One of the federal government's newest departmental secretaries, Dr Steven Kennedy, disputes the narrative that Australian Public Service has experienced a severe capability decline over recent decades. Read More
Our national governance is failing because the process for selecting political leaders is inadequate for the role that our system of government assigns to them. Read More
Verona Burgess analyses former APS Commissioner Andrew Podger’s thought-provoking 8800-word submission to the Thodey review. Read More
ANZSOG chief of staff David Threlfall explores how our public service practitioners access and respond to academic policy frameworks. How did you learn to do… Read More
The APS needs a new 'theory of the business' that more effectively explains and validates the role, purpose, work and impact of a public service for the digital age. Read More
The new Morrison government's administrative arrangements order is out, and despite the brevity there's a bit to explain. Verona Burgess runs through the good news from a very awkward week for public servants. Read More
The inaugural Helen Williams Oration was delivered by Ann Sherry, chairman, Carnival Australia in Canberra on August 23, 2018. The Oration was hosted by the… Read More
Remaking the public sector to be relevant in the digital world remains work in progress and a major challenge for the government, no matter who their leader. Read More
A Dutton government could shake the earth under the APS given his right-wing ideology; a Morrison or other middle-of-the-road challenger’s government less so. Read More
Two senior Treasury officers have tackled the hot-button $65-billion annual impost of regulation in a personal submission to the review of the Australian Public Service, saying department heads should be legally required to clean up their stocks of red tape. Read More
Australia should reconsider how it doles out senior public service jobs following a rash of "blatantly political appointments", argues public servant-turned-Labor backbencher Julian Hill. Read More
Home Affairs and ATO advocate a far more cohesive and collaborative APS and suggest ways of removing barriers to cross-agency and whole-of-government cooperation. At last,… Read More
Machinery of government changes are often poorly planned, disruptive and costly, argue a group of UNSW Canberra academics. Their APS review submission outlines five priority areas for reform. Read More
It is an absurdity that the Prime Minister can merely pick whoever he wants to be the commissioner – with no specified competitive process, writes Verona Burgess. Read More
The APS needs to start thinking about integrity as institutional quality rather than a set of rules, argues ANZSOG's submission to the Thodey review. Plus their other priority areas for reform. Read More
