Poor Public Servants - everyone is against them.
But the ScoMo Messiah will lead them up to the light on the hill and Salvation.
ScoMo just wants to smash up the Public Servant mentality and bring on a Trump like get the job done transformation.
This efficiency drive would NEVER happen under a Socialist "Govt". They would just bloat the Public Service.
Predictably the CPSU is horrified and no doubt is preparing strike action.Bureaucracy set for shake-up with new bossKatina Curtis, AAP Senior Political Writer 25 July 2019
Treasury Secretary Philip Gaetjens will take over as the next head of the public service
Scott Morrison wants to shake up the public service and he's sent his former right-hand man to do the job.Labor will take a wait and see approach to the prime minister's decision to promote his former chief of staff and current Treasury head Phil Gaetjens to become Australia's most senior public servant.
But it has concerns about what might be planned.
Mr Morrison is preparing to make significant changes to the public sector, based on the draft recommendations of a review led by former Telstra head David Thodey.
He wants Mr Gaetjens, as the new Prime Minister and Cabinet boss, to spearhead a fresh "culture of service" in the bureaucracy.
Less than a week after the May election, he told public servants to brace for a hectic three years and "very clear" performance targets.
He's also spoken about the need to clear red tape that frustrates getting services to people.
He made it clear on Thursday the public service should not drive policy.
"It is the job of the public service to advise you of the challenges that may present to a government in implementing its agenda," he told reporters in Canberra.
"The public service will rightly, and always do, in my experience, be very full and frank in what they say to me as prime minister. But once the government policy is set, it's their job to implement it."
Labor pointed to the coalition's track record in cutting back services and jobs, and its plan to find $5 billion in savings from government departments over the next decade.
"We know that there is a lot of upheaval coming our way," opposition public service spokeswoman Katy Gallagher told reporters.
"Mr Morrison has chosen his former chief of staff to be the head guy to implement all that.
"It paints a picture that we have concerns about in terms of what is coming for the public service."
The Community and Public Sector Union says there are arbitrary impediments to service delivery, including a cap on the number of bureaucrats.
"The numbers don't add up: we simply don't have enough workers to deliver and implement government policy for all Australians," national secretary Nadine Flood said.
Mr Gaetjens will take over when Martin Parkinson departs in August.
Department of Infrastructure boss Steven Kennedy will be the next Treasury secretary, and Mr Morrison has reserved his right to make further changes as he sees fit.
Mr Morrison insisted Mr Gaetjens' promotion was based purely on merit.
"This is not uncommon that people have worked in the political sphere and the bureaucratic sphere," he said, citing a long list of senior public servants who had worked for Labor ministers.
Dr Parkinson initially planned to retire when his term ended in 2021 but Mr Morrison said they had agreed "it was time for some new leadership".
Dr Parkinson, a 40-year public service veteran who stepped into the role under former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull in 2016, said he wanted to give Mr Morrison the chance to work with a new department head.
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