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Twelve Speeches 2016 a YEAR of SPEECHES from PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERS INSTITUTE of PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AUSTRALIA Twelve Speeches 2016 IPAA PRESENTS Twelve Speeches 2016 A YEAR OF SPEECHES FROM PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERS INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AUSTRALIA Twelve Speeches 2016 OUR BOOK OUR ORGANISATION ‘Twelve Speeches 2016’ IPAA is an organisation that works in partnership with the public sector, the private Institute of Public Administration Australia sector, academia and other institutions, to (IPAA) ACT Division. provide a platform for debate and discussion This publication is a collection of edited about improving and striving for excellence in transcripts. The views expressed in this public administration in Australia. document are those of the speakers, and should IPAA is a not-for-profit organisation that was not be attributed to IPAA. founded in 1952. We are governed by an elected All speaker roles are as at the time of Council under the leadership of the President, the address. Dr Gordon de Brouwer PSM. Our funding comes from membership fees, events and sponsorship. OUR MISSION CONTACT US To promote excellence and professionalism in public administration. Drew Baker Chief Executive Officer IPAA ACT Unit 4, National Press Club 16 National Circuit, Barton ACT 2600 02 6154 9800 · www.act.ipaa.org.au CREDITS Design by Swell Design Group Photography by RLDI or provided by departments to IPAA PAGE ii Institute of Public Administration Australia FOREWORD Twelve Speeches 2016 Foreword IPAA occupies a privileged position with leaders from across the public sector. Our purpose is to promote excellence and professionalism in public administration, through the provision of a platform to discuss and debate issues of relevance to the sector. Each year IPAA delivers a program of events to the public sector in Canberra. 2016 was a significant year with 50 events held. Over 7,500 attendees engaged with IPAA, a doubling over the previous year. Twelve Speeches 2016 showcases leaders who shared the stage during 2016, presented in chronological order: - Our year opened with The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, who delivered the Prime Minister’s Address to the APS at the Great Hall at Parliament House. - We hosted four Secretary Series events during the year, providing an opportunity for Secretaries to reflect on their portfolios and the challenges facing the public sector. - We were honoured to host valedictory addresses for Jane Halton AO PSM and Peter Varghese AO, as they reflected on their collective contribution of 71 years to the Australian Public Service. - Our annual conference ‘Thinking Big’ in November hosted a further three Secretaries and included a speech by Senator the Hon Arthur Sinodinos AO. - We closed the year with the Annual Address to the APS by Dr Martin Parkinson AC PSM. I am pleased to share the collective wisdom and thoughts of this distinguished group. We appreciate the support provided to IPAA and look forward to working with you in the years ahead. Dr Gordon de Brouwer PSM President IPAA ACT PAGE iii Institute of Public Administration Australia CONTENTS Twelve Speeches 2016 Contents PAGE 2 PAGE 76 Prime Minister’s Address to Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence the Australian Public Service in Public Sector Management THE HON MALCOLM TURNBULL MP SENATOR THE HON ARTHUR SiNODiNOS AO Prime Minister Cabinet Secretary, Parliament of Australia PAGE 16 PAGE 82 The Modern Public Service: An Empire Thinking Big of Rules or a Commonwealth of Ideas? FRANCES ADAMSON MiCHAEL PEZZULLO Secretary, Department of Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs And Trade Immigration and Border Protection PAGE 28 PAGE 88 Parting Reflections The Role of Government PETER N VARGHESE AO in Innovation Secretary, Department of GLENYS BEAUCHAMP PSM Foreign Affairs and Trade Secretary, Department of Industry, Innovation and Science PAGE 39 PAGE 94 Leadership within the Identifying and Developing Australian Public Service Future Leaders MARTiN BOWLES PSM FiNN PRATT AO PSM Secretary, Department of Health Secretary, Department of Social Services PAGE 56 PAGE 100 Secretary Valedictory Differences and Similarities in JANE HALTON AO PSM Small and Big Organisations Secretary, Department of Finance DENNiS RiCHARDSON AO Secretary, Department of Defence PAGE 66 PAGE 110 Digital Disruption and IPAA Annual Address a Culture of Innovation to the Public Service DR HEATHER SMiTH PSM DR MARTiN PARKiNSON AC PSM Secretary, Department of Secretary, Department Communications and the Arts of the Prime Minister and Cabinet PAGE 1 Institute of Public Administration Australia THE GREAT HALL PARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANBERRA WEDNESDAY 20 APRIL 2016 Prime Minister’s Address to the Australian Public Service The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP PRIME MINISTER ‘Of course innovation and technology go hand in hand. An unwillingness to embrace technology is, to put it bluntly, simply not acceptable.’ PRIME MINISTER’S ADDRESS TO THE AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC SERVICE – THE HON MALCOLM TURNBULL MP Prime Minister Keynote speaker: The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Prime Minister Introductory remarks: Ms Glenys Beauchamp PSM Dr Martin Parkinson AC PSM MS BEAUCHAMP: So to those of you who are watching us right now from your desks, welcome to the Great Hall Welcome to the address to the Australian and the address to the APS. Public Service from the Prime Minister of Australia. My name is Glenys Beauchamp. I A transcript of today’s address will also be am Secretary of the Department of Industry, available on our IPAA ACT web site. I will take a Innovation and Science, and also, for this little time to tell you about what’s on our agenda event, President of IPAA ACT. We are for IPAA ACT. We’ve taken the liberty of leaving absolutely pleased to be hosting such an event. a package of information on your chair. Hopefully most of you know all about us and I’d also like to recognise many of my colleagues what’s coming up but in that package is our here today. We have here over 13 Secretaries, Strategic Plan and a calendar of events. I want to heads of agencies, a number of leaders from highlight the nomination information for the academia, media, and those interested in Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public public administration. So thank you very Sector Management; it’s not often we get to much for your attendance and it’s great to have celebrate what we do as public servants and you all here. public administrators so please look out for that. I have a few minutes before the Prime Minister We would like to announce also today that our arrives so I’ll just give you a quick run-through annual conference will be held on 9 and 10 of what we are covering today. We will have November 2016 and we’ve got some great some opening remarks from Dr Parkinson, the speakers coming to that, including Catherine Secretary of the Department of the Prime Livingstone, who is the President of the Business Minister and Cabinet, then the Keynote Council of Australia. Also, we have the Canberra Address from the Prime Minister, with some Evaluation Forum happening, with David time for questions after that. A number of Kalisch, the Australian Statistician. I think the agencies have already submitted some of those Prime Minister is just about ready to arrive, so I questions and we hope to be concluding by won’t tell you anything more now. around 9.45 am, based on the Prime Minister’s very tight schedule. Please join me in welcoming the Prime Minister to today’s event. Thank you very much. We are live streaming on the Internet today to departments and agencies across the public sector and to some states and territories, directly to IPAA members as well. I want to thank everyone for their support of IPAA. Also, we had last week an address from Professor Peter Shergold which we taped and videoed and made available on our website.1 1 Learning from failure: https://www.act.ipaa.org.au/2016-pastevent-failure PAGE 4 Institute of Public Administration Australia PRIME MINISTER’S ADDRESS TO THE AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC SERVICE – THE HON MALCOLM TURNBULL MP Prime Minister DR PARKINSON: A second priority is leadership. My expectation, and I venture to say the Prime Minister’s Good morning, everyone. It’s a privilege to be expectation, is that every person at every level introducing the Prime Minister in his first will be a leader. Leadership comes in many major address to the Public Service. So I forms and the sooner you realise that leadership welcome you on behalf of IPAA and the Prime comes in a package the same size and shape as Minister to this morning’s address. I’d first you the better. This is a sentiment very much like to acknowledge the traditional owners and inspired by someone that many of us in this custodians of the land on which we gather room have looked up to for a long time: the late today, the Ngunnawal People, and to pay my Tony Ayers AC, who was laid to rest yesterday respects to elders past and present. I extend after a very full and productive Public Service that respect to all other Aboriginal and Torres career, including 19 years as secretary of a range Strait Islander People here today. of departments, including 10 years as Secretary Successful governments see the political class of the Department of Defence. and the Public Service as partners; with each, Before the Prime Minister speaks, what can I tell with a clear role, contributing in their area of you about working with him? He is an open expertise to develop and implement policies and book. He wants our ideas. He will seek our programs and to deliver services and regulatory advice but he will also question our advice and functions. Improving the wellbeing of seek the advice of others. He will look at ideas Australians in this way is easiest done with from every angle.
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