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The Order of Australia celebrates the outstanding achievement, service and dedication of everyday Australians. While the 2023 Kings Birthday Honours and the 2024 Australia Day Honours saw women receive just over half of the General Division level…
Towards the end of 2022, the Prime Minister thanked staff from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) for their service, saying, ‘This takes a lot of effort … But it matters for Australia.’In substance, the Prime Minister’…
What is a Long Term Insights Briefing?An opportunity for the APS to consider significant, cross-cutting and complex policy issues, and how they may affect Australia and the Australian community in the medium and long term.What did the Pilot LTIB do?…
The Northern Territory Department of the Chief Minister and Cabinet advises a State Funeral for Mr Lawrence Costa MLA will be held at 9:00am (Australian Central Standard Time) on Wednesday 1 March 2023, at St Mary’s Star of the Sea Cathedral, Darwin…
Flags are flown in the half-mast position as a sign of mourning.
To bring the flag to the half-mast position, the flag must first be raised to the top of the mast (the ‘peak’), then immediately lowered slowly to the half-mast position. This…
The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (the Department) is collecting your personal information, namely your email address, name, state, and where provided, your organisation type to send you editions of the PM&C Newsletter.For the…
The recipients of the 2022 Australian of the Year Awards have now been announced.
As with every year, these Australians are role models and highly-respected individuals who provoke change on issues of national importance but who…
A State Funeral for the Honourable John Kerin AO will take place at 2.00 pm on Friday 14 April 2023 in the Members’ Dining Room, Old Parliament House, Queen Victoria Terrace, Parkes…
Appendix 4 – What we heard: summary of consultation themes
What was heard
Several key themes emerged from consultation including:
The WGEA dataset is world-leading and gives a high-level picture of the progress being made on…
His Majesty The King’s flag for AustraliaHis Majesty King Charles III has continued the tradition begun by Queen Elizabeth II for a flag to be flown to acknowledge His Majesty’s role as King of Australia. His Majesty gave approval…
The Australian Government is committed to addressing climate change, ensuring affordable and reliable energy for all Australians and driving economic growth while protecting and restoring our environment.
The Department of the Prime Minister and…
WebsitesAustralian Public Service Commission: Integrity in the APSAPS Academy: Integrity CraftCommonwealth Fraud Prevention Centre: Commonwealth Fraud Prevention Centre…
The main areas PM&C operates within are:Social Policy GroupEconomy, Industry and Resilience GroupGovernance and Corporate GroupInternational and Security GroupOffice for WomenOrganisation chartPM&C organisation chart
The purpose of the Commonwealth Government COVID-19 Response Inquiry (the Inquiry) is to identify lessons learned to improve Australia’s preparedness for future pandemics.ScopeThe Inquiry will review the Commonwealth Government’s response to the…
Ensuring an adequate standard of livingAustralia's social security system is a taxpayer-funded, non‑contributory system supporting basic living standards and economic participation of Australians.Income support payments, including…
BackgroundThe Secretaries Board (Board) is established under section 64 of the Public Service Act 1999 (Attachment A) to provide collaborative leadership to the Australian Public Service (APS).Functions of the Board are outlined in the Public…
The recent Data Governance event hosted by the Graduate Data Network provided a forum for APS graduates and data governance newcomers to learn how data is used to drive better policy outcomes across the Australian Public Service.
The virtual…
Following a media query on 18 December 2023, the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) identified that it had failed to transfer 78 Cabinet records from 2003 to the National Archives of Australia (NAA), in line with historical…
Overall results for reportable positionsAs at 30 June 2023, there were 344 Australian Government boards and bodies with 2,208 filled reportable positions. Women filled 1,139 of these positions, or 51.6 per cent. This result is an increase of 0.…
The committee recommends Australia deepen cooperation and liaison between Australia and NATO partners, as well as the Australian Defence Force and the Armed Forces of Ukraine to ensure Australia learn from Ukraine’s defence and response to Russia’s…
Target: Women to hold 50% of all Australian Government board positionsAs at 30 June 2024, there were 347 Australian Government boards and bodies with 2,187 filled reportable positions. Women filled 1,190 of these positions, or 54.4%. This result is…
A State Funeral for the Honourable Kevin Andrews will take place at 11.00 am on Monday 23 December 2024 at St Patrick's Cathedral, 1 Cathedral Place, Melbourne, Victoria.In 1991, Mr Andrews was elected the Member for Menzies in Victoria. He was…
This section presents analysis of whether (and if so, how) changes to the model in 2020-21 and 2021-22 have improved NWAs’ focus and delivery of the specified outcomes and activities.Key conclusionsChanges to the composition of the Alliances have…