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The Australian government has appointed a senior official to lead a reform programme to grow the capability of the Australian Public Service.

Candan Tamerler to serve as associate vice chancellor

Energy industry leader Jay Kalbas starts July 25

The prime minister believes his government can be bolstered by a high-quality public service, having seen it run down and demoralised by the Coalition.

Anthony Albanese will be on the international road again next week. He’ll be at the NATO summit in Madrid, where they will discuss Ukraine, China and climate change.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has begun cleaning house in the public sector by replacing two Coalition-linked department chiefs. DFAT Secretary Kathryn Campbell has lost her job and will be replaced by veteran diplomat Jan Adams. Simon Atkinson will be replaced by former Victorian public servant Jim Betts at the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts. The five-year appointments will begin from next month.

The secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Kathryn Campbell, has been replaced in a shake-up of federal departmental heads announced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has appointed four new senior public servants in a shake-up of the bureaucracy.

$24M grant focuses on social equity

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