Policymakers face a variety of barriers to getting an issue on the agenda. This report focuses on the agenda setting and policy adoption phases of the policymaking lifecycle. It provides policymakers with a practical framework for strategic agenda management, highlighting strategies to increase the likelihood that policies are adopted.

This paper makes the case for narrative as a governing tool. It argues that a growing consensus over public service reform that is preventative and more relational is stalling for want of a story. The paper examines why reform stalls, then makes the case for putting respect at the heart of public service design and...

The report provides a picture of how evaluation is used across the Australian Public Service. It looks at how well evaluations are planned, carried out and used, and how evaluation culture is developing across government. It reflects findings on evaluation types; use of evaluation evidence; capability building efforts; and culturally appropriate and ethical evaluation.

This paper outlines how ministers can be effective leaders of public service reform and drive change across the system. Drawing on studies of successful public service reform in the United Kingdom, it explores what effective leadership looks like in public service reform, and the lessons this holds for current and future ministers.

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.