In order to deliver on its priorities, the UK's civil service needs to manage its workforce more effectively, tackle damaging levels of staff turnover, reform pay structures and recruitment processes, access and utilise the full range of expertise outside of government, and open itself up to more challenge and scrutiny. This paper sets out 20...

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the National Indigenous Australians Agency’s (NIAA’s) processes to design and transition to a new remote employment program. The audit finds that the NIAA’s management of the transition period to a new remote employment program was partly effective, and that the NIAA's part implementation of...

Climate change and natural hazards are becoming more frequent, severe, and complex. Australian decision-makers now need more information and support to understand and respond to these changes. This review found there is an urgent and rapidly growing demand for climate and disaster risk information, and the Australian Climate Service is unable to support this demand...

This audit assesses how effectively New South Wales (NSW) government agencies procure and manage consultants. It examined the role of the NSW Procurement Board and NSW Procurement in supporting and monitoring agency procurement and management of consultants. The audit finds that found most agencies do not use consultants strategically, and do not have systems for...

This report examines the role of superannuation trustees, financial advisers and Australian financial services licensees in influencing the investment options that make up member superannuation portfolios, and reveals an often insufficient focus on performance as a measure of persistently underperforming investment options.