The key message of this report is that the public sector must become a leader and enabler of innovation in Australia, constituting as it does about 35% of GDP with a pervasive role in our economy and society.

In 2006, the State Services Authority released a report on 'The Future of the Public Sector' in 2025. The report identified seven future issues and challenges for the public sector. One of these was fostering agility to support a high performing public sector. The uncertainty that the future holds means that the public sector cannot...

The State Services Authority is currently undertaking a research project on agile government with Demos, the UK think tank. The project is explores the way government shapes, recognises and responds to new opportunities and challenges. The project is considering: The way administrations can create long-term strategies that shape society while still being responsive to a...

This report sets out the State Services Authority’s exploration of key issues affecting the future of the public sector.

Evidence-based policy (EBP) is a discourse or set of methods which informs the policy process, rather than aiming to directly affect the eventual goals of the policy. This paper puts forward a number of approaches which will help to promote EBP.