The Australian experience of public sector reform

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Acknowledgements

The Public Service Commissioner, Andrew Podger, would like to thank many Commonwealth, state and territory agencies for their considerable assistance in preparing this paper.

They include the following Commonwealth government agencies:

the Departments of the Attorney-General; Communications, Information Technology and the Arts; Defence; Education, Science and Training; Employment and Workplace Relations; Family and Community Services; Finance and Administration; Health and Ageing; Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs; and Industry, Tourism and Resources
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
Australian National Audit Office
Centrelink
National Office for the Information Economy
Productivity Commission

and the following state and territory agencies:

Public Sector Management and Labour Policy Group, Australian Capital Territory
Public Sector Management Office, New South Wales
Office for the Commissioner for Public Employment, Northern Territory
Office of Public Service Merit and Equity, Queensland
Office for the Commissioner for Public Employment, South Australia
Office of the State Service Commissioner, Tasmania
Office of Public Employment, Victoria
Office of the Public Sector Standards Commissioner, Western Australia.

John Nethercote contributed an independent overview. The publication was compiled and edited by Bob Minns, Jill Adams, Darren Graham, Freya Paton and Michael Heard of the Australian Public Service Commission.