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Public Sector Perspectives
by IPAA Victoria
IPAA Victoria presents Public Sector Perspectives, a podcast featuring conversation with incredible people highlighting the interesting work in government and across the Victorian Public Sector.
Episodes
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Victorian Small Business Commission: How small teams are using AI task assistants
What can small teams do when only one or two person is carrying a broad communications and engagement workload? In this episode of Real Talk: AI in the VPPS, Cate Pratt, Nick Edrington and Tim Symons from the Victorian Small Business Commission share how AI task assistants are supporting a small...
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Using AI to support frontline workers with the right problem statement
In this episode of Real Talk: AI in the VPPS, Will Babington, Head of Enabling at the Building and Plumbing Commission, shares how an AI-powered solution helped frontline social workers access critical information faster and with greater confidence. Drawing on his experience leading a major AI...
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Fellows Feature: in conversation with Commissioner Ro Allen AM
In this edition of Public Sector Perspectives, we talk to Ro Allen AM, new IPAA Victoria Fellow and Victoria’s Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commissioner. In a 30 year career across the public and community sector Ro has been a powerful voice for human rights and social justice in Victoria.…
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Karen Dermody: using AI to support policy advisors in the Department of Education
In this episode of Real Talk: AI in the VPS, Karen Dermody, Director Digital Design and Innovation at the Department of Education shares a practical case study of how AI is being used to support policy advisors working in a complex, high-stakes environment. Speaking with Kate Fraser, Karen…
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International Women’s Day 2026 revisit - Karen Fletcher
In this special edition of Public Sector Perspectives, we talk to Karen Fletcher, CEO of Flat Out and guest speaker at IPAA Victoria’s International Women’s Day event. Flat Out helps women and gender diverse people work to get out and stay out of prison. But they also work with the public sector…
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International Women’s Day 2026 revisit - Tania Farha
In this edition of Public Sector Perspectives, we talk to Tania Farha, CEO of In Touch - and guest speaker at IPAA Victoria’s International Women’s Day event - about the challenges of building family violence services that are better tailored to the needs of our diverse community. Tania Farha is...
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Fellows Feature: Interview with Paul Broderick PSM, Commissioner of the State Revenue Office
In this special edition of Public Sector Perspectives, IPAA Victoria CEO Amanda Stevens talks to new IPAA National Fellow Paul Broderick PSM. Paul has been Commissioner of the State Revenue Office for more than 20 years and in this discussion he reflects on his career, his perspectives on...
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Public Sector Perspectives: AI, Policy and Practice with Dr Steve Hodgkinson
In this episode of Public Sector Perspectives, Dr Steve Hodgkinson talks about the potential impacts of AI on the way the public sector works. Drawing on his long experience in the sector, including his current position as Chief Digital Officer for Victoria Police, Steve offers some very…
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Episode 41: International Women's Day revisit - Professor Jayashri Kulkarni AM
In Australia, serious mental illness is much more common in women than it is in men. In 2021, 23% of all women reported experiencing some form of serious depression or anxiety. That compares to 14% of men. This gender disparity is example of what drives the work of our guest on this episode of...
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Episode 40: International Women's Day revisit - Professor Marion Saville AM
This episode of Public Sector Perspectives profiles an unsung public policy success story: Australia is on track to be the first country in the world to effectively eliminate cervical cancer. We talk to Professor Marion Saville AM, Executive Director at the Australian Centre for the Prevention of...
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Episode 38: Fellows Feature with Robert Hortle
IPAA Victoria CEO Amanda Stevens speaks with Robert Hortle – one of IPAA Victoria’s newest Fellows and Commissioner of Wage Inspectorate Victoria. Robert talks about his career in the public sector and the secret to being a good industry regulator. He also reflects on the work of the Inspectorate...
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Episode 39: Fellows Feature with Brigid Monagle
IPAA CEO Amanda Stevens speaks with Brigid Monagle – one of IPAA Victoria’s newest Fellows and Commissioner of the Victorian Public Sector Commission. Brigid talks about her career in the public sector and how watching federal budgets being delivered on television was the beginning of her…
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Episode 37: Fellows Voice: Interview with Ella McPherson, Victorian Public Sector Commission
As part of IPAA Victoria's Fellows Voice series, Amanda Stevens, Chief Executive Officer, IPAA Victoria, interviews Ella McPherson, Deputy Commissioner, Victorian Public Sector Commission, about her career journey.
