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Ipaa Speeches 2019 IPAA PRESENTS IPAA SPEECHES 2019 A YEAR OF PUBLIC SECTOR SPEECHES OUR BOOK OUR ORGANISATION ‘IPAA Speeches 2019’ IPAA is an organisation that works in partnership with the public sector, the private sector, Institute of Public Administration Australia (IPAA) academia and other institutions, to provide ACT Division. a platform for debate and discussion about This publication is a collection of edited improving and striving for excellence transcripts. The views expressed in this document in public administration in Australia. are those of the speakers, and should not be IPAA is a not-for-profit organisation that was attributed to IPAA. founded in 1953. We are governed by an elected All speaker roles are as at the time of the address. Council under the leadership of the President, All honorifics and postnominals are as at the time Dr Steven Kennedy PSM. Our funding comes from of publication. membership fees, events and sponsorship. OUR MISSION CONTACT US To promote excellence and professionalism Drew Baker in public administration. Chief Executive Officer IPAA ACT Unit 4A, National Press Club 16 National Circuit, Barton ACT 2600 02 6154 9800 · www.act.ipaa.org.au CREDITS Photography by RLDI ISBN 978-0-648-2571-3-4 (Book) Design by Swell ISBN 978-0-6482571-4-1 (pdf) Editing by Libraries Alive! PAGE II Institute of Public Administration Australia IPAA PRESENTS IPAA Speeches 2019 FOREWORD The Institute of Public Administration of Australia (IPAA) promotes excellence and professionalism in public administration. IPAA provides a platform for the discussion and debate of issues of relevance. Each year, we deliver a program of events to the public sector across Canberra. IPAA Speeches 2019 allows us to share with you the thoughts of leaders who addressed our audiences during the year: – We were pleased to host the Prime Minister of Australia for an Address to the Australian Public Service – Our year included prominent addresses by departmental secretaries Greg Moriarty and Frances Adamson – We were honoured to host valedictory addresses by Dr Martin Parkinson AC PSM and Duncan Lewis AO DSC CSC – We celebrated International Women’s Day in the Great Hall at Parliament House with an address by Senator the Hon Marise Payne – The second annual Williams Oration was delivered by Dr Megan Clark AC – We closed the year with the 2019 Address to the APS by Philip Gaetjens. I am pleased to share the collective thoughts and reflections of this distinguished group of speakers. Thank you for supporting IPAA. We look forward to sharing more great speeches with you. Dr Steven Kennedy PSM President IPAA ACT PAGE iii Institute of Public Administration Australia CONTENTS PAGE III PAGE 74 Foreword Maximising Value From Data: Navigating the Opportunities and Challenges PAGE 2 PROFESSOR A. ABIGAIL PAYNE Independent Review of the Director of the Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Australian Public Service Social Research, University of Melbourne DAVID THODEY AO Chair of the APS Review Panel PAGE 86 Demystifying Cyber Security PAGE 10 RACHEL NOBLE PSM The Reform Journey in Defence Head of the Australian Cyber Security Centre, GREG MORIARTY Australian Signals Directorate Secretary of the Department of Defence PAGE 92 PAGE 20 The Williams Oration NAIDOC 2019: A Whole-of-Government DR MEGAN CLARK AC Indigenous Evaluation Strategy Head of the Australian Space Agency ROMLIE MOKAK PAGE 100 Commissioner, Productivity Commission Organisational Transformation PAGE 26 and Cultural Change The Importance of Collaboration SATYA NADELLA FRANCES ADAMSON CEO of Microsoft Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade President of the Institute of Public Administration PAG E 112 Australia ACT 2019 Address to the Australian Public Service PAGE 36 PHILIP GAETJENS Prime Minister’s Address to the Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister Australian Public Service and Cabinet THE HON SCOTT MORRISON MP Prime Minister of Australia PAGE 120 Glossary and Abbreviations PAGE 50 Valedictory Speech – The Past is a PAGE 122 Foreign Country Index DR MARTIN PARKINSON AC PSM Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet PAGE 60 Valedictory Address – It’s a Privilege to Serve and to Lead DUNCAN LEWIS AO DSC CSC Director-General of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation PAGE 1 Institute of Public Administration Australia GANDEL HALL NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY TUESDAY 19 MARCH 2019 INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THE AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC SERVICE DAVID THODEY AO CHAIR OF THE APS REVIEW PANEL ‘The APS is wrestling with significant changes: rising public expectations and declining trust; political volatility and geopolitical shifts; new ways of working; and the opportunity and challenges of new technology.’ GANDEL HALL NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY TUESDAY 19 MARCH 2019 INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THE AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC SERVICE DAVID THODEY AO CHAIR OF THE APS REVIEW PANEL ‘The APS is wrestling with significant changes: rising public expectations and declining trust; political volatility and geopolitical shifts; new ways of working; and the opportunity and challenges of new technology.’ INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THE AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC SERVICE DAVID THODEY AO Chair of the APS Review Panel I begin by acknowledging the traditional Our world is changing, the question is: How custodians of the land on which we meet can the APS best continue to efficiently and today, and pay my respects to their Elders effectively serve the Government, the Parliament past and present. I extend that respect to and the Australian public? Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander We have been grateful for the constructive and peoples here today. positive engagement from right across the APS Thank you Drew Baker and your colleagues staff. Thank you—your insights are helping us at IPAA for hosting us today. I would also like enormously. We also thank the secretaries— to thank: particularly the APS Reform Committee (ARC)— – today’s chair Elizabeth Kelly, acting Secretary for their enthusiasm in modernising the APS. of the Department of Industry, Innovation Last week I attended their expo and was and Science impressed by the ideas and energy of the people and projects there. – Secretaries Dr Martin Parkinson, Michele Bruniges, Liz Cosson, Kerri Hartland, AN APS THAT IS FIT FOR THE FUTURE Philip Gaetjens, Renée Leon, Chris Moraitis, Greg Moriarty and Daryl Quinlivan Our terms of reference ask for ambitious ideas – Australian Public Service Commissioner, to ensure the APS serves Australia well for Peter Woolcott coming decades. – my review colleagues, including Gordon de Like many other traditional institutions and big Brouwer who is here with us today organisations, the APS is wrestling with significant changes: rising public expectations and – and all of you—in particular the many public declining trust; political volatility and geopolitical servants here today, participating in this shifts; new ways of working; and the opportunity important discussion on the future of our and challenges of new technology. To best serve nation’s public service. Australia in this environment, the APS cannot Today, on behalf of the independent panel, I will stand still. Over coming decades, the APS will lay out our Priorities for Change—the need to meet, and I would say—exceed—these transformational shifts we believe will transition expectations. You will need to provide the public service to be fit-for-purpose in the outstanding advice to governments on the decades to come. I will also discuss some of the complex policy issues Australia will face. Your initiatives and ideas on how we might get there. service delivery and your regulating will need to be of the highest standard. You will need to be This is our current thinking and there is more to trusted to help find the right solutions. And you’ll come. Your feedback will help us shape practical need to provide stability and continuity— recommendations in our mid-year report to the regardless of any volatility around you. Prime Minister. So our challenge is to determine how the APS can When I last spoke to the public service, in best inspire and serve in the future. November 2018, I set out the panel’s views on what a confident, independent and impactful OUR ASPIRATION FOR THE APS APS looks like. I recognised the rich history of the APS and the fact that for over 100 years it has We need a trusted APS, united in serving all been integral to Australia’s security, prosperity Australians. This is our aspiration—it forms the and welfare. The APS is integral to the wellbeing, organising principle for the ideas we’re sharing prosperity and security of all Australians. We have with you today. always known that. However our engagement with the community has brought this into even What does it mean? sharper focus. PAGE 4 Institute of Public Administration Australia INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THE AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC SERVICE DAVID THODEY AO Chair of the APS Review Panel Left to right: Dr Gordon de Brouwer PSM, Jo Evans, Dr Martin Parkinson AC PSM, Kerri Hartland, David Thodey AO, Peter Woolcott AO, Elizabeth Kelly PSM and Matt Yannopoulos PSM First, the APS must be trusted, by government, PRIORITIES FOR CHANGE parliament and the people of Australia. Trust is To be truly fit for purpose in the years and founded on integrity, transparency and reliability. decades ahead, we are focusing on four priorities This is essential. for change. Let me touch on each of them—and Second, the APS needs to be united in service, give you a flavour of the specific ideas or harnessing all the insights, resources and energy initiatives we have in mind. across its different parts, in pursuit of a shared purpose. Culture, governance and leadership model And finally, the APS needs to have the interests of First, we believe the APS should strengthen its the Australian people at the heart of all it does, culture, governance and leadership model. as it serves the government and parliament.
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