4 May, 2021
These days, the behaviour of China consumes government thinking. Senior facilitator, Kate Wall, was the ABC’s correspondent in Beijing in the early 1990s, soon after the crackdown on anti-government protests in Tiananmen Square. She’s now contributed to The Beijing Bureau: […]
6 April, 2021
Recently, our Chief Executive Officer Chas Savage was interviewed by Georgia Stynes, host of ABC Canberra Afternoons. The topic was The 2021 Readability Scorecard: Australian Government agencies. GS: The major challenge in public service writing is to be authoritative on […]
6 April, 2021
We all thought that the world was coming back. And then this … The former president of the United States released this statement on Good Friday. Why is it that every time the 2020 ELECTION FRAUD is discussed, the […]
6 April, 2021
Two incidents from last month illustrate how complicated government regulation can be. The first was an Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) report on the comments made by NT Cattlemen’s Association’s outgoing president, Mr. Christ Nott. In what was a grim warning […]
2 March, 2021
A great challenge for a professional officer is to make writing as clear as possible. It’s not just a practical need; for government, it’s a duty to communicate effectively with the public. Today, we publish the result of research that […]