Governance & Government Intervention

Escaping the echo chamber: how governments are combating disinformation

Consecutive crises such as the coronavirus pandemic and war in Ukraine have prompted a spike in the spread of misinformation and propaganda online. This is a worrying trend for governments, […]

‘The British civil service is relatively insular’: GGF’s latest Leading Questions podcast with political scientist Colin Talbot

A new Global Government Forum podcast is out featuring professor Colin Talbot – author of the compellingly titled Whitehall watching: reflections on innovation, inertia and ineptitude in British government – […]
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Former Australian PM slammed by inquiry into secret appointments  

The decision of former Australian prime minister Scott Morrison to appoint himself to five additional departments in secret was “unnecessary” and “corrosive of trust in government”, an inquiry has found. […]
Australian prime minister Scott Morrison sits behind a desk at the COP26 conference in Glasgow.

Government reform on the cards in Australia after revelations that ex-PM gave himself additional powers in secret

It has been revealed that former Australian prime minister Scott Morrison secretly appointed himself head of five ministries during his time in office, in what his successor called an “unprecedented […]
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Helping or hindering? How to make regulation an effective policy delivery tool

Regulations are designed to protect consumers, health, the environment, society. But if not implemented properly, they can fail in their objectives or have unintended consequences that can in turn harm […]
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UK government hires chief people and digital officers; Sri Lankan PM’s office breached in protests against corruption: policy & delivery news in brief

Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed UK government appoints chief people officer and chief digital officer Boris Johnson, the UK’s […]
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Biden directs federal agencies to protect abortion access

President Joe Biden has signed an executive order directing government agencies to use “every tool available to protect access to reproductive health care”.   The move comes after the US […]

When push comes to ‘nudge’: how governments can influence the behaviour of citizens

The concept of ‘nudge’, whereby citizens can be influenced to make good choices, remains an important tool for governments as the COVID pandemic showed. Here, strategic communications and behaviour change […]
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 prime minister warns of threat to UK democracy

Former PM John Major has long been a critic of Boris Johnson – but this week he dramatically upped the ante, warning that his successor’s behaviour and duplicity are undermining […]