Public service
Alternative labels
APS
Australian public service
Civil service
Report
The enabling state: where are we now?
An enabling state is one that seeks to address stubborn inequalities of outcome and gives people and communities more control over the public services they receive to improve their own wellbeing. This report provides a detailed review of participative, outcomes-based policy making since 2013 and details what each shift has entailed.
Guide
Clean as a whistle: a five step guide to better whistleblowing policy and practice in business and government
This guide works as a companion to new regulatory requirements, formal guidance and standards for whistleblowing policies and programs. The findings and key actions will help everyone with a commitment to integrity – organisations and policymakers alike – act to ensure the positive role of whistleblowing is fully realised, for all our benefits.
Guide
Federal Executive Council handbook 2019
This handbook outlines the diversity of matters submitted to the Executive Council and presented to the Governor-General and Executive Councillors.
Report
Senior Indigenous Public Servant Forum Canberra, 9-11 December 2018: ANZSOG summary report
This report was prepared by the Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) to capture the discussions and themes of the 2018 Indigenous Public Servant Forum, held at Old Parliament House in Canberra.
Report
Public value: how can it be measured, managed and grown?
This paper brings together views from Nesta on better ways of mapping and measuring public value. It considers many fields - from health and culture to public services - to find more rounded and realistic ways of capturing the many dimensions of value created by public action.