The Victorian government plans to bring in a state-wide code of conduct for councillors as well as mandatory training for council election candidates. The Local…

The entire federal public sector is supposed to be on the cusp of a new era in information management defined by interoperability, following the earlier…

As an innovative, real-time exercise, IPAA Queensland polled over 400 public purpose workers at their recent annual forum. In a live session choreographed by Ben…

Lengthy processes to approve mining projects will be the focus of a one-year Productivity Commission review. Projects such as the controversial Adani coal mine —…

The Department of Defence's processes for granting public service employees' travel allowances are ineffective, according to the national Auditor-General, with a collection of policies, procedures…

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has reinforced his intention to remove “regulatory and bureaucratic barriers” that increase costs for companies, closely guided by common complaints about…

A new report from the Institute of Public Affairs says red tape is the single biggest barrier to economic prosperity and opportunity in Australia.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison brought department heads out in front of the media cameras on Thursday and told them not to get in the way…

A recent Fair Work ruling has existing labour laws on the wrong side of public sentiment around new gig economy jobs. Professor Ariadne Vromen's research…

DFAT's internal red tape reduction drive produced two fun, engaging videos to get its main points across rather than yet another long and detailed report.

Commonwealth agencies have beaten the target to reduce the cost of red tape to the community by $1 billion, according to their own reporting. A…

Public servants need to change the culture of asking permission for every little thing, says the Department of Finance executive trying to strip out internal…

What good is a free, online course that is open to anybody, when it's teaching a skill that seems very specific to public servants, and…