Sketchy preparation for such a development as Omicron has left big holes in the supply chain, and policymakers are challenged to patch them.

The APS faces a tough labour market with one tied behind their back thanks to the persisting stupidity of wage freezes and pay caps.

Ministers who argue ‘the people did not vote us out’ as a defence for not following the practices of good government are failing their oath…

Adopting New Zealand's Public Service Commission model would go much of the way to depoliticising the most prominent aspect of politicisation.

For some, the APS is just another vested interest trying to distort policy like corporations, lobbyists, think tanks and consultants.

Soft corruption — private advantage at the expense of the public interest — is always about clever exploitation of the rules rather than breaking them.

The politicisation of the APS and state-level bureaucracies is a crucial part of the endemic state of soft corruption that now characterises contemporary politics.

Senator Paterson says legislation by its nature restricts, regulates and controls and none of it should be just there to sit on the statute forever.

Streamlining nine bickering governments is all upside with no downsides. But solving it requires each state to voluntarily yield its sovereignty.

Is empathy training worthwhile and should it be mandatory for public sector leaders? If so, what shape should it take? …