In October 2022, Senator the Hon Katy Gallagher, Minister for the Public Service, announced the Government’s APS Reform agenda to further strengthen the public service.
It includes 4 priority areas for an APS that:
- embodies integrity in everything it does
- puts people and business at the centre of policy and services
- is a model employer
- has the capability to do its job well.
These changes are helping to build a stronger public service with the capability and capacity to better deliver for Australia, now and into the future.
APS Reform draws on a number of sources:
- the Independent Review of the APS (the ‘Thodey Review’)
- lessons learned from the Government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic
- past reform activities undertaken across the APS
- elements of the National Partnership Agreement on Closing the Gap
- international experience of public sector reform, including recent reforms in New Zealand and the United Kingdom (UK).
It includes a number of the Government’s election commitments, such as establishing a National Anti-Corruption Commission and achieving Net Zero in the APS by 2030.
Access the strategy
The apsreform.gov.au website hosts the APS Reform Agenda (full text).