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With the benefit of hindsight: Valedictory reflections from departmental secretaries, 2004–11
- Cover
- Title page
- Imprint and copyright information
- 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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