Tag: Gig Guide

Gig guide: Sims’ step up, Senate President out early

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s competition czar has landed a top role with an international group of regulators where he will coordinate their approach to the digital economy and the government’s Senate president...

Gig Guide: Ziggy out of RMIT, apparatchiks on the move

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Chancellor of RMIT has stepped down after controversy surrounded his new role at Crown Casino, several Morrison government advisers have moved on, and an IT media veteran has...

Gig Guide: Former top mandarin to lead Charles Sturt University

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Charles Sturt University has announced a former senior mandarin as its next vice-chancellor while Western Australia’s top cop will lead the state’s vaccine rollout. Renée Leon, a former secretary...

Gig Guide: Victoria poaches new digital chief

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Victorian government has poached Services Australia’s chief information officer to run its new centralised IT services entity Digital Victoria, while consulting giant Deloitte has hoovered up more high...

Gig Guide: Military mandarins in APS reshuffle

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Scott Morrison has promoted three public servants with defence backgrounds to lead key agencies for the next five years, including Kathryn Campbell, the former major-general in the Australian Army...

Gig Guide: Higher ed shakeup and Barnaby’s return

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
There are changes at the top of Australia’s universities, with vice-chancellors on the move at UTS, UNSW, USYD and RMIT, while Barnaby Joyce’s return to deputy leadership brings a...

Gig Guide: Public servants on the move

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Several leading public servants have announced moves this month ahead of the new financial year, while a 32-year-old regulator has been tasked with cleaning up US Big Tech. The...

Gig Guide: more advisory work for Halton

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Former top public servant Jane Halton has scored more advisory work from the government, after concluding her work on the COVID-19 Commission. Ms Halton will be paid nearly $100,000...