Many cultures, one APS’ brings to life experiences of working in the APS as culturally and linguistically diverse employees through a collection of 12 individually crafted stories.
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An interview with Tania Rishniw, Deputy Secretary for the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations on her Sir James Wolfensohn Public Service Scholarship.
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This session will offer insights into the strategic imperatives shaping Australia’s engagement in the region and our foreign policy settings more broadly. Panellists will examine the shifting geopolitical landscape, including the rise of regional powers, evolving security dynamics, and the implications for Australia’s national interests.
This course is delivered on 06/11/2025, by face-to-screen consisting of one 90-minute session.
This course is delivered on 12/11/2025, by face-to-face consisting of one 8-hour session.
This course is delivered on 05/03/2026, by face-to-screen consisting of one 90-minute session.
This course is delivered on 18/03/2026, by face-to-screen consisting of one 6-hour session.
This course is delivered on 16/04/2026, by face-to-screen consisting of one 90-minute session.
This course is delivered on 06/05/2026, by face-to-face consisting of one 8-hour session.
This course is delivered on 07/05/2026, by face-to-screen consisting of one 90-minute session.
Courses
APS Unlocked brings together new and returning members of the APS to engage with experienced APS leaders and practitioners, who will share essential information and tips for a successful and productive career in the APS.
Identify and examine internal and external work relationships, their relevance and the importance of achieving mutual success. Share and develop good ways to plan for and participate in meetings.
A foundational eLearning course for the Australian Public Service (APS) on respecting and understanding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and cultures.
Footprints is a framework that supports APS employees to continually increase and enhance their cross-cultural knowledge and understanding.
The Jawun APS Secondment Program offers secondments with Indigenous regional organisations to highly skilled public servants.
The program strengthens the leadership capability of experienced senior executives to effectively deliver their key accountabilities.
Resources
The Australian Public Service Commission (APSC) provides a range of resources to support diversity and inclusion in APS workplaces.
This video is recorded from the November APS Academy's Craft Conversations event for Working in Government Craft month in October 2021.
Building APS capability to use futures techniques in policymaking through horizon scanning, visioning and scenario planning.
Use this Allyship toolkit to better understand how to support behavioural change and cultural safety and to address racism and unconscious bias.
When establishing an APS Taskforce, the Australian Public Service Commission's Taskforce Toolkit provides a practical guide through every stage of the taskforce lifecycle, whether you're setting up, mid-operation or winding down your taskforce.
This is a tool to assess the maturity of supports an agency has in place to build capability to effectively engage.
The Guidance sets out the behaviours for improving the way the APS puts people and business at the centre of policy, services and delivery.
The Style Manual is for everyone who writes, edits or approves Australian Government content. Use it to create clear and consistent content that meets the needs of users.
Data.gov.au is the central source of Australian open government data. Anyone can access the anonymised public datasets, publicly-funded research data and datasets from private institutions that are in the public interest.
This Community is for Digital Profession members interested in human centred design, user experience, user research and service design. It is a safe and inclusive space to share best practice, connect with peers, share experiences, and solve shