For government to break out of the loop of demand for public services and innovate, it needs to find a way to prioritise prevention over day-to-day expenditure. This paper looks at how to shift the culture of public organisations to think ‘prevention first’ and target spending at activities which promise value for money and improve...

Industrial strategy is experiencing a renaissance, with global debate rightly shifting from whether to pursue it to how best to design and implement it. This report, based on work that IIPP has done with governments around the world, focuses on the potential of industrial strategy to be a powerful tool not only for catalysing growth...

While this report draws from the experience of Camden Council (London), many of the insights are widely relevant to governments globally. The authors argue that a mission-oriented procurement approach can support ambitious, dynamic governments to address the grand challenges of the 21st Century.

In this final report, the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit considers the future conduct of the Defence Major Projects Reports, as well as issues raised in the ANAO’s audit of the Hunter class frigates program.

This report is the first of two and focuses on current procurement processes in New South Wales government agencies, through agency-specific or whole of government procurement arrangements