The best laid plans
A guide exploring the benefits of plan-making behaviour and how policymakers can prompt people to make plans.
Harnessing the power of defaults
A guide outlining what makes an effective and ethical default.
Developing behavioural interventions for randomised controlled trials
These nine guiding questions outline our approach to developing and testing behavioural interventions.
Richer veins for behavioural insights
Looking to the future, this paper identifies policy areas where wider scale behavioural change could be achieved.
Pragmatic and better practice survey guide
A guide to assist the APS to develop better surveys.
Improving government forms better practice guide
A ‘how to’ guide and framework for applying behavioural insights to design better forms.
Ministerial offices, departments of state and guide to responsibilities: 13 May 2025
13 May 2025
Names of Cabinet ministers are shown in bold. Names of Assistant Ministers are shown in italics.
Instrument of appointment of Ms Jenny Wilkinson PSM
Public Service (Secretary of the Department of the Treasury) - Appointment 2025
I, the Honourable Ms Sam Mostyn AC, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under subsection 58(1) of the Public Service Act 1999, appoint Jenny Wilkinson PSM as the Secretary of the Department of the Treasury for a period of five years commencing on 16 June 2025.
Dated 12 June 2025
[Signature of Sam Mostyn AC]
Sam Mostyn AC
Governor-General
By Her Excellency's Command
Instrument of appointment of Dr Steven Kennedy PSM
Public Service (Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet) - Appointment 2025
I, the Honourable Ms Sam Mostyn AC, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under section 58 of the Public Service Act 1999, appoint Dr Steven Kennedy PSM as the Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet for a period of five years commencing on 16 June 2025.
Dated 12 June 2025
[Signature of Sam Mostyn AC]
Sam Mostyn AC
Governor-General
Tabling Circular No. 1 of 2025
Annual Reports and Supplementary Budget Estimates—October 2025
This circular provides guidance on tabling arrangements for 2024‑2025 Annual Reports. It supplements information in the Tabling Guidelines, Chapter 2 (Government Documents), dated July 2024, published on the website of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.