The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet’s management of the Australian government’s Register of Lobbyists. It suggests that improvements could be made to communications, compliance management and evaluation for the code and the register.

It is now taken for granted that trialling and testing inform medical practice. The What Works Centres that sit at the heart of the Network have begun to bring that same transformative approach to other public sector professions.

While some restrictions that affect people with disability are authorised under existing legislation, some are not. The OPA believes that law reform is needed and this discussion paper outlines a possible framework by which deprivations of liberty could be minimised and, where necessary, lawfully authorised.

The article discusses the mechanics, influences and principles of good regulatory decision making in New Zealand.

This audit found that DELWP and the audited councils are not being fully effective in their management and implementation of the planning system. In particular, planning schemes remain complex and have had mixed success in achieving planning policy objectives.