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With the benefit of hindsight: Valedictory reflections from departmental secretaries, 2004–11

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2012 Valedictory Series Foreword
Introduction
1. Yes, minister —the privileged position of secretaries
2. My fortunate career and some parting remarks
3. Performance management and the performance pay paradox
4. Thirty-eight years toiling in the vineyard of public service
5. The last count—the importance of official statistics to the democratic process
6. Balancing life at home and away in the Australian Public Service
7. In the national interest
8. Impressions, observations and lessons from a Canberra outsider
9. An unlikely secretary — a boy from the outer agencies
10. As if for a thousand years — the challenges ahead for the APS
11. Reflections of an ‘unabashed rationalist’
12. Our custodial role for the quality of advisory relations at the centre of government
13. A road less travelled— reflecting on three professional pillars of support
14. There’s a telegram for  you — fashioning Australia’s unique model of public administration
15. The opportunities, challenges and policy responses for the Australian economy
16. The boss in the yellow  suit— leading service delivery reform
17. The challenges for the public service in protecting Australia’s democracy in the future
Appendix: Details of the movement of retiring  secretaries since 2004

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