Glyn Davis says Australia ranks eighth globally for public service effectiveness -- thanks to routines, federalism and a taste for evidence.

Treasury is trusting banks' big digital promises a lot less these days. This includes not prematurely junking legacy systems.

State-employed lawyers are broadly underwhelmed by cookie-cutter policy, with the PSA challenging Legal Aid’s remote work clampdown.

Court backs DSS use of tax data to pursue paused welfare debts, drawing a legal line between robodebt and evidence-based recovery.

Crime fighting is taking a backseat as Queensland police are left propping up other agencies. A blunt review urges urgent reform.

Tina Latif is the founder and managing director of 2030 Ventures and a senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School. She ...

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When the press release says “proof”, reach for the journal. Public service guidance for science reporting done right.

Adam Fennessy, new IPAA ACT president and head of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, wants to see the professional member organisation playing a leading role in promoting the ...

The RBA’s quiet retreat from surcharging confirms what many suspected -- markets move faster than nudges, and the banks know it.

Play book lands for AI-era engagements, warning auditors to watch for black-box risk, over-reliance, and dodgy data summarisation.

Canada’s public sector is facing its largest retrenchment since 1995, with AI and attrition not being enough to save 40,000 jobs.