New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, delivered this speech in Melbourne on Thursday 18 July, at an event organised by ANZSOG in partnership with the City of Melbourne.

This report was prepared by the Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) to capture the discussions and themes of the 2018 Indigenous Public Servant Forum, held at Old Parliament House in Canberra.

The stories, experiences and wisdom we heard from speakers and delegates at the 2019 conference will form a foundation through which ANZSOG will continue its journey to improve the representation of First Peoples’ knowledge, wisdom and experiences in the work we do in our core areas of developing public sector leadership, through teaching, learning and...

One of the issues that afflicts regulation is the “swinging of the regulatory pendulum”, as governments switch from adversarial enforcement-centred strategy to more trusting and cooperative postures, and then swing back again when something awful happens.

The APS has the opportunity to “Indigenise” the Public Service Act 1999 to reinforce cultural changes and actions aimed at recruiting and retaining Indigenous employees and incorporating First Peoples knowledge, values and culture into public sector practice. The suggested changes are outlined in this ANZSOG submission to the Independent Review of the Australia Public Service.