Public servants
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Evaluation
Public service reform in a complex world: continuity, change and opportunity
This report details the findings of an evaluation of the Australian Public Service Reform program 2022–2025. The evaluation found the program had successfully embedded foundations for ongoing reform and delivered tangible results. Positive changes across domains such as integrity, public satisfaction with services and public service capability were reported.
Guide
Priority Reform Three: transforming government organisations
Priority Reform Three is about making all government institutions accountable for Closing the Gap, culturally safe, and responsive to the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. This guide draws on case studies of good practice, provides practical advice to support public servants and highlights six examples of change underway across government.
Report
What’s top of mind for public servants in 2026
This report shares the views of public servants about their work, showing a curious, pragmatic workforce determined to deliver better outcomes for citizens, despite mounting pressures. It draws on a network spanning half a million public servants and policymakers in 170 countries. The five themes covered are career development, artificial intelligence, efficiency, systems thinking and...
Report
Anti-corruption and integrity outlook 2026: Australia
This country note on Australia outlines the regulatory and institutional frameworks on anti-corruption and public integrity. It provides contextual factors, and reports on lobbying, conflict of interest, political finance, access to public information, judicial integrity, prosecutorial integrity and disciplinary system for civil servants. It benchmarks Australia's performance against other OECD countries.
Report
Investigation report: Operation Myrtleford
This is the report on the investigation of corruption issues relating to the conduct of six persons referred by the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme. The report found that two of the six individuals engaged in serious corrupt conduct, and that the remaining four did not engage in corrupt conduct.