Awareness of the impact of unconscious bias as an APS employee.
Diversity
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Understand the lived experience of your colleagues and help build more inclusive APS workplaces.
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MOSAIC Magazine is a two-part digital resource for all APS staff that helps build cultural capability and supports culturally-safe workplaces.
Upcoming events
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Australian Capital Territory
This course is delivered on 19/05/2026, by face-to-face consisting of one 4-hour session.
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Australian Capital Territory
This course is delivered on 19/05/2026, by face-to-face consisting of one 3.5-hour session.
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Australian Capital Territory
This course is delivered on 27/05/2026, by face-to-face consisting of one 6.5-hour session.
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Australian Capital Territory
This course is delivered on 28/05/2026, by face-to-face consisting of one 6.5-hour session.
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Australian Capital Territory
This course is delivered on 11/06/2026, by face-to-face consisting of one 4-hour session.
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Australian Capital Territory
This course is delivered on 17/06/2026, by face-to-face consisting of one 6.5-hour session.
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Australian Capital Territory
This course is delivered on 24/06/2026, by face-to-face consisting of one 6.5-hour session.
Courses
Leaders who have the skills to foster and maintain meaningful relationships that inspire, empower and support others drive organisational success, as well as psychological and psychosocial safety within their teams.
The Cultural Capability Hub is a central repository of practical guidance and suggested resources to support staff to uplift their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural capability.
This face-to-face workshop will build your capability in engagement and partnerships with First Nations communities and organisations.
This face-to-face workshop will build your capability in engagement and partnerships with First Nations communities and organisations.
This face-to-face workshop will build your capability in engagement and partnerships with First Nations communities and organisations.
Many Cultures, One APS is a video storytelling project sharing the real-life experiences of APS culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) staff and is designed to inform, inspire, spark curiosity and encourage empathy.
This learning experience supports APS 6 to Senior Executive Service (SES) leaders to champion cultural diversity and inclusion in their teams and organisations.
This four-part workshop series, consisting of two themes, offers SES leaders a deep dive into unconscious bias for organisational change. Supported by follow-up workshops, SES leaders can share personal reflections and action plans.
Programs
The APS Induction pathway offers practical skills, foundational learning in the structure and functions of the Australian Government and an introduction to core concepts that underpin work in the APS.
Multicultural Organisation – Staff Awareness, Innovation and Capability (MOSAIC) magazine aims to enhance cultural awareness and promote inclusive practices and behaviours across the APS.
Resources
The accessible colour palette builder is a tool to help you design accessible digital content in colour combinations that are suitable for people with visual impairments or colour vision deficiencies.
Comcare provides a range of learning resources to help identify, prevent and respond to bullying and harassment.
The APS Learning Design Manual pulls together some practical principles, examples, useful links, and tools & templates to support designers throughout the learning design process.
Step-by-step instructions and best practices for making your PowerPoint presentations accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities.
A short video developed by the Government of South Australia on how (and why) the Online Accessibility Toolkit was created.
The Australian Public Service Commission (APSC) provides a range of resources to support diversity and inclusion in APS workplaces.
This APS Academy factsheet presents some helpful tips on improving the accessibility of your publications, for both print and reading online.
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Capability Framework provides a basis for building the cultural capability of the Commonwealth public sector.
Information on the four principles of WCAG, including tips on how to design web content to ensure that it is perceivable, operable, understandable and robust.
Six different posters on the dos and don’ts of designing for accessibility in the areas of: low vision, deaf or hard of hearing, dyslexia, motor disabilities, users on the autistic spectrum and users of screen readers.
The Vision Australia Accessibility Toolkit provides information to help you understand accessibility requirements and provides a range of resources to support you to create accessible and inclusive information, particularly for blindness and low vision.
The FLOE Inclusive Learning Design Handbook is designed to assist in creating adaptable and personalised resources that can accommodate a diversity of learning preferences and individual needs. It offers guidance whether you are creating simple text-based resources, animations, applets, simulations or full production videos.
This draft guide developed by members of the Australian Public Service and community members provides tips on how to run inclusive and welcoming online workshops and meetings.
A checklist for designing, producing and procuring content that supports accessible quality learning and development in the APS. Included are links to information and free online tools that allow you to check content is compliant with the WCAG standards.
The toolkit guides on accessible policies, digital platforms, and inclusive design, developed by the South Australian Government for accessibility in government.
Find information on why accessibility is in the Digital Service Standard and how you can meet the Standard through applying accessibility principles in the Discovery, Alpha and Beta stages of design.
Accessibility is a mandatory standard for government agencies. Understand agency responsibilities and commitments and access guidance on designing accessible and inclusive content that is respectful of our diverse nation.
For Learning & Development Teams and Practitioners
The APS Learning Design Manual pulls together some practical principles, examples, useful links, and tools & templates to support designers throughout the learning design process.
A checklist for designing, producing and procuring content that supports accessible quality learning and development in the APS. Included are links to information and free online tools that allow you to check content is compliant with the WCAG standards.
Step-by-step instructions and best practices for making your PowerPoint presentations accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities.
A short video developed by the Government of South Australia on how (and why) the Online Accessibility Toolkit was created.
Find information on why accessibility is in the Digital Service Standard and how you can meet the Standard through applying accessibility principles in the Discovery, Alpha and Beta stages of design.
The accessible colour palette builder is a tool to help you design accessible digital content in colour combinations that are suitable for people with visual impairments or colour vision deficiencies.
This APS Academy factsheet presents some helpful tips on improving the accessibility of your publications, for both print and reading online.
Accessibility is a mandatory standard for government agencies. Understand agency responsibilities and commitments and access guidance on designing accessible and inclusive content that is respectful of our diverse nation.
Information on the four principles of WCAG, including tips on how to design web content to ensure that it is perceivable, operable, understandable and robust.
Six different posters on the dos and don’ts of designing for accessibility in the areas of: low vision, deaf or hard of hearing, dyslexia, motor disabilities, users on the autistic spectrum and users of screen readers.
The Vision Australia Accessibility Toolkit provides information to help you understand accessibility requirements and provides a range of resources to support you to create accessible and inclusive information, particularly for blindness and low vision.