starting with the Robodebt Royal Commission. In 2019, after three years, Robodebt was found to be unlawful. The Royal Commission process found it was also immoral and wildly inaccurate. Ultimately the Australian Government was forced to pay $1.8bn ...more
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Ask a Secretary! Mike Kaiser (former) head of the Department of Premier and Cabinet (Qld)
What do Secretaries really think when junior staff a... more
Jan 13 2025 41m
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Mike Kaiser, former DG of Department of Premier and Cabinet (Qld)
Mike Kaiser, recently departed head of the Queenslan... more
Dec 30 2024 48m
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The State of the Service - drawing the threads from Coombs to Thodey to where we are now
Danielle unpacks the recently released APS State of ... more
Dec 16 2024 34m
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What the NACC is going on? Updates on Robodebt and the National Anti-Corruption Commission
Keeping track of the National Anti-Corruption Commis... more
Dec 2 2024 32m
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Mr Bates v Post Office part 8 - ‘The One Where The Report is a Slide Deck’
Post Office’s internal inquiries never got to the bo... more
Nov 18 2024 41m
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Mr Bates v Post Office part 7 - ‘The One Where The Inquiries Go Nowhere’
Post Office leadership commissioned at least 6 diffe... more
Nov 4 2024 35m
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TWT Ask Us Anything! Part 2 - culture and integrity agencies
Another great round of questions, thanks!Now for som... more
Oct 14 2024 31m
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TWT Ask Us Anything! Part 1 - trust in government, and how we organise ourselves
Thanks for the questions folks!Now for some appropri... more
Sep 30 2024 29m
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Finally, the APSC has published its findings about Robodebt: what did they find, and where to from here?
The Australian Public Service Commission has release... more
Sep 15 2024 47m
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Mr Bates v Post Office part 6 - information dead ends and accountability sinks
In this episode, we look at why Post Office kept pro... more
Aug 12 2024 41m
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Mr Bates v Post Office part 5 - prosecuting the innocent
A massive power imbalance, everyone doing the narrow... more
Jul 29 2024 42m
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The Hon John Hill, on being a Minister
In this episode, former state Minister for Health an... more
Jul 8 2024 1h 2m
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Andrew Podger AO: Is Thodey public sector reform on Steroids or Valium?
In this second interview with former Commonwealth Se... more
Jun 24 2024 1h
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Andrew Podger AO: the induction, tenure and bravery of Secretaries
With a decade as a Commonwealth Secretary, and two m... more
Jun 10 2024 1h
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The Essendon Footy Club supplements scandal (part 3): regulation in a changing world
What does the community want more - every last trans... more
May 27 2024 36m
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The Essendon Footy Club supplements scandal (part 2): what’s it like to investigate Australia’s biggest sports code...
In episode two of this mini-series, we pick up the s... more
May 13 2024 40m
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The Royal Commission we should have? The 2013 Essendon Football Club supplements scandal
“Lack of good governance is why good people did bad ... more
Apr 28 2024 34m
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Sue Vardon AO, inaugural CE of Centrelink: On learning while in the job
In the second of two follow ups to her interview at ... more
Apr 15 2024 37m
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Sue Vardon AO, inaugural CE of Centrelink: On lawyers
In the first of two follow ups to her interview at t... more
Mar 29 2024 27m
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'Do it now, get it right later': payment (in)accuracy in Centrelink - setting the stage for Robodebt
Centrelink is not alone in having a push and pull be... more
Mar 19 2024 31m
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Mr Bates v Post Office part 4 - the roll out of Horizon
If you knew your IT system was unreliable, wouldn&ap... more
Mar 4 2024 33m
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Mr Bates v Post Office part 3 - accepting a lemon
Despite hundreds of technical issues and continuing ... more
Feb 19 2024 28m
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Mr Bates v Post Office part 2 - a very poor procurement
Why was the Post Office's Horizon IT system so ... more
Feb 6 2024 31m
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Mr Bates v Post Office - shades of Robodebt?
Season 2 kicks off with a deeper look at the British... more
Jan 24 2024 38m
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Bonus episode: Sue Vardon AO - inaugural CE of Centrelink (1997-2004)
In this  special holiday bonus, inaugural CE of Cent... more
Dec 26 2023 1h 31m
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