Publications

Online premium

Below are a selection of premium stories I have written for public sector and government news site, The Mandarin. Most are behind a pay-wall so please reach out if any of them are of interest. 

Secretary talks next steps for proposed Tertiary Education Commission (February 2024)

Australia’s underinvestment in diplomacy highlighted in global index (February 2024)

Senior PM&C figure says Australia needs sophisticated and sustained solutions to crack gender inequality (February 2024)

‘Rapid-AI’ wrapped up in privacy and security risks, study warns (February 2024)

Chantelle Stratford: How a policy and program reformist built a career out of crafting big social change (February 2024)

Adrian Collette’s big vision for Revive and the arts (February 2024)

Report recommends expanding ‘genuine’ public input for Australia’s 2026 Census (February 2024)

A-G’s department urged to get whistleblower protection authority right (February 2024)

Australia’s economic and regulatory system leaves consumers exposed to gouging, says Fels (February 2024)

More than half of released offenders still returning to prison within two years (February 2024)

Ministers advised to tighten childcare price monitoring (February 2024)

Cabinet record transfer bungle ruled an admin error, PM&C records management expertise found wanting (January 2024)

Libi Vandy: Data doyenne helping government deliver effective and efficient services for NSW (January 2024)

Australians want their government to have an eye to the long-term, citizen pulse shows (January 2024)

APS reform hand to steer ACT professional body for public servants (January 2024)

NDIS swells government spending for community services (January 2024)

Collaboration and elevating the potency of ‘peer teams’ in the APS (January 2024)

Two in five low-income households under rental stress, risk homelessness (January 2024)

Danielle Wood on expanding productivity expertise and cycles of influence (January 2024)

What merit has to do with hiring a woman in the public service if gender equality is a consideration (January 2024)

Nothing matters more to Tom Rogers than how trust ripples through Australia’s electoral landscape (January 2024)

Released cabinet papers from a time APS advice was taken seriously, says Hill (January 2024)

Bill Shorten’s NDIS vision can only come true if it survives the cut and thrust of politics (December 2023)

National focus on poverty ahead of federal Budget can go further (December 2023)

Public service implications loom with NDIS review (December 2023)

Forecasts warn major national policies face construction workforce and materials concerns (December 2023)

Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide given three more months to get job done (December 2023)

Chief mandarin’s direction to APS: Learn to follow community (December 2023)

‘What works’ is what matters in delivering services to citizens: Glyn Davis outlines hybrid government era (December 2023)

Lawmakers reimagine Australia’s employment system nearly 25 years after it was privatised (December 2023)

Public service leaders face scrutiny after latest census findings (December 2023)

Hopeful signs: Treasury’s policy shift to properly value contribution of thriving arts and culture (November 2023)

APS headcount grows in 2023, full-time employees make up 80%+ of the workforce (November 2023)

Trust survey shows attitudes toward public service unchanged but thought leaders say room for improvement (November 2023)

Universal childcare policy push to solve access and availability woes (November 2023)

Peace and security foundation for growth, PM tells G20 (November 2023)

Why are Australia’s part-time bosses mostly men? (November 2023)

DFAT should leverage civil society more to strengthen democracy in the region, report says (November 2023)

SA's top bureaucrats brace themselves for Malinauskas’ government reset (March 2022)

This public servant has never looked back after quitting her job to become a teacher (March 2022)

Working for government can be a borderline business but there is opportunity in complexity, assistant commissioner says (March 2022)

Leading a government team where tax law reigns supreme (March 2022)

How leaders can make better decisions during times of moral hazard (March 2022)

Commissioner: Government's got some work to do applying inclusivity agenda (March 2022)

How transforming teaching became a lesson in wrangling a policy ecosystem (March 2022)

HR departments have tough task of rebuilding trust in the APS (March 2022)

Do you know what to ask for when negotiating more flexible work? (March 2022)

More than a pipe dream - what could have been done to stop Putin's bloody attack on Ukraine? (March 2022)

Renaissance for professional regulators in the public service (February 2022)

