A who's-who of the members in contention for Coalition ministerial positions in the days after the 2019 federal election.

The most useful tools for senior public servants are “persuasion and trust” in the view of former Commonwealth secretary Gordon de Brouwer, who sits on…

New South Wales now has a Minister for the Public Service and Employee Relations following a post-election reshuffle, in which Don Harwin was allocated the…

The public service should provide training to new members of parliament, ministers and their staff, in the view of senior Commonwealth secretary Martin Parkinson. He…

Transition from opposition to government can be hard on ministers who aren't used to seeing the public service as on their side. Now they need…

Distrust between government and citizens goes both ways, but deliberative democracy offers opportunities in this age of individualism. The convenors of SA's citizens' juries consider…

FEATURE: Public trust in government has declined in recent years, but how can public servants help? Experts discuss how public servants can play an…

Were the Labor years of Hawke and Keating good for the public service? That's been in dispute, with a senior minister of the time insisting…

Gough Whitlam created them. Malcolm Fraser cemented them. And the move to new Parliament House multiplied them — exponentially ever since. Charting the rise and…

While politicians get "captain's picks" in selecting departmental heads, is the role of the Australian public service to provide impartial advice being undermined? The lack…

What should bureaucrats do when their masters in government change? Elections are tricky times. Understand the authorising environment has fundamentally shifted, says our expert.

Your minister has a choice: the in-flight magazine or your policy brief. How do you get read? Make life easy for them in how you…