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Reports point to failed Indigenous policies

By Shannon Jenkins

News

A new report from the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) says Australia is failing to…

Are royal commissions the new normal for developing complex public policy?

By Peter Debus

Features

When it comes to Australia's royal commissions -- why so many? Why now? And what do they say about our standard governance and oversight procedures?…

Queen's Birthday honours recognise 'exceptional' public servants

By Shannon Jenkins

News

Dennis Richardson, Martin Bowles and Nerida O'Loughlin are among those recognised in this year's Queen's Birthday honours.

Gold employers: PM&C and ATO recognised at LGBTI inclusion awards

By David Donaldson

Federal

The Australian Tax Office and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet have been named among Australia's best employers for LGBTI inclusion.

Knowledge sharing between policy makers and academics

By Maria Katsonis

Research Series

Policy makers are increasingly drawing on knowledge outside the public service to deal with the complexity of public policy. Academic research is one source of…

Reactive, slow, professional: what leaders really think of the APS

By David Donaldson

Federal

To get a sense of what federal mandarins think of the Australian Public Service, look no further than the APS Review's latest release of consultation…

More former mandarins put the squeeze on the Thodey review

By Verona Burgess

Features

Two former public service commissioners walk into a bar. Well, not a bar, but a Canberra restaurant. There, a number of distinguished former mandarins and…

Public sector innovation: why it’s so difficult, why it’s so important

By Peter Shergold

Community & Social

Here is Peter Shergold’s full speech delivered at the Public Sector Innovation Show in Canberra on 26th March 2019. As an enthusiast and occasional spruiker…

Which agencies got a break from Senate estimates hearings?

By Stephen Easton

Federal

Labor is crying foul over their missed opportunities to quiz public servants after Senate estimates was cut short by the beginning of the election campaign…

Alison Larkins appointed PM&C deputy secretary

By David Donaldson

Federal

Alison Larkins has returned to the job of deputy secretary social policy at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

Coalition budget commits $20m to study and stimulate social impact investing

By Stephen Easton

Community & Social

The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet scored $5 million in last week's budget to consider how the Commonwealth can encourage private investment in…

Finalised APS Review must be a 'strategic masterpiece' to survive whichever party wins government

By Verona Burgess

Editors' Picks

If there is a change of government, the questions are, would Labor continue the review, abandon it, or reconstitute it, and where would it lead…

The next long wave of reform — where will the ideas come from?

By Terry Moran

Features

Terry Moran's Accountability Roundtable address pays tribute to Jim Carlton AO; lays out how Moran views the next wave of reform; and cites the key…

How a WA department's graduate program came out on top of the nation

By Stephen Easton

Federal

Australia's best public sector grad programs, indexed. Public sector agencies generally don’t do enough to explain what working in a government department is really like…

Return Indigenous Protected Areas and Rangers to the Environment portfolio

By Denis Rose

Culture

It is time for the Federal Indigenous Protected Areas and Indigenous Rangers programs to be moved back to the Department of Environment, otherwise we risk…