Politics of division set to rock public sector at ground-breaking Melbourne conference
The growing polarisation of our politics in the age of Trump and Brexit forms the premise for a fascinating – and potentially confronting – series… Read More
Helen Sullivan
Uh-oh Canada … public service musical chairs is unsustainable
To attract and retain more millennials in the public sector, it’s not enough to reform slow, complex hiring processes and replace “archaic” technology, according to the head of the Canadian Public Service Commission. Read More
More lessons from Canada on the future of strategic public service reform
How best to strategically recalibrate the public sector using the forces of disruption and imagination? Researchers in Australia and Canada look to lessons from the other system to bolster weaknesses at home. Read More
‘Some things cannot be measured’: the limits of evidence-based policy
Evidence-based policy is a powerful notion that has entered the public lexicon in recent years. But, like another well-worn idea, agile, it has become increasingly debased as it has grown in popularity. Read More
Public policy schools: because governments can’t do it alone
Melbourne School of Government director Helen Sullivan takes on a new challenge running ANU's venerable Crawford School of Public Policy. She tells The Mandarin why public policy is increasingly a global system. Read More