Working Together to End Homelessness.

The 35th Premier of South Australia, The Hon Don Dunstan AC QC set new directions for public administration that had far-reaching national impacts. Shortly before his death, Don Dunstan entrusted to the Institute of Public Administration Australia (IPAA SA), the key advocate for effective public administration, the honour of carriage for the annual Don Dunstan Oration on Public Administration.

It is with much pleasure that IPAA SA in partnership with the Don Dunstan Foundation announce the 2017 Orator, Dame Louise Casey DBE CB. Dame Louise Casey will discuss her career as a British government official working in social welfare. This year’s oration will focus on homelessness around the world.

You will also hear about how Adelaide is tackling the problem through the Don Dunstan Foundation’s Adelaide Zero Project.

The Master of Ceremonies for the event will be Louise Miller Frost, CEO, Catherine House Inc.

Climbing out of the political abyss.
Australia is in a political abyss. How do we climb out of it? Do we need a ‘Courage Party’ to address major long term issues, such as refugees, climate change and taxation?

In October of 2016 we heard from Professor Barry Jones as he delivered the annual oration.

Listen to the oration here.

Each of us has a responsibility to make sound, transparent administrative decisions. Unfortunately, public sector leaders do not always make these sorts of decisions.

In less serious cases, uninformed or ill-considered decisions can lead to major financial problems, delays, and unsuitable solutions – and also adversely affect individual employees.

In the worst cases, these decisions can lead to complaints of corruption, misconduct and maladministration. These complaints have the potential to result in criminal charges.

To ensure you are aware of your obligations as a decision-maker, IPAA is invited you to hear from:

The Hon. Justice Greg Parker, President, South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
“Administrative law principles applicable to decision-making”

The Hon. Bruce Lander QC, Independent Commissioner Against Corruption
“The Role of Administrators:

in considering complaints in relation to potential issues of corruption, misconduct and maladministration in public administration; and

in dealing with matters that have been referred to a public authority by the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption”

The session was chaired by Erma Ranieri, Commissioner for Public Sector Employment, and you were given the opportunity to ask questions to the panel of speakers.

As Premier of South Australia, Don Dunstan set new directions for public administration that had far-reaching national impacts. Shortly before his death, Don Dunstan entrusted to the Institute of Public Administration Australia (IPAA), the key advocate for effective public administration, the honour of carriage of the annual Don Dunstan Oration on Public Administration. The 2014 orator was Greg Combet, Chair, Automotive Transformation Taskforce.

This Oration was delivered by Greg Combet, Chair of the Automotive Transformation Taskforce.

As Premier of South Australia, Don Dunstan set new directions for public administration that had far-reaching national impacts. Shortly before his death in 1998, Don Dunstan entrusted to the Institute of Public Administration Australia (IPAA), the key advocate for effective public administration, the honour of carriage of the annual Don Dunstan Oration on Public Administration, and was in fact its first Orator.