50 years on from the referendum that made Indigenous affairs a Commonwealth concern, the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet's new deputy secretary, Professor…

A local government performance benchmarking program is helping over 100 councils pinpoint challenges and measure progress in everything from spans of control to budget processes.

The independence of parliament is being undermined by executive control over budgeting, and even performance requirements. Victoria, the most extreme example, treats parliament as a…

No, it's not propaganda, and yes, it is a critical government profession that enhances and saves lives. Britain's top government communicator has a message for…

The federal government's Cabinet handbook has been updated, providing guidance for public servants, staffers and ministers alike on everything from who's allowed in the room…

Australia leads the world in providing government datasets that are useful and easy to find, according to the 2016 Global Open Data Index provisional rankings.

NZ public servants have 10 new social outcome targets, such as cutting the rate of preventable childhood illness by a quarter, under round two of…

Which jurisdiction has the best whistleblowing framework? Based on self-reported survey data, new results out today from a groundbreaking research project rank disclosure schemes across…

Systemic thinking needs to adapt if e-health is to truly deliver.

Australia Post has made a play for a majority slice of future digital elections in a new white paper. Despite the risks, a survey shows…

Embracing flexibility and admitting you don't know everything are key to leadership of a growing team. Becoming an effective manager requires work.

Investors have jumped at the chance to buy into South Australia's first social impact bond, which aims to address homelessness. Meanwhile, the federal Treasurer is…

Instead of thinking that any one new method of policymaking will be the silver bullet, the public service needs to build a more sophisticated toolkit…

Recovery efforts are huge resource drains, but are they the right approach? We don't know, say researchers. NZ's Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority's final review is…