Premium The Select Committee Empathy training for public sector leaders — is it a good idea? Tuesday September 14, 2021 By Chris Johnson Australian Capital Territory Is empathy training worthwhile and should it be mandatory for public sector leaders? If so, what shape should it take? …
Premium Interviews Public servants have agency too Monday August 9, 2021 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Sometimes the common perception of a public servant’s role can be confused as lacking power to exercise agency. It is a view a group of…
Premium The Select Committee Priorities following a year like this – the Select Committee Thursday December 17, 2020 By Chris Johnson Editors' Picks After the year that we have had, what should be the public sector's initial priorities once everyone returns next year following the shutdown? And how…
Premium The Select Committee Is this Australia’s opportunity to reset? – The Select Committee Monday September 28, 2020 By Chris Johnson Economy & Industry With the federal budget almost upon us, we have asked members of our brains trust whether it is time for a reset. What is likely…
Premium The Select Committee Define the public interest – The Select Committee Tuesday September 1, 2020 By Chris Johnson Editors' Picks This instalment of The Select Committee includes comment from our whole brains trust – the entire nine-member panel. And while we were acutely aware of…
How should public servants respond if a minister asks them to do party political work? Monday June 29, 2020 By The Mandarin Editors' Picks Where should senior public servants and political staffers draw the line between their public duty and the expectation by some ministers for public funds to…
The nine policy experts answering the burning questions facing public sector leaders Tuesday June 16, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins News With nine members from a range of backgrounds, including Lucy Turnbull, Geoff Gallop, and Richard Bolt, the Select Committee provides comment and insight into key…
ANU Policy Forum turns five Friday November 22, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins News The Australian National University’s Asia & the Pacific Policy Society has relaunched its leadership team in celebration of its policy blog’s five-year anniversary.
Promoted Politics of division set to rock public sector at ground-breaking Melbourne conference Friday July 27, 2018 By IPAA Engagement The growing polarisation of our politics in the age of Trump and Brexit forms the premise for a fascinating – and potentially confronting – series…
Uh-oh Canada ... public service musical chairs is unsustainable Friday March 2, 2018 By Stephen Easton Features 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…
More lessons from Canada on the future of strategic public service reform Monday September 19, 2016 By Catherine Althaus Career Advice 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…
'Some things cannot be measured': the limits of evidence-based policy Tuesday August 16, 2016 By David Donaldson Editors' Picks 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…
Public policy schools: because governments can't do it alone Monday July 4, 2016 By Stephen Easton Features 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…
