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A federal ICAC must end the confusion between integrity questions and corruption

  • Published Date: 12 October 2021
This article by ANZSOG NSW Premier’s Chair in Public Service Delivery Professor Gary Sturgess first appeared in the Conversation. By Gary Sturgess There has been a great deal...
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Modern-day blacksmithing: equipping our people with RegTech tools

  • Published Date: 07 October 2021
This guest editorial was written for the ANZSOG/National Regulators Community of practice monthly newsletter, highlighting new additions to the Regulation Policy and Practice collection on AP...
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Fixing the ‘demand side’ – helping ministers perform

  • Published Date: 28 September 2021
By Sally Washington, ANZSOG Executive Director Aotearoa-New Zealand The key dimensions of an effective relationship between Ministers and their public service policy advisors were outlined in a ...
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Regulating Lobbying in Australia: Three Steps for Reform

  • Published Date: 10 September 2021
This guest editorial was written for the ANZSOG/National Regulators Community of practice monthly newsletter, highlighting new additions to the  Regulation Policy and Practice collection on A...
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Importance of harmony in and across LGBTIQ+ and Indigenous Communities

  • Published Date: 06 September 2021
A relatively new field of research offers insight into the intersection of being both Indigenous and of the LGBTIQ+ community in Australia, explored in the Breaking the Silence research report, p...
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Moving beyond fiscal squabbling to a ‘capacity-based’ federalism

  • Published Date: 30 August 2021
By Ken Smith and Andrew Bushnell The Administrative Appeals Tribunal recently held that National Cabinet is not a committee of the federal cabinet. National Cabinet was an expedient for the COVID...
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Policy concepts in 1000 words: the policy process

  • Published Date: 16 August 2021
By Professor Paul Cairney Paul Cairney is Professor of Politics and Public Policy in the Division of History, Heritage, and Politics at the University of Stirling in Scotland. He is a specialist...
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Getting to Fair: bringing down barriers to access essential services

  • Published Date: 06 August 2021
This guest editorial was written for the ANZSOG/National Regulators Community of practice monthly newsletter, highlighting new additions to the Regulation Policy and Practice collection on APO. T...
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Fixing the ‘demand side’: how the public service can support ministers to be ‘intelligent customers’ of policy advice

  • Published Date: 27 July 2021
How do we ensure ministers and their departments engage in the most productive way from the start of their working relationships? The Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) Directo...
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Implementing a problem-centric approach

  • Published Date: 06 July 2021
This guest editorial was written for the ANZSOG/National Regulators Community of practice monthly newsletter, highlighting new additions to the Regulation Policy and Practice collection on APO. T...
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“What does Jeremy Think?”: The value of public service

  • Published Date: 09 June 2021
Sir Jeremy Heywood was the greatest British public servant of his generation – confidant and troubleshooter for both Conservative and Labour Prime Ministers, and a key figure in dealing with maj...
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Regulatory capability – reflecting on what makes a ‘good regulator’

  • Published Date: 09 May 2021
  • Key Topic and Teaching Concept: Regulation
Jarrod Cowley-Grimmond For many people, the idea of ‘regulation’ suggests investigations and prosecutions, or what I like to think of as the ‘law enforcement’ approach to regulation. While th...