The Productivity Commission has begun development of an evaluation strategy for the whole of the Australian Public Service and any policy or program affecting the…

The New Zealand National Party has attacked the government's plans for extensive public service reforms involving a major overhaul of the legislation.

New Zealand's public service will undergo the "biggest shake-up in 30 years" which will involve replacing its underpinning legislation and, according to Minister for State…

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.

Tasmania's opposition has called for clarity around where state service job cuts will fall, while WA's austerity-focused government faces accusations of unfairness.

The deadline for Victorian Public Service employees to participate in a state-wide reform program has been extended to 7 July. …

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…

Austere welfare systems become an impenetrable armoury in the ‘war on the poor’ because they make unseen decisions that determine levels of funding and services.

Across the advanced industrial world, the centre-left largely remains in opposition, with poor prospects for immediate future government. If it is a story of decline,…

In a major exhibition, surveying 25 years of her work, Trawlwoolway artist Julie Gough generously shares her own, and her family’s experiences as Tasmanian Aboriginal…

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

Senior New South Wales public servant Dr Caralee McLiesh has been appointed as the next Secretary to Te Tai Ōhanga, the Treasury of New Zealand,…

New Zealand can improve well-being through improved policymaking and housing and migration reforms, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development says.

The New South Wales government's attempt to cut back long-service leave entitlements for new public sector recruits was quickly blocked by the state's upper house…