Professor Elanor Huntington, Dean of the Australian National University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science, is guided by a grand vision: a new paradigm in education and vocational training, and a new discipline that government will need before the middle of the century.

Tracey Gaudry is the chief executive of Respect Victoria, a new agency with a challenging but vitally important task: primary prevention of all forms of family violence, and violence against women.

Camille Wilson is a workplace consultant in mental health and wellbeing. When a difficult conversation turns into a mental health claim, challenge yourself think about how that employee is really feeling.

The relationship between time and policy is complex. For the most part, policymakers do not consider time impacts for individuals and families. The use of time is, by and large, seen as a matter of personal choice.

Dr Attracta Lagan is a specialist in behaviour ethics, having worked alongside leaders in corporate, not-for-profit and public sector organisations. Here she outlines the seven workplace traps that be used as an excuse for unethical behaviour.

By combining Census data with Australian government administrative data, the ABS has found more highly educated people have longer working lives and retire later. This finding may prove useful in projecting future retirement patterns and government payments and revenues.

For institutions that need to rebuild public trust, “starting to speak normally" instead of in stiff bureaucratic language is a necessary step on the journey, according to APS Review member Gordon de Brouwer.

Gill Callister is the former secretary of Victoria’s Department of Education and Training. She about the perils of an “ethically neutral” organisational culture, her new job, and backsliding on women in leadership

The government is reportedly considering a proposal to enable the Australian Signals Directorate to access the networks of companies operating critical infrastructure to defend them against cyber attacks.

Bob McMullan and Sean Innis explore the demands and support surrounding government ministers. They are responsible for running important portfolio areas, even though they’re unlikely to have professional expertise in that area. Despite all this responsibility, and power, ministers arrive in the job with no training.

Margarine, canned goods and modern billiard balls all resulted from national innovation challenges. After fuelling much of the competition that defined the early 20th century aviation era, innovation challenges are going back to their pedigree: the public sector.

Minister of State Services Chris Hipkins has announced the most significant changes to the New Zealand Public Service since the State Sector Act of 1988. Below is his full speech, delivered on June 26, 2019.

The importance of thinking about how implementation is going to work when designing policy is well recognised but remains a challenge, said Sir Chris Wormald in an address to our APS.

The buck stops with you and the problems start with you: Are you after accountability or accountability theatre?

New housing in Australia must meet minimum energy performance requirements. We wondered how many buildings exceeded the minimum standard.