Terry Moran: time for an inquiry into the public service Terry Moran was Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet from 2008 to 2011. He is now President of the Institute of Public Administration Australia and a governor of the Committee for Economic Development of Australia. He joined John Alford, Professor of Public Sector Management... Author Disclosure Statement John Alford was a member of the Ministry of Transport Project Team in Victoria, and a member of the panel appointed by the Victorian Premier to conduct the Review of Public Service Personnel Management in 1990. The Conversation provides independent analysis and commentary from academics and researchers. Articles by This Author Terry Moran has called for the strengthening of the Australian Public Service. Alan Porritt / AAP Terry Moran was Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet from 2008 to 2011. He is now President of the Institute of Public Administration Australia and a governor of the Committee for Economic Development of Australia. He joined John Alford, Professor of Public Sector Management at the Australia and New Zealand School of Government and at the Melbourne Business School, in conversation on the future of Australia's public service. They discussed how the public service has changed, how it should operate, and the vexed question of the role of ministerial advisers. John Alford : I invite you to think about when you first joined the public service. Do you think the public service will change as much in the