New Zealand’s Executive Branch has grown to an abnormal size. This research summary argues that the number of departments, portfolios, and ministers likely causes a suite of coordination, policy drift and resource management problems.

The UK's Commission on the Centre of Government's final report recommends that No.10 and the Cabinet Office be merged to form a new Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to enable more strategic control at the centre of government.

This research note outlines the Victorian system for regulating lobbying, and provides a summary of the issues most often discussed in relation to the risks of unregulated lobbying activity.

Many people outside government talk about the benefits of transparency in opening up the work of government to the public, but there is much less discussion of how transparency can benefit government itself. Based on seven case studies, this report focuses on how taking a more transparent approach can help government achieve its objectives.

The investigation followed a 2022 referral alleging that the public service had been “stacked” with party operatives. The investigation did not find evidence of this but did, however, find the public sector had been politicised in other, equally pervasive ways.