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The Australian Public Service Commission promotes good practice in managing people, supports leadership and learning and development in the Australian Public Service (APS), fosters ethical behaviour and workplaces that value diversity.

We also have an important evaluation role in working with agencies to ensure that the APS is performing effectively and consistently with the APS Values.

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You are invited to the Australian Public Service Commission’s Open Day
On Monday 11th August from 1-4pm the Commission is holding an Open Day for all our Agency contacts - this is your opportunity to gain/refresh your understanding of what the Commission can do for you, and identfy key Commission contacts and access current and recently released publications and resources.

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APS Values and Code of Conduct in Practice
The electronic version of APS Values and Code of Conduct in Practice has been updated to include advice on the official and unofficial use of blogs by APS employees.

The advice contained in Commission circulars 2008/4: Requirements relating to the Lobbying Code of Conduct and post separation contact with Government, and No 2007/5: Involvement of public servants in public information and awareness initiatives, has also been incorporated into APS Values and Code of Conduct in Practice

APS Career Transition and Support Centre
The Government has established a Career Transition and Support Centre within the Australian Public Service Commission, to assist with the redeployment of excess and potentially excess staff and to provide advice to agencies on redeployment and recruitment matters.

Further information is available at the Career transition centre page or by contacting the centre:

Phone: 02 6202 3756
Fax: 02 6202 3880
Email: ctsc@apsc.gov.au

About our Minister
Ministerial content including speeches and media releases is available here (external website).

The 2008–09 Commonwealth Budget
For information on the Commonwealth Budget go to the Budget website at www.budget.gov.au Our Portfolio Budget Statement are available from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet website.

State of the Service Report 2006-07
Each year the Public Service Commissioner must provide a report on the state of the Australian Public Service during the year.

Annual Report 2006–07
The Annual Report summarises the many achievements made by the Commission during 2006-07 as well as providing information on our performance against our Outcomes—Output structure.