Government Insights

03 March 2006

Welcome to the March edition of Clayton Utz Government Insights, in which we'll look at how the new WorkChoices legislation affects the public sector.

We'll also look at why government agencies must now pay even closer attention to their accountability obligations when outsourcing, and drafting obligations for ICT contracts.

Finally we'll revisit the knotty problem of procedural fairness in decision-making, and what you need to tell an applicant when you're making a decision that affects them.

Some outsourcing arrangements now subject to Ombudsman investigation

By Philip Harrison.

Philip Harrison explains why government agencies must now pay even closer attention to their accountability obligations in relation to their outsourcing arrangements.

Bargaining on the future: limitations for industrial action under WorkChoices

By Joe Catanzariti.

Commonwealth and Territory public servants are now covered by the new WorkChoices reforms. What does this mean for industrial action and the bargaining and negotiating of agreements, asks Joe Catanzariti.

Government ICT Policy: limited liability, risk management, and what it means for you

By Richard Morrison and Magdalena Iwasiw.

New Commonwealth and Victorian ICT policies will affect the way ICT contracts are drafted. Richard Morrison and Magdalena Iwasiw look at the changes and what you can do now to get the best out of your ICT contracts.

Informants and procedural fairness: the High Court's decision in VEAL

By James Stellios and John Carroll.

A tribunal receives a "dob-in" letter about an applicant. What should it do now? James Stellios and John Carroll discuss the recent High Court case which examined this problem, and draw some lessons for decision-makers.

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