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.

Australia lacks a scholarly book that covers recent developments in public sector governance in Australia and blends cross-disciplinary perspectives from law, management, public administration and public policy. The primary reason for writing this book is to fill the gap in the treatment of this subject, and to provide insights from empirical evidence and current practice...

Meredith Edwards, Emeritus Professor at the University of Canberra, has written a comprehensive analysis of the appointments process to public boards in Australia. Australia has yet to embark on the significant reform of the process seen in countries such as the UK and Canada, where change was seen as vital to maintain any confidence in...

This Report recommends a new framework to achieve good governance practice for tertiary education institutions (TEIs) in New Zealand. The governance practice of TEIs in New Zealand is not seriously flawed, but there is considerable room for improvement, particularly in clarifying the roles and responsibilities of Councils, Chief Executives and Academic Boards, sharing of good...