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Case studies

A case study in creative funding arrangements: how the Indigenous Advancement Strategy grant program can be used to hand out money in a needlessly convoluted and opaque way

By Stephen Easton

Case studies

The federal government sensibly linked its ambitions to boost economic development in northern Australia with its Indigenous affairs policies, but a lot of the details…

What’s in MYEFO for the public service? A boost for the ABS amid continued cuts

By Stephen Easton

Careers

The Australian Bureau of Statistics will receive an additional $40.4 million next financial year, according to the federal government's budget update, which also indicates staffing…

PM&C should do more to raise awareness of Indigenous Procurement Policy, review finds

By Shannon Jenkins

Community & Social

The Federal government's Indigenous Procurement Policy has been beneficial to the Indigenous business sector, but there is still work to be done to smooth out…

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Federal public servants will soon have a ‘responsibility to share’ data for public benefit, but they need to lean on the experts and be careful not to overreach

By Stephen Easton

Federal

After a long period of consultation around upcoming federal data-sharing and release reforms, questions about consent and commercial use remain the most controversial. While a…

PM&C suddenly downgrades Scott Morrison’s brand new ‘Priorities and Delivery Unit’

By Stephen Easton

Federal

The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet only recently established a brand new team, as part of Prime Minister Scott Morrison's efforts to put…

How to deliver great policy advice

By Shannon Jenkins

Federal

Leaders from across the public sector, the private sector, and academia have come together to discuss the ins and outs of delivering great policy advice.

From one David to another: appointment of new ABS boss leaves a pointy-headed hole in PM&C

By Stephen Easton

Federal

Economist Dr David Gruen has been appointed to take over as head of the Australian Bureau of Statistics from David Kalisch on December 11, partially…

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APS State of the Service: a welcome return to a quality report despite some pre-Thodey verbal gymnastics

By Verona Burgess

Editors' Picks

Thankfully, the State of the Service Report for 2018-19 bears no resemblance to the embarrassing, stripped-back version of the previous few years, which barely paid…

Research shows Morrison’s plan to cut ‘green tape’ invites corruption, says transparency group

By Stephen Easton

Economy & Industry

The Australian arm of Transparency International has taken a stand against the trend towards light-touch regulation and sounded the alarm over the Morrison government’s plans…

Indigenous public service leaders wanted, to help reform ‘the structures of colonisation’

By Stephen Easton

Community & Social

Governments need to make a long-term investment in Indigenous leadership backed up by significant structural and cultural change, argues the head of the Australia New…

APS Commission and Social Services to ‘refresh’ disability strategy

By Shannon Jenkins

Community & Social

The Secretaries Equality and Diversity Council has announced updates to its 2019 strategies.

PM&C releases strategy to empower Indigenous businesses

By Shannon Jenkins

Community & Social

The Indigenous Procurement Strategy, released this week, has been developed in response to a recommendation from the Commonwealth government’s Indigenous Procurement Policy, and will be…

Spot the differences: all the changes in the new Cabinet Handbook

By Stephen Easton

Federal

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has issued the second new edition of the Cabinet Handbook since he took office, with a few substantial changes made since…

Best practice impact analysis — pursuing strong evidence-based policy

By Jason Lange

Communications & Technology

A memo to the APS from Jason Lange, Executive Director of The Office of Best Practice Regulation in the Department of the Prime Minister & Cabinet.

PM&C leader makes case for ‘nudging’ people with public policy

By Shannon Jenkins

Federal

The Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet has called for the use of behavioural insights in policy-making to subtly influence…