Asia Pacific (APAC)

Why countering climate misinformation must be a priority

Discussing the open letter on curbing disinformation published during the COP29 conference, Pallavi Sethi, a policy fellow at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, argues governments have […]

Australian Public Service to release digital workforce plan in 2025

The Australian Public Service (APS) plans to release a strategy next year for attracting and retaining digital talent in the government workforce. Speaking after the publication of the APS’s 2024 […]
Sarah Glavey Head, Public Service Transformation Policy, Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, Ireland speaking at the Global Government Finance Summit.

If it counts, count it: government finance leaders on boosting productivity

The public sector is often accused of inefficiency – but at the Global Government Finance Summit, top leaders revealed some highly inventive ways of driving up civil service productivity “The […]
Jeffrey Saviano, who leads the Emerging Technology Strategy and Governance Practice at EY consulting speaking at GovernmentDX

The case for a Hippocratic Oath for artificial intelligence

Two millennia ago, Hippocrates devised an oath to bind practitioners of the emerging practice of medicine. Now a modern equivalent is required to address the equally transformational arrival of AI, […]

Singapore tops global civil service ranking

Singapore has come out on top of a new ranking of the performance of 120 public administrations around the world, with Denmark, Canada, Norway and Finland completing the top five. […]

Australian government workers save an hour a day in large generative AI trial

Australian public servants who took part in a six-month trial of generative AI reported that it saved them an average of an hour a day. The trial made Microsoft 365 […]

New Zealand sets out the rules for trusted digital identity services

The New Zealand government has finalised its Digital Identity Services Trust Framework, kickstarting the country’s push to roll out a suite of digital identity services. The framework establishes the rules […]

Public service jobs ‘front and centre’ in Australian election contest, says minister

Investment in the government workforce is critical to delivering high-quality public services and proposed job cuts by the opposition Coalition would “devastate communities nationwide” and “cripple essential services”, Australia’s minister […]
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Call for Australia to ‘science the sh*t’ out of climate change

Australia needs to “science the shit out of” climate change and reimagine the country’s future to reduce carbon emissions, according to experts speaking at a recent event. Assistant climate change […]

News in brief: UK government offers training for new ministers, Australia’s Net Zero Economy Authority passes Senate, and more

Global Government Forum’s weekly roundup of public service news In this edition: UK government offers training to new ministers  Incoming UK government ministers have been receiving training for the first […]