Public service
Alternative labels
APS
Australian public service
Civil service
Report
Not yet 50/50: barriers to the progress of senior women in the Australian public service
This report proposes a range of mitigating strategies for navigating around these barriers and achieving and maintaining a better gender balance across the Australian Public Service.
Report
Using technology in service delivery to families, children and young people
This paper provides an overview of how the innovative use of technology can add value to service delivery in organisations working with families, children and young people. Key messages: Most Australians have access to the Internet and use mobile devices to connect from anywhere, at any time. Research suggests that even isolated and marginalised groups...
Fact sheet
Fact Check: Rupert Murdoch's public sector pay, sick leave tweet checks out
News Corporation's executive chairman Rupert Murdoch claims public workers in Australia earn more and take many more sick days than their private sector counterparts.
Fact sheet
Fact Check: Penny Wong selective in jobs attack on Coalition
Finance Minister Penny Wong claims there is a $2.4 billion hole in the Coalition's costing of its plan to shed 12,000 public service jobs.
Article
Public service: the role of history and historians in government
Historical advice does have a place in public administration. The question remains how this is best provided, writes Francesca Beddie.