The ingredients for a more agile and sustainable digital environment (February 2022)

Who are the Ukrainian 'separatists' being used as pawns in Russia's military posturing? (February 2022) 

Problem-solving data privacy to plan for whole-of-life digital health (February 2022) 

Co-design, not secondments, key to enhancing APS understanding of business (February 2022) 

Russia's stance on Ukraine has goal of trashing liberal democracy (February 2022) 

Why deregulation isn't what you think it is - an expert explains (February 2022)

Decarbonising Australia needs a plan and vision from public servants (February 2022)

Finding the sweet spot: How to attract talent to the public service (February 2022)

Speaking truth to power can be a privilege and a burden (February 2022)

What skills make a 'job ready' public servant? (February 2022) 

New panel to improve standard of government consultant procurement (February 2022)

What workers want: a recruiter's take on the public sector landscape in 2022 (January 2022)

Productivity hacks for public servants time poor and under pressure (January 2022)

Policymakers and universities urged to re-think higher education model (January 2022)

Australian cannot afford to rely on foreign satellites, AIS warns (January 2022) 

Officials relent on consultation timeline for EVAW national plan (January 2022) 

Competent leadership demands integrity when it comes to public service (January 2022)

Building a vision to solve Australia's future housing problem (December 2021)

Kicking career goals at the ATO (December 2021)

Inclusivity key to avoiding major exodus of public servants (December 2021)

Public sector's delivery transformation agenda spurred by pandemic (December 2021)

The APS' out-of-office epiphany (December 2021)

Government has role to play when it comes to trust issues on the internet (December 2021)

An alleged rape in the parliament triggers a review for workplace change (December 2021)

Finding our way to a better future requires pragmatism (December 2021)

Public servants behaving badly (November 2021)

When the public expects highly personalised services from government  November 2021)

Citizens, customers and service transformation (November 2021)

Policy responses to how COVID-19 has changed the way we chew through food (November 2021)

How money talks when you have a 'whole of system' challenge (November 2021)

Creating the right conditions for government to climb into the sandbox (November 2021)

Everybody likes evidence-based policy but it has its problems (November 2021) 

What government nudging citizens says about the system (November 2021)

Did nudge theory boost Australia's herd immunity? (November 2021)

A BETA way to achieve human-centred policy design (November 2021)

After the virus, public transport uptake a government destination (November 2021)

Public servants must step up to de-politicise climate change solutions (November 2021)

The problem with being in public administration during a pandemic (November 2021)

What COVID-19 took away from Victorian children (November 2021)

The Australian government can still map its way out of the integrity wilderness (October 2021)

COAG changes hang in the balance as politicians take aim at Secretary Gaetjens (October 2021) 

The policy helping women escape violence and coercive control (October 2021)

COVID opportunities: How the public sector can deliver a better crisis recovery (October 2021)

The unfurling regulation of liquid nicotine in Australia (October 2021)

Bang for your buck: the value of social procurement in government spend (October 2021)

Co-designing First Nations perspectives into the build environment (October 2021)

New charity regulations threat to freedom of speech, sector says (October 2021)

After the summit, are women safer? (September 2021)

Can we hack it? The digital security risks of a post COVID world (September 2021)

The woman saving lives in Afghanistan from her living room in Canberra (September 2021)

What the proposed TRIPS waiver says about shifting vaccine nationalism (September 2021)

How technology and a pandemic shook the foundations for future of work (September 2021)

Merit matters in the Australian Public Service (September 2021)

Meet Jodi: Mother, Palawa woman, psychology graduate (September 2021)

Painfully bearing witness to a repeat of history in Afghanistan, and it's all about survival (September 2021)

National COVID plan Phase D at 80% of vaccination targets will risk more lives, model says (August 2021)

The Hazara boy Australian immigration allowed to be left behind (August 2021)

A child is born into chaos as aid workers attempt to get orphans out of Afghanistan (August 2021)

What Sydney's rough sleepers can teach us about accomodation services during a pandemic (August 2021)

Peter Doherty on being an influencer during a plague (August 2021)