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Episode 36: Fellows Voice: Interview with Pam Anders, Department of Health
As part of IPAA Victoria's Fellows Voice series, Dr Marija Maher, Chief Operating Officer, Victorian Ombudsman, interviews Pam Anders, Senior Executive Director, Mental Health & Wellbeing Transformation, Department of Health, about her significant commitment to public service and experience in...
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Episode 35: Fellows Voice: Interview with Simon Corden, Essential Services Commissioner
As part of IPAA Victoria's Fellows Voice series, Amanda Stevens, CEO, IPAA Victoria interviews Simon Corden, Essential Services Commissioner, and 2023 Fellow inductee about his significant commitment to public service and experience in leading organisations and teams. RESOURCES REFERRED TO IN…
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Episode 34: AI and the Future of Governance: Unanswered audience questions (part 2)
In this follow-up podcast to IPAA Victoria's AI and the Future of Governance event, host Kristy Hornby, Chair, Risk Community of Practice (CoP), IPAA Victoria, and Associate Director, Grosvenor, and guest speaker Peter Williams, Chief Edge Officer, Centre for the Edge, Deloitte Australia respond…
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Episode 33: AI and the Future of Governance: Unanswered audience questions (part 1)
In this follow up podcast to the IPAA Victoria’s AI And The Future Of Governance event, host Josef Oduwo, Executive Program Director, Change & Transformation, Department of Health, and guest presenter Professor Eduard Hovy, Executive Director, Melbourne Connect, University of Melbourne, responds…
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Episode 32: The secrets of an award-winning public sector workplace
IPAA Victoria's Leadership in the Public Sector Awards celebrate and recognise exceptional projects delivered by teams and organisations. This podcast episode puts a spotlight on Cenitex, the Leading Employer Award winner, about their employee experience uplift projec and is a conversation…
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Episode 30: Risk, Sustainability and Public Policy (Part 1)
As part of IPAA Victoria's Sustainability and Climate Change series, delivered in partnership with its Sustainability Community of Practice (CoP), this two-part podcast features Jonathan Masom, VMIA, and Lynette Smith, gramma consultancy. Together, they explore risk, sustainability and public...
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Episode 31: Risk, Sustainability and Public Policy(Part 2)
As part of IPAA Victoria's Sustainability and Climate Change series, delivered in partnership with its Sustainability Community of Practice (CoP), this two-part podcast features Jonathan Masom, VMIA, and Lynette Smith, gramma consultancy. Together, they explore risk, sustainability and public...
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Episode 29: First Nations women and exercising voice to take on decision-making power
In this Public Sector Perspectives episode, we chat to Elly Patira, Deputy Secretary, First Peoples – State Relations, Department of Premier and Cabinet, who explored the Treaty Framework in Victoria, the strengths and challenges of being a First Nations woman in the public service, and in…
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Episode 28: International Women's Day Gala Dinner 2023 unanswered audience questions
Professor Eleanor Bourke AM (Chair of the Yoorrook Justice Commission) and Aunty Geraldine Atkinson(Co-chair of the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria) in conversation with Angela Singh (IPAA Victoria Board member and Regional Director at the Victorian Department of Education) answer audience...
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Public Sector Perspectives Episode 27: Wellbeing and mental illness in the public sector
In our latest episode of Public Sector Perspectives, IPAA Victoria chats to Maria Katsonis FIPAA (Vic), Deputy Chair of Collaborative Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing, and hear her very personal story about wellbeing and mental illness in a public sector workplace. Content Warning This...
