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Asia Pacific (APAC)

New Zealand prime minister Chris Hipkins Announces Cost of Living Policy in election campaign

New Zealand election battle lines drawn over public services

A series of announcements by the major political parties contesting for power at the next general election in New Zealand – scheduled for 14 October – have put public services […]

Aboriginal girl laughing, Australia.

Australia releases gender responsive budgeting guidance for federal departments

The Australian Office for Women has released guidance for federal agencies on gender responsive budgeting. The APS (Australian Public Service) Guide to Gender Analysis and Gender Impact Assessment aims to […]

India’s latest data protection bill provokes fresh privacy concerns

A controversial new data protection bill, which sets out rules for use of personal data by private firms and the government, has been tabled in India. Minister of electronics and […]
A photo of Centrelink offices, which provides for Services Australia executive agency that comes under the purview of the Department for Social Service

Stark implications for Australian Public Service in wake of Robodebt report

The release of the Royal Commission report into the Robodebt scheme has exploded a hand grenade under Australian politics and government, identifying problems across the Australian Public Service that will […]
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‘We want to make evaluation a fundamental part of what government does’: the inside story of setting up the Australian Centre for Evaluation

The Australian government, led by prime minister Anthony Albanese, has created a Australian Centre for Evaluation to improve appraisal of policy and delivery across departments. In an exclusive interview, Treasury […]
A screenshot pf Gordon de Brouwer giving his speech at the IPAA on 16 June

‘Radical incrementalism’: new APS commissioner details 10-year reform agenda

Priorities for reform of the Australian Public Service (APS) will include a focus on people, behaviours and strengthening laws and institutions to ensure that the APS can sustain delivering and […]
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt speaking with prime minister Rishi Sunak in October 2022. Photo: No 10 Downing Street Flickr

UK public sector faces productivity review; US government told to quicken pace of federal property sales: policy and delivery news in brief

Global Government Forum’s digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. UK chancellor launches public sector productivity task force with AI focus The UK finance minister […]

Australia’s defence department sets 50% recruitment target for women in STEM

Australia’s Department of Defence is working towards doubling the number of women hired through science, technology, engineering and mathematics recruitment programmes. The 50% target announced last week will apply to […]
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Australia to launch policy evaluation centre to ‘build a better feedback loop in government’

The Australian government is to establish a new centre for policy evaluation to help it understand what works in policy delivery, and what can work better. The Australian Centre for […]

‘Empowering people with a sense of possibility’: GGF’s Leading Questions podcast with New Zealand’s former public service chief Iain Rennie

Global Government Forum’s latest Leading Questions podcast features Iain Rennie, whose decades-long public service career culminated in eight years as New Zealand’s state services commissioner. In this episode, Iain tells […]