Public servants have agency too (August 2021)

Notes from a former human rights commissioner: 'Be clear and principled, always' (August 2021)

The invisibility problem facing APS women (August 2021)

Systems leadership antidote to a 'volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous' world (July 2021)

Still call Australia home - the public servants helping stranded Aussies through the COVID-19 pandemic (July 2021)

Open data for COVID-19 vaccine targets pathway out of lockdown (July 2021)

The secretary and a yarning circle - lessons in listening (July 2021)

Transparency and trust missing from Australia's COVID-19 crisis response (July 2021)

How to reclaim a work life that's crowded by Zoom (June 2021)

Understanding why public sentiment on Beijing has soured (June 2021)

What the new Nationals leadership really says to regional voters (June 2021)

Public service stalwart laments political leadership in face of Australia's COVID-19 crisis (June 2021)

The art of advising a minister and other department secretary duties (June 2021)

Too much bureaucracy is failing Australia's climate response (May 2021)

Expert: Only a matter of time until the COVID-19 vaccine prompts an employment dispute in Australia (May 2021)

Universities hit by revenue losses claim industry partnerships not the solution (May 2021)

How a team of strategists are the commonwealth ombud's secret weapon (May 2021)

The group pushing to fix the 'systemic' problems that impact child outcomes in Australia (May 2021)

Expert savages federal vision for a 'gas-led recovery' (May 2021)

Federal budget chance to restore long-standing APS and public sector pain points (May 2021)

Australia's COVID-19 response victim to federal operational failures, former secretary says (May 2021)

'Adversarial' rhetoric towards China's dominance reflects mood within national security circles (April 2021)

Getting a grip on the public's growing mistrust in government (April 2021)

Quashing cronyism in the public service (April 2021)

There's 101 reasons why it's not okay to slut-shame a dance squadron (April 2021)

Respect@Work: experts ask, who'll do the heavy lifting? (April 2021)

Census finds public servants overworked, risk burnout (April 2021)

How ethical allies elevate public service capability (April 2021)

AG's department on notice as Cash nabs top law job (March 2021)

The impact on departments of ministerial musical chairs (March 2021)

Magazine work 

Below are a selection of feature stories I have written for the Law Society of NSW's flagship magazine, LSJ.

This lawyer's LinkedIn videos are killing it (February 2019)

A day in the life of... Damien MacRae (February 2019)

Six minutes with Peter Payne (December 2018)

Eyes on the ball (December 2018)

Why don't people trust lawyers? (December 2018)

Facing off with a social media giant (December 2018)

Six minutes with Nicholas Stewart (November 2018)

Lawyers of the land (November 2018)

For the love animals (November 2018)

A day in the life of Fadak Alfayadh (November 2018)

Talking the talk (October 2018)

When the earth is your client (October 2018)

Oh baby! (September 2018)

A day in the life of... Jahan Kalantar (September 2018)

Reframing her narrative (September 2018)

Illuminating the future of law (August 2018)

The case that changed me - Catherine Henry (August 2018)



Below are a selection of feature stories I have written for the Lawyers Weekly magazine.

New Species (March 2018)

Hardwired (February 2018)

What clients want (December 2017)

Australia's great dividing range (November 2017)

Rising Popularity (October 2017)

More than a pipe dream (September 2017)

Rise of the intern (August 2017)

Pioneering promise (May 2017)

Advance Australia Fair (May 2017)

A product of the times (May 2017)

Professional privilege (March 2017)

Fit for purpose (February 2017)

Unlocking Africa (February 2017)

Year in Review: The headlining acts (January 2017)

League of extraordinary lawyers (December 2016)

A coming of age (December 2016)

The well-trodden path to insolvency (November 2016)

The start-up cradle (October 2016)

No place like home (September 2016)

Where East meets West (August 2016)

Human support systems (July 2016)

Sea of opportunity (July 2016)

Into the woods (June 2016)


Here are a selection of magazines/university publications that I developed, working on design, layout and copy-writing elements for the University of Wollongong.