Engagement

Pia Andrews explains the idea of “Government as a Platform”, commonly known as GaaP, including the benefits, challenges and how you could apply it in your everyday work, regardless of whether you work in policy, regulation, service delivery, or anything else.

By setting these targets, my government will be held to account on its performance. We are ready to meet this challenge.

Australians’ trust in government has grown more quickly than most countries this year, bucking a recent downward trend.

If there is an unsung hero of Saturday’s so-called ‘Danslide’ state election result, it is the Victorian public service.

Dr Steven Kennedy, one of Australia’s most senior public servants, has twice been seconded to the Prime Minister’s Office — picking up a few tricks on the hill that have come in handy in his new role as departmental secretary.

Extensive work has been done to ensure that the privacy and security of users has been built into the very heart of myGovID, says Human Services and Digital Transformation Minister Michael Keenan.

With the Morrison government losing its lower-house majority, Attorney-General Christian Porter is ready to discuss ways to strengthen the Commonwealth public sector integrity system.

Government risks becoming separated from the people, warn a group of mandarins, as policy and service functions move apart.

Edward DeSeve was at the forefront of the US response to the GFC. He discusses the importance of using the tried pathways “wherever you can” and how the Trump administration is serving up policies that “aren’t quite half baked, they’re a quarter baked”.

Reimagining and safeguarding democracy, while charting a course between alarmism and complacency, requires new ways of thinking.

The call for politicians to ‘get real’ and ‘go public’ is more than just about winning elections.