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.

Statutory agencies are established with a particular purpose in mind. They address a specific set of interests or public need, usually with targeted powers. This research examines the complex authorising environment of small statutory agencies and demonstrates the importance of them interpreting their formal independence and their practical reliance on larger government departments.