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New APS style manual ‘fit for the digital age’

Communications & Technology

The Digital Transformation Agency on Thursday released the guide in Beta, with the hope that the public would provide feedback ahead of its official launch…

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Unsettling complacencies: EPA Chair Kate Auty wants public servants to resist retreating into their comfort zone

By David Donaldson

Australian Capital Territory

It's not enough to keep having "the same old conversations", argues new Victorian EPA Chair Kate Auty. For her, improving diversity and community engagement has…

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Insights and analysis

‘It can be very patronising and very tokenistic’: how power sits at the centre of public engagement

By David Donaldson

Community & Social

Public engagement is a great way to access expertise held by the community, but is often frustrating for participants — especially those from diverse communities.

SES to have 3% Indigenous employee representation by 2024 under new APS workforce strategy

By Shannon Jenkins

Community & Social

The government has released a five-year workforce strategy to increase and retain Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employment across the Australian Public Service. Launched on…

Victorian public servants more stressed than healthcare workers, but face less than half the amount of violence at work

By Shannon Jenkins

Community & Social

A summary of the responses to the People Matter Survey — the state government’s largest sector-wide workforce survey.

‘A different kind of leadership’: how women can build influence in the public sector

By Shannon Jenkins

Community & Social

Current and emerging public sector leaders have joined up to discuss the challenges women in face in the workforce, the ways they can overcome those…

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Defence wins award for advancing gender equity in STEM

By Shannon Jenkins

Defence

The Department of Defence has joined up with the education, research, and industry sectors to support gender equality in the STEM workforce, and has been…

NSW program aims to bring job seekers with autism into public service

By Shannon Jenkins

New South Wales

The New South Wales Public Service Commission has launched a pilot initiative designed to bring autistic and neurodiverse talents into state government agencies.

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Improving cultural diversity in the public service: understand different leadership styles and be prepared to push back on resistance

By David Donaldson

Features

The leadership of Australia’s public services is really white. At last count in 2018, government departments across the country had a higher proportion of chief…

Behavioural insights could improve diversity in NSW public service, agencies say

By Shannon Jenkins

News

A group of agencies within the New South Wales Public Service have been exploring ways to remove some of the barriers preventing women from entering…

SA public service boss wants to build inclusive workplace culture with focus on performance management

By Shannon Jenkins

News

The head of the South Australian Public Service has called for his department to build an inclusive workplace culture that nurtures talent and improves performance…

WA government sets ambitious new disability employment target for the public sector

By Stephen Easton

Community & Social

The Western Australian government has set a new disability employment target for the public sector of 5% by the end of 2025, and a new…

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Why a 7% disability employment target for the APS really means a greater sense of inclusion and psychological safety

By Stephen Easton

Community & Social

When the Morrison government announced a 7% disability employment target for the Australian Public Service in May, it really meant that it aimed to have…

Comms and Human Services show how departments can be more inclusive in the workplace

By Shannon Jenkins

Community & Social

The Department of Communications and the Arts has created its own version of the ABC program You Can’t Ask That. In You 'Can' Ask That,…

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New APS style manual ‘fit for the digital age’

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Unsettling complacencies: EPA Chair Kate Auty wants public servants to resist retreating into their comfort zone

‘It can be very patronising and very tokenistic’: how power sits at the centre of public engagement

SES to have 3% Indigenous employee representation by 2024 under new APS workforce strategy

Victorian public servants more stressed than healthcare workers, but face less than half the amount of violence at work

‘A different kind of leadership’: how women can build influence in the public sector

Beat unconscious bias and hire the best people

Defence wins award for advancing gender equity in STEM

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NSW program aims to bring job seekers with autism into public service

Improving cultural diversity in the public service: understand different leadership styles and be prepared to push back on resistance

Behavioural insights could improve diversity in NSW public service, agencies say

SA public service boss wants to build inclusive workplace culture with focus on performance management

WA government sets ambitious new disability employment target for the public sector

Why a 7% disability employment target for the APS really means a greater sense of inclusion and psychological safety

Comms and Human Services show how departments can be more inclusive in the workplace