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Season 4 Episode 10
A new hypothetical scenario, this time from the big smoosh of middle management.
Imagine if... your Minister has announced a 15-day processing target,…
23 hours ago
Seen and not heard
Season 4 Episode 9
How public can public servants be in the social media age? Is having a LinkedIn account a professional necessity, or a professional risk?
In this epis…
2 weeks ago
Kylie Kilgour, Deputy Commissioner at the NACC: On Robodebt
Season 4 Episode 8
In her first interview since the release of the NACC’s report into Robodebt, Deputy Commissioner Kylie Kilgour joins us to unpack her findings and wh…
4 weeks ago
Robodebt: Reflections on the NACC's Findings
Season 4 Episode 7
On 11 March, the National Anti-Corruption Commission released its findings on Robodebt. It found that two of the six referred public servants engaged…
1 month, 1 week ago
Mad Cow Disease part 4 - unblocking the beef chain
Season 4 Episode 6
In our last episode on Mad Cow Disease, we take our final lessons from the public servicing of this massive health, agricultural and economic crisis.…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Mad Cow Disease part 3 - too much on Monday, too little on Thursday
Season 4 Episode 5
It’s March 1996 and the UK Government announces that mad cow disease has been linked to human cases. Within days beef consumption falls by half, publ…
2 months, 1 week ago
What Makes a Bloody Good Policy Officer?
Season 4 Episode 4
Few people come to policy officer positions with specific policy training. They might be teachers, lawyers, front-line workers or subject-matter expe…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
'Mad Cow Disease' part 2 - a bogus professor and a dead cat
Season 4 Episode 3
Part 2 of 4 on Mad Cow Disease: In this episode, the cracks in enforcement are showing, panic is slowly boiling, and the science is catching up.
Wha…
3 months, 1 week ago
'Mad Cow Disease' part 1 - a crisis without a crime
Season 4 Episode 2
We kick off a new series on 'Mad Cow Disease', or Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), and what it teaches us about governing when the science is …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
How to do Big Reform
Season 4 Episode 1
We want to make lasting and meaningful change, but how do we get there? In this special episode Caroline interviews Frances Foster-Thorpe and Jason T…
4 months, 2 weeks ago