Connecting with IPAA Queensland is perfect for professionals in the midst of their career seeking to broaden their horizons, enhance their skills, and open up new professional opportunities. Through our strong relationships with local, state and federal government, academics and leaders from industry and community organisations, IPAA is uniquely positioned to connect you with the relevant information, people, and opportunities you need during this stage of your career journey.

What membership type is best for me?

We recommend Full Membership for Professionals.  Being a full member offers a range of benefits.  You will receive discounted tickets to events and access to the latest thought leadership on public purpose topics.  Find out more here.

EVEnts and resources

For ease, we have sourced and compiled a range of events and resources most relevant to you. Please take your time to browse our recent blog and thought leadership pieces and register for any upcoming events that spark your interest. If there’s anything you’d like to see here, please get in touch with us as we are regularly creating new content and evolving our events program.

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Tuesday 29 October
Changing government: An important time for public service ethos

By Andrew Wills, Director IPAA Queensland   On Saturday 26th October 2024, the citizens of Queensland participated in one of the great functions of democracy, voicing their collective desire for change in government and electing Liberal National Party (LNP) leader, David Crisafulli as the 41st Premier of Queensland.  For around 29 of the past 35 years

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Tuesday 29 October
AI & Government: Value creation, care, innovation and being human

Challenger Seminar Series On the 10th October 2024, IPAA Queensland was delighted to host their second Challenger Seminar Series for the year. At this event, Nathan Bines, the Executive Director, Data and AI, Queensland Government Customer and Digital Group shared the latest of the Queensland Government’s generative AI tool, QChat, and shared the latest in

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Tuesday 29 October
On Health Budgets and Shifting Focus to Prevention

Challenger Seminar Series On the 27th June 2024, IPAA Queensland, in partnership with Health & Wellbeing Queensland hosted a Challenger Seminar Series on Holistic Public Health from Cradle to Grave: Challenging Assumptions and Achieving Equity.  During this event, an esteemed panel took to the stage to discuss important elements of preventative health at all ages,

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Thursday 26 September
Taking care during Caretaker: Resources for the public sector

On the 4th September 2024, IPAA Queensland in partnership with QUT’s Graduate School of Business hosted our second Mastercraft Seminar Series event on Caretaker Conventions.  With over 600 public purpose professionals registered, this event sought to get back to the fundamentals and sharpen knowledge in a core area for the public sector.  This workshop shared

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What are members saying?

A lot of people join Government because they want to make a difference to the community and IPAA can help in improving that difference we make.

Heidi Bushnell, Professional
Queensland Government

The experiences are amazing, and the relationships and the people you meet are incredible.

Dave Stewart, Executive
Queensland Government

IPAA provides a fantastic meeting place.  There aren’t many forums where you can bring together a really diverse group of stakeholders and talk about really topical issues.  IPAA does this really well.

Michael Hiller, Queensland Chairman
KPMG

It is great to see IPAA thriving, bringing in so many people, the calibre of the people you meet is priceless.  I recommend everyone get involved and join in.

Fahim Khondaker, Professional
BDO

The forums, exceptional presentations –  it is learning in a relaxed way that you don’t see in other institutions.  I am very glad that IPAA is back in Queensland.

Katarina Carroll, Commissioner
QFES