Machinery of government (MoG) changes occur when the government decides to change the way responsibilities are allocated and structured across departments and other public service agencies. This paper highlight aspects of MoG changes that relate to agencies’ administrative conduct, with a particular focus on maladministration risks agencies should watch out for.

This submission supports the government inquiry into the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill 2022 by discussing the importance of referenda in Australian democracy and the proposed reforms within the Bill.

Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom are powerful. But the administrative support they receive is limited, meaning that the exercise of that power is not as effective as it should be. This paper argues that the prime minister’s job is made harder because the symbiotic institutions that give him or her direct support – No.10...

New and emerging technologies will change government in a wide range of ways. This report assesses the state of this transformation in the UK, what it means for the government workforce, and what steps the government needs to take now to ensure that it manages it successfully.

This short paper offers a diagnosis of the problem facing the government ‘machine’, a review of the changes recently made to it, and the Institute for Government’s recommendations on further reforms that most benefit the government, the civil service and the UK public.