Clear writing. Effective teams. Coherent policy.
Ethos CRS is Australia's leading firm for advice on communications, regulation, policy and leadership
We train professionals working for government, business and non-government organisations
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Ethos CRS and the new digital Australian Government Style Manual
The new Australian Government Style Manual is live.Our team co-authored the manual with the Digital Transformation Agency to produce the definitive Australian guide on writing style.
Coming 1 December – our 2021 public training calendar
We’ve developed a suite of virtual workshops to help you and your organisation thrive in this new normal: The Essentials Suite™.View the full list of programs on offer here. Tickets available from 1 December.
Webinars
In 2020, we have produced a series of webinars with different expert panels. Watch them here.Friday 27 November: Probity and integrity (11:30–12:30 webinar)
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25 November, 2020
Imagine you’ve sent this to a colleague: ‘Feel like a drink after work?’ And you get this reply: ‘Dear Mike, thank you for your message of 2.34 pm today suggesting that we should meet for drinks after work this afternoon. I regret that I will be unavailable on this occasion, […]
18 November, 2020
The new Australian Government Style Manual advises us only to use disability in the uncountable form. This reflects the view that specific references to disability are stigmatising and do not treat their subjects as people first. So, write ‘person with disability’, not ‘person with a disability’. We should also avoid […]
11 November, 2020
Tone and voice … What’s the difference? And how can they help us write appropriately for our audience? With these tools we can address formality and the relationship between reader and writer. They also tell us more about who is writing. The new Australian Government Style Manual explains. Tone captures […]