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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.