It’s been two years since the government announced it would establish a Home Affairs portfolio, and just over 18 months since it came into…

Tight limits on public service workforce growth can make life difficult for agencies whose services to the public experience ever-growing demand, in line with normal…

Commonwealth Ombudsman Michael Manthorpe has told his former Immigration colleagues to have yet another go at fixing detention review processes after an administrative error led…

A group of CSIRO staff who run iconic Tidbinbilla radio telescope dishes near Canberra will stop work for one hour this afternoon, arguing federal government…

The law isn't the main barrier to co-operation between public service agencies, says Michael Pezzullo, but "hidebound, reactionary" attitudes. A new Department of Home Affairs…

A single Defence Department was brought together in the 1970s. Later, Foreign and Affairs and Trade were merged, never to be separated again. Now Australia…

One of Canberra’s most powerful departmental heads, the deep-thinking Mike Pezzullo, has joined the Lowy Interpreter‘s new podcast series, dubbed Canberra Conversations. Here the Institute’s…

The days of big bang IT deals to mega vendors could be over. Reforms to stop agencies favouring large incumbent players will shrink deal sizes…

Good policy making requires transparency and accountability. The government's decision to settle negligence and false imprisonment claims out of court with Manus Island asylum seekers…

APS service design leaders believe agile teams and user-centred design can certainly enhance policy evaluation, which will probably lead to better policy outcomes. They are…

Workplace health and safety was a big theme of the latest Senate inquiry into offshore detention. The committee criticised the complex administrative arrangements that have…

In a break with convention, the federal government has appointed a career public servant directly from the senior ranks of the immigration and border protection…

The Department of Human Services is building a new "cyber range" to stage attack-and-defend training scenarios. It has thrown down the cyber gauntlet and three…