This report proposes a range of mitigating strategies for navigating around these barriers and achieving and maintaining a better gender balance across the Australian Public Service.

This research is an example of the collaboration ANZSOG strives to achieve with its partners and stakeholders, involving researchers from The Open University, RMIT and ANZSOG, and supported by the UK Chartered Management Institute. It is a three-country comparative study investigating politics and political skills in the work of public sector managers. Combining quantitative survey...

Based on theory and evidence, including insights gained at first hand, Professor Gary Banks addresses two key questions: Why might public inquiries contribute to better policy outcomes? And what determines their ‘success’?

Partnerships between the government and community groups are advocated by many academics and practitioners, but few have examined the limits to partnerships. A simple theory of government (involving the efforts of “reasonable people” in an “ideal state”) is used to explore the issues in creating sustainable partnerships. A graphical presentation is used to demonstrate that...

Restorative justice has been enthusiastically embraced in many justice systems as an alternative to incarceration for young adult and Indigenous offenders. But how well does it work?