This report explores the concept of merit in recruitment practices in a modern public sector context, drawing on interviews from three different jurisdictions in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. It outlines a set of key actions and details the latest thinking and practice for governments to consider in their respective recruitment and selection processes.

This article discusses how regulators are actively navigating the AI landscape, fostering cross-sector collaboration whilst focusing on ethical, safe, and accountable AI. The author argues that this endeavor will require the engagement at all levels of public service, civil society and professional communities of practice.

This article discusses integrity and anti-corruption in the light of Australia's Robodebt scandal, and the role of Australia’s new National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) after just 16 months of operation.

This report shows how knowledge brokering can facilitate better research-practice collaboration and provide opportunities for enhancing public sector reform in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. It analyses the function and practicalities of knowledge brokering, the conditions and practices that can support effective collaboration, and how to measure the relative benefits and impacts of different approaches.

This article explores how agencies can support First Nations Australians to build strong, equitable and sustainable by ensuring that governance is informed and enriched by cultural and social determinants that Indigenous communities bring to the table. The challenge among regulators lies in ‘walking the bridge' together in a manner that respects Indigenous governance while ensuring...