Five years ago, the UK's Policy Profession Board made a commitment to improve policy making across government, signing the Twelve Actions to Professionalise Policy Making…

New Zealand has released its anticipated first wellbeing budget, with major focuses on measuring and addressing mental health, child poverty, children in state care, family…

New Zealand's official use of AI algorithms in government has been in the spotlight in recent years. We recommend New Zealand establish a new independent…

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has chosen the head of her defence department to become the next Deputy State Services Commissioner. Secretary of Defence…

Australia's government-funded organisations have stronger cyber security than their counterparts anywhere in the world, in the eyes of a large multinational that analysed a year's…

The third article in a three-part series on the formulation of Australia’s firearms policy; the power of pro-gun interests has the potential to pervert our…

New Zealand’s long-awaited zero carbon bill will create sweeping changes to the management of emissions, setting a global benchmark with ambitious reduction targets for all…

The second article in a three-part series on the formulation of Australia’s firearms policy; across the decades, Australia remains unified on its national gun laws.

The first article in a three-part series on the formulation of Australia’s firearms policy; Australia finds itself at a gun-law crossroads after the Port Arthur…

Evidence-based policy may be the flavour of the moment, but how does it account for the intrinsic human needs for empathy, confidence, and context?…

Regulatory reviews of organisational failings inevitably focus on why risks were not effectively identified, measured, monitored or managed. The risks are the same for policy-makers.

The Digital Transformation Agency is inviting local, state, territory, and federal government agencies to try out a new system to send texts and emails to…

Michelle Hippolite is often asked what it's like being a Maori woman leader. She talks connecting the head and heart, Maori ideas about leadership, and…

New Zealand's decision to block Huawei from its 5G cellular networks due to security concerns is likely to be just the first of many that…