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Public Policy Design & Delivery

Australia's shadow minister for government services Bill Shorten speaks on stage at a rally wearing a blue shirt

Labor promises public inquiry into ‘Robodebt’ failings if it wins Australian election

Australia’s opposition Labor Party has said it will call a royal commission to investigate the failings of a debt-calculation system that resulted in more than 400,000 people being chased for […]

Innovation in government: lessons from the Netherlands  

Innovation is needed in government to streamline processes, improve services, and enhance employee satisfaction. But it is much easier said than done. We take a look at the lessons from […]

Jair Bolsonaro

Brazilian officials set for pay increase after public service strikes; Australian Electoral Commission’s plan to tackle election misinformation: policy and delivery news in brief

Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of all the news you need to know but might have missed Brazil government to boost public servant pay by 5% in July The government […]

Opinion: why a paradigm change is needed in public service thinking

In a fast-changing and increasingly complex world, cookie-cutter solutions to public policymaking will no longer suffice, argues academic Jochen Prantl. Here, he outlines the factors prompting the need for change […]

A picture of the Canadian parliament buildings from a Hot Air Balloon, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Letter from Ottawa: After a winter of shocks, Canada’s Budget is the latest sign of stability

A political agreement that increased the durability of the government and a Budget that that launched a number of policy reviews indicate that the government in Ottawa is trying to […]

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UK spy chief welcomes Russia invasion intelligence shift; US watchdog’s top trends shaping government; Singapore signs space accord: policy and delivery news in brief

Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of all the news you need to know but might have missed UK spy chief welcomes shift to publish more intelligence around Russia’s invasion of […]

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Overcoming the challenges of working across government boundaries: how interagency performance was transformed in New Zealand

A new book details the innovative New Zealand programme that improved performance in ten of the most challenging cross-cutting problems. Professor Rodney Scott and Ross Boyd explain how it was […]

Hong Kong at night

Hong Kong’s ‘money no object’ COVID fight; Canada’s pandemic response hiring surge; US DoJ urges government transparency: policy and delivery news in brief

Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of all the news you need to know but might have missed Hong Kong leader vows to ‘spend whatever money is required’ to maximise civil […]

New Zealand's Public Service Commission’s deputy commissioner Hannah Cameron

Trust and teamwork: Hannah Cameron on how New Zealand dodged the COVID bullet

As New Zealand winds down its successful ‘zero COVID’ policy, the Public Service Commission’s deputy commissioner Hannah Cameron tells Matt Ross that focusing on public trust, wellbeing and cross-government collaboration […]

Former UK government cabinet secretary Lord Gus O'Donnell

Former UK cabinet secretary backs call to publish civil service policy advice

The UK’s policy process is ‘broken’, says former UK education permanent secretary Jonathan Slater – and former civil service chief Gus O’Donnell has backed his proposals for radical change. Matt […]