Federal Infrastructure minister Anthony Albanese has been at the forefront of the Rudd Government's spending whirlwind this month, announcing dozens of locally focussed infrastructure projects.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has revealed the largest public infrastructure projects in Australia's history with the announcement of a final decision for his National Broadband Network.

The Western Australian State Government's moves towards entrenching itself in the shared services club continue to proceed shakily, with a statement released last week by the Department of Treasury and Finance indicating yet another course correction for the troubled program.

Incumbent Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has this week outlined a potentially grim future for the public sector in her state, expressing an intent to "streamline the business of government" through huge cuts to the state's 23 major departments and 450 agencies.

The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has made several strong moves indicating the development of a major program of information and communication technology reform.

The Rudd government has reversed a decade of Howard-era education policy with a schools funding package which shifts focus from private schools back to the public system.

Major Federal Government departments have been sluggish in adopting IT budget cuts recommended in the Gershon Review.

A joint Parliamentary committee has met to consider plans for a massive reconstruction of Townsville's Lavarack Barracks.

So the cat is finally out of the bag. Gershon has landed, with a bang, but is it necessarily as bad as you may have feared?