Resources

Access our publications for more information on APS Reform.

  • Open Letter to the Australian Public Service - December 2020

    We are nearing the end of an extraordinary year. It has been tough and like all Australians, all APS workers have been directly or indirectly affected in some way by the events of 2020.

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  • Open Letter to the Australian Public Service - May 2020

    Dear colleagues We are writing to say thank you for all your hard work during these challenging times. and to draw your attention to the newly released COVIDSafe app.

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  • Open Letter to the Australian Public Service - April 2020

    Dear colleagues Since we wrote to you three weeks ago, our world has changed. So has our work. The global COVID-19 pandemic has suddenly and radically changed Australia and challenged all of us.

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  • Open Letter to the Australian Public Service - March 2020

    Dear colleagues We are writing to say thank you. Thank you for all you are doing in these testing times and for all that you do every day to support the Government and the people of Australia. We are proud to lead a workforce that is so capably responding to national and global challenges while continuing to deliver the quality services Australians rely on every day.

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  • Open letter to the Australian Public Service - December 2019

    Dear colleagues The Prime Minister today released the final report of the Independent Review of the Australian Public Service (APS) and the Government’s response as part of the Government’s reform agenda for the APS: ‘Delivering for Australians’.

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  • Survey of Trust in Australian public services dashboard as at 20 July 2023 – technical note

    The survey questionnaire is available at our webpage here.Section 1: OverallGraph 1 “Trust in Public Services” (top left) is based on Q18 of the survey:

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  • Public Service Amendment Bill 2023 Consultation Summary

    In June 2023, the Australian government introduced a bill to amend the Public Service Act 1999 as part of its plan to reform the Australian Public Service. These reforms are a first step to supporting the APS to better serve the Government, the Parliament, and the Australian community, now and into the future. 

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  • Australian Public Service Reform: Annual progress report 2023

    This Progress Report outlines the APS’s approach to undertaking multi-year transformation of the APS through the Government’s APS Reform agenda. It provides an update for the Minister of Public Sector Reform, the Parliament, the public, APS staff and interested parties on progress to date.

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  • Thodey Review Progress Report as at November 2023

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