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Our People
Justine Greig PSM
IPAA ACT Board Member, Deputy President, and Councillor
Defence Secretary
Defence People
Department of Defence
Letitia Hope
IPAA ACT Board Member, Deputy President, and Councillor
Deputy Secretary
Department of Social Services
Dr Rachel Bacon
IPAA ACT Councillor
Deputy Commissioner Integrity, Reform and Enabling Services
Australian Public Service Commission
Chris Birrer
IPAA Councillor
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Payments & Integrity Group, Services Australia
Tess Bishop
IPAA Councillor
Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Secretary
Strategy, Enterprise and Engagement Group
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Professor Deborah Blackman
IPAA Councillor
Associate Dean Life Long Learning
Professor in Public Sector Management Strategy Public Service Research Group, UNSW Canberra
Jasna Blackwell CPHR
IPAA Councillor
Chief People Officer, Chief Risk Officer, First Assistant Secretary
People, Parliamentary and Communications Division
Department of Education
Maree Bridger
IPAA Councillor
Deputy Secretary, Chief Operating Officer
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts
Sam Chard PSM GAICD
IPAA ACT Councillor
Head of Division Business Grants Hub
Department of Industry, Science and Resources
Jason Duarte
IPAA Councillor and Representative to IPAA individual members
Head of Public Sector
Westpac
Anna Faithfull
IPAA Councillor
Deputy Secretary Skills and Training Group
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Jarrod Howard
IPAA Councillor
Deputy Commissioner, Strategy and Capability Group
Department of Home Affairs | Australian Border Force
David Mackay
IPAA Councillor
Deputy Secretary for Sport, Territories and Regions
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts
Robert Wright
IPAA Councillor
Deputy Director-General, Office of Workplace Safety and Industrial Relations
Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate
ACT Government
Professor Janine O’Flynn
IPAA ACT Councillor
IPAA ACT Representative to the IPAA National Council
Director
ANU Crawford School of Public Policy
Kelly Pearce
IPAA Councillor and representative to IPAA individual members
Retired, former senior executive
Department of Education
LEARNING CATEGORY
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Compassionate Foundations: Building a suicide prevention culture in the APSAustralian Public Service Commission & Department of Defence The need to invest in public sector suicide prevention capability has also been called out in national reviews including the National Suicide Prevention Adviser’s final advice which highlighted the critical role that all government portfolios have in Australia’s suicide prevention effort. To address this critical issue in the APS, the APS Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Unit (the Unit) in partnership with the Department of Defence (DoD) undertook a large project that eventuated in the authorship and delivery of Compassionate Foundations, a first of its kind public sector suicide prevention eLearning suite that teaches staff about suicide and suicide prevention skills framed around relationships and connection not risk assessment. |
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ACT Government Flexible Work ProgramACT Public Service The ACT Government aspires to be the most progressive jurisdiction in Australia for the provision of flexible working options for its employees. Through an iterative cycle of prototyping and continuous learning commencing in 2015, the ACT Government has normalised flexible and hybrid working for all of its officebased employees. |

