Corruption threat from surge in consultants, hollowing out of public service
Outsourcing of policy advice doesn t merely undermine the Australian Public Service, a top public policy expert argues, it increases the risk of corruption.
Glyn Davis (Image: AAP/Alan Porritt)
One of Australia s foremost public policy experts has strongly criticised the dramatic expansion in outsourcing of policy advice by the federal government, warning that it risks corruption and has created a vicious circle of declining public sector expertise.
Glyn Davis, a former senior public servant at the state and federal levels, former University of Melbourne Vice-Chancellor and a prominent public policy academic, on Friday delivered the annual Jim Carlton Integrity Lecture at the University of Melbourne.