For public sector boards, it's important to consider how official structures and organisational culture work together, says ANAO.

Faith in democracy is plummeting among Australians, and the connection voters had with a leader like Bob Hawke now seems out of reach. Is this the last election where enough people really care?

Transforming public service to be fit for purpose in the 21st Century requires new ways of working. To prepare for the future, the public service needs opportunities for everyone to meaningfully provide input into civic life -- opportunities that are demand-driven, flexible, outcome-focused and require specialised skills.

Do disability-related choices translate to a boost in employment and, if not, how can the NDIS scheme be improved to promote this personal goal?

The Coalition has won the federal election. So what will this mean for key policy areas?

Four fresh senior executive faces at the APSC, Regional Development Victoria's first female CEO, and a new Public Access Deputy Commissioner. The latest senior public sector appointments from across the country.

In politics, you sign up to a struggle on behalf of those you claim to represent. You owe them everything you can manage to stitch together to achieve victory. If you want to be a grand failure, better to pick religion, philosophy or art. Not politics. So says Nicholas Gruen in this reposting of his 2008 article on Bob Hawke.

Kerry Kennedy — who died recently in Canberra aged 69 — was a quiet champion of excellence in public administration, a committed family man and a fine baritone.

On the surface, the choice to restructure of government departments and agencies looks easy. But don't be fooled. Bob McMullan and Sean Innis on how to make better machinery of government decisions.

The Four Corners program has raised several new allegations regarding youth detention. We take a look at the policy challenges cited by various parties in this emotive matter.

More than 45,000 children live in out-of-home-care in Australia today. This number is unacceptably large and reforms nationally and internationally have begun to recognise this.

The assessment of risk has been dominated by a focus on perceived risk behaviours. This has its limitations, and it's time that assessment of risk-culture maturity looked beyond behaviours and gave equal recognition to how organisations determine accountabilities for risk and the tools and processes that enable, support -- and sometimes impede -- consideration of risk in decision-making.

The next government must meet the challenge of refreshing the social licence between science, government and the many and diverse communities that make up our nation.

Despite more than two decades of economic success in Australia, there are communities across the country where families still feel excluded, isolated and disempowered. A place-based approach addresses problems specific to a location or community and empowers it with a degree of control and accountability.

Almost one-quarter of the Australian population speaks a language other than English at home. But health services in Australia are largely delivered in English only. Interpreters are a vital bridge between health services and consumers, and access to interpreters in health care should be seen as a basic human right.