ANALYSIS: Take a look at the clear messaging and applied science behind Sydney's mass transit management, and the rationale for putting a transport wonk…

There's changing of the guard in the New South Wales public service with head of the service, Blair Comley, leaving after three years.

A public service HR consultant explains his view on why government agencies increasingly need to rely on big firms like the one he works for.

The New South Wales public service is working to place newly arrived refugees in government jobs that could be vital stepping stones into their new…

Behavioural science teams in the New South Wales government are beginning to apply their approach to bigger, more complex public policy challenges. So far, nudge…

A natural tension between freedom and control for public sector information assets can easily create obstacles to transformation and a shift to digital processes. Information…

Government information and data stuck in separate systems remains one of the biggest barriers to digital transformation, productivity and efficiency. Fortunately, there are better, faster…

The individual merit principle has produced public service leaders that look and talk the same, think alike and mix in the same circles. Heads of…

To be relevant in the modern era, government must re-engage. It is the central agencies that must take up the task of redesigning government to…

Council general managers who miss out on interim jobs at the helm of new merged councils may get 'deputy' jobs to avoid saddling ratepayers with…

Out-of-home care for children, Aboriginal education and early childhood education have been named NSW's social impact investment priority areas for 2016, putting it ahead of…

Wracked by a highly public ICAC investigation that became a byword for unscrupulous lobbying in NSW, DPC set out to build a new unsolicited proposals…

Social benefit bonds are complex, expensive and limited in use. Federalism makes them even harder to arrange, with savings split between tiers of government. But…