Public engagement in policymaking, stronger whistleblower protections, freedom of information and open data are among the commitments that the Turnbull government will commit Australia to on the world stage. Read More
Data without ingenuity is like a lamp without power, says Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, and that's why GovHack is so important. Read More
SPEECH: Terry Moran considers the capability of the public sector in this new age — what he calls Public Administration 4 — and whether we've learned the lessons of the earlier three. Five principles to take the sector forward. Read More
The Working Holiday program is an unregulated mess, fostering exploitation. There is an alternative. It’s time for seasonal workers from the Pacific to replace backpackers working in the horticultural industry. Read More
The ex-PM&C boss breaks ranks with his former colleagues to argue more transparency will help the public service. He will today outline five principles for adapting public administration to a new age. Read More
The Centre for Public Impact has produced a manifesto that examines three elements of effective government: legitimacy, good policy and implementation. Every Australian jurisdiction has stumbled on these challenges. Read More
A long running regulatory and multinational vendor battle for a dedicated emergency services network in Australia looks to finally have come to an end. Read More
How do you resist attempts to pre-determine advice by the ministerial office? Top mandarin Andrew Kibblewhite has some advice for public servants facing political interference or an inaccessible minister. Read More
Reduced welfare dependency and improved social outcomes are the targets underpinning New Zealand's social investment. The Centre for Social Impact looks at how communities and the government's finances are faring. Read More
SPEECH: There a few 'F words' to consider when providing "free and frank" advice, says Andrew Kibblewhite, the head of New Zealand DPMC. Advise without fear or favour — but don't be foolish. Facts, focused, future and ... fallible? Read More
Benign neglect of Freedom of Information reform has undermined the institutional capacity to deliver effective, informed and high-quality advice. The perception that ministers and public servants are not playing fair grows. Read More
Tasmania's eight department heads have jointly committed to gender parity in senior roles. Getting to 40% women at the top level by 2020 is their first target as the State Service tackles the merit paradox. Read More
The ABS's decision to link Census data is not a breach of privacy but an extension of the social compact, argue prominent health academics. Citizens expect governments to use de-identified data to improve their lives. Read More
CASE STUDY: The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission found itself the top of the APS innovation agenda setting this month, but it had a difficult birth. Despite no crisis precipitating it, co-production shepherded a regulatory culture fit for purpose. Read More
Government no longer has a monopoly on public services. Despite decades of rhetoric, adapting governance to fit the three-sector reality has merely complicated it, argues former PM&C deputy secretary Meredith Edwards. Read More