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Public Sector Perspectives Episode 26: Wellbeing in the public purpose sector (part 2)
In partnership with IPAA Victoria's People and Culture Community of Practice (CoP), IPAA Victoria has launched a content series dedicated to exploring wellbeing. In this episode, Professor Deborah Blackman, Head of School, and a member of the Public Service Research Group and Dr Fiona Buick…
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Public Sector Perspectives Episode 25: Wellbeing in the public purpose sector (part 1)
In partnership with IPAA Victoria's People and Culture Community of Practice (CoP), IPAA Victoria has launched a content series dedicated to exploring wellbeing. In this episode, Professor Deborah Blackman, Head of School, and a member of the Public Service Research Group, School of Business…
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Public Sector Perspectives Episode 24: Victorian Health Building Authority and Sustainability
In this episode, Julian Freeland from the Victorian Health Building Authority (VHBA) discusses some of the surprising ways that hospitals can be more energy efficient, how to persuade project managers that it's worth investing in better environmental design, and how this type of public service…
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Public Sector Perspectives Episode 23: Co-design principles and mental health
In this episode, we explore co-design principles in implementing some of the interim recommendations of the Victorian Royal Commission into Mental Health. We are joined by Paul Flowerdew, Director of the Transformation Strategy and Program Management Office, Mental Health and Wellbeing Division,...
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Public Sector Perspectives Episode 22: Celebrating UN Public Service Day with Ben Rimmer
To celebrate United Nations Public Service Day, IPAA Victoria is launching a new series to highlight the extraordinary individuals who work in the public sector and provide outstanding public service, and the breadth of work that gets done. In this episode, we speak with Ben Rimmer, Associate...
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Public Sector Perspectives Episode 21: Celebrating UN Public Service Day with Y Le Homes Victoria
To celebrate United Nations Public Service Day, IPAA Victoria is launching a new series to highlight the extraordinary individuals who work in the public sector and provide outstanding public service, and the breadth of work that gets done. In this episode, we speak with Y Le – Director of...
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Public Sector Perspectives Episode 20: Women in leadership with Deanne Stewart CEO of Aware Super
Reflecting on the release of the IPAA Victoria Top 50 Public Sector Women Awards for 2022, Deanne Stewart (CEO of Aware Super) shares insights on what helps and hinders gender equity in public and private sector workplaces.
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Public Sector Perspectives Episode 19: International Women's Day panel Q&A
The panel from IPAA Victoria's International Women's Day event discuss some of the audience questions that they were unable to get to on the night. The discussion features: - Molina Asthana, President Elect, Victorian Law Institute; Board Director and lawyer - Captain Mona Shindy CSC, Reserve…
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Public Sector Perspectives Episode 18: Embracing digital services in Government amidst a pandemic
Many organisations this year have been required to respond and adapt to the unprecedented impacts of COVID-19. Especially in their approach to the digitalisation of their services. In this episode of Public Sector Perspectives, we look at embracing digital services in government amidst a global...
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Public Sector Perspectives Episode 17: NAIDOC Week with Elly Patira
To mark NAIDOC WEEK 2020 and celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, in this special episode of Public Sector Perspectives we are joined by Elly Patira, Executive Director, Treaty, Aboriginal Affairs Policy, Aboriginal COVID-19 Taskforce…
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Public Sector Perspectives Episode 16: Moving to remote learning with Elizabeth Wilson.
2020 has put enormous stress on public servants. In this episode of Public Sector Perspectives, we look at how the Department of Education and Training responded to the challenges of COVID-19 and why their CIO, Elizabeth Wilson believes the term ‘transformation’ can have an adverse reaction. To...
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Public Sector Perspectives Episode 15: Reflecting on the Community you Serve with Bonnie Cavanagh
One of the challenges facing all long term public sector institutions is renewal – bringing in new people with new ideas and building and rebuilding a sector that better reflects the community it serves. In today’s episode of Public Sector Perspectives, we talk to someone who epitomises that...
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Public Sector Perspectives Episode 14: An insight into econometrics and COVID-19 with Emma Grey
In this episode of Public Sector Perspectives, we hear from Emma Grey, Manager of Macroeconomic Policy & Forecasting at Deloitte Access Economics, who discusses the impacts of COVID-19 on the social economic structure in Victoria from the lens of a young professional. As Victoria looks to start...
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Public Sector Perspectives Episode 13: Beyond the virus, with Dr Sandro Demaio, CEO, VicHealth
VicHealth was a world-leading example of public sector innovation when it was established in 1987, for more than 30 years it has supported and promoted new ways of improving public health. In this episode of Public Sector Perspectives, we speak to Dr Sandro Demaio, the CEO of VicHealth, about how...
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Public Sector Perspectives Episode 12: Warwick Gately AM, Electoral Commissioner, VEC
Last month, the State government confirmed Local government elections will go ahead as scheduled, for Saturday 24 October 2020. In this podcast episode of Public Sector Perspectives, we are fortunate to gain an insight to the election preparations already well underway. Warwick Gately AM…
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Public Sector Perspectives Episode 11: Dr Steve Hodgkinson, CIO, DHHS
“One of the big debates in the leadership of digital transformation is the merits of a ‘big bang’ strategic program versus a more tactical, incremental approach,” says the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services’ (DHHS) Chief Information Officer and IPAA Victoria Fellow, Dr Steve...
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Public Sector Perspectives Episode 10: Andrew Wear, Author, Director of Economic Development
If a city is constantly evolving and growing, what happens when we press the pause button? In this episode of Public Sector Perspectives Podcast, IPAA Victoria is joined by Andrew Wear, Director of Economic Development at the City of Melbourne and senior public sector professional. Andrew…
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Public Sector Perspectives Episode 9: Colin Radford, Chief Executive for WorkSafe Victoria
As a leader, Colin Radford understands human beings are social creatures and his own energy is replenished through interactions with his team. After commencing as Chief Executive for WorkSafe Victoria in November 2019, he was only in the role for a few months before, like so many others, was…
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Public Sector Perspectives Episode 8: Claire Spencer AM, CEO, Arts Centre Melbourne
All the world’s a stage and fittingly, in this week’s Public Sector Perspectives episode, we are joined by Arts Centre Melbourne CEO, Claire Spencer AM. Sitting beneath its iconic Spire and home to The Australian Ballet, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Theatre Company and Opera Australia,...
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Public Sector Perspectives Episode 7: Glenn Patterson, Chief Executive Officer of the City of Casey
In this episode of Public Sector Perspectives, CEO Glenn Patterson describes how one decision taken three years ago made their transition to remote work easier, how you maintain staff morale during a period that has included the COVID19 crisis and the sacking of the Council, and why he thinks he...
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Public Sector Perspectives Episode 6: Tanja Kovac, Gender Equity During a Crisis
Putting the gender lens over COVID-19. This episode of Public Sector Perspectives features Tanja Kovac, CEO of the newly formed peak body Gender Equity Victoria. How has the epidemic affected men and women differently and how has the community sector, on which the public sector depends for…
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Public Sector Perspectives Episode 5 part 2: Cube Group, From Response to Recovery
In this two-part episode, we sit down with Managing Partner Ben Schramm and Director Tom Craven of Cube Group to discuss flattening not one, but four curves of disruption and how to manage public services through the waves of the COVID-19 crisis. Read Cube Group's report in full 'From Response to...
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Public Sector Perspectives Episode 5 part 1: Cube Group, From Response to Recovery
In this two-part episode, we sit down with Managing Partner Ben Schramm and Director Tom Craven of Cube Group to discuss flattening not one, but four curves of disruption and how to manage public services through the waves of the COVID-19 crisis. Read Cube Group's report in full 'From Response to...
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Public Sector Perspectives Episode 4: Dr Wesley Payne McClendon, Crisis Leadership
In this episode we hear from Dr Wesley Payne McClendon, expert in transformation and change strategy. Dr McClendon discusses leadership in a crisis, outlines a transformation lifecycle and shares ways to approach leadership and ways to adapt during a pandemic. Dr Payne McClendon has written...
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Public Sector Perspectives Episode 3: Kate Torney, Chief Librarian & CEO, State Library of Victoria
Kate Torney, describes her COVID-19 moment and how the State Library is capturing this unique cultural moment in Victoria's history.
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Public Sector Perspectives Episode 2: COVID19 and Victoria Police
Susan Middleditch Deputy Secretary at Victoria Police, describes the phone call that made everything change in her professional world and the behind-the-scenes work that has kept one of Victoria's most important public sector services operational during the COVID19 pandemic.
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Public Sector Perspectives Episode 1: Mental health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 crisis
IPAA Victoria presents Public Sector Perspectives: Mental health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 crisis. Today on the show we look at how public sector managers are responding to the challenge of suddenly having to manage their teams remotely. More details about IPAA Victoria’s People Leaders’...
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IPAA Victoria presents Public Sector Perspectives, a podcast featuring conversation with incredible people highlighting the interesting work in government and across the Victorian Public Sector.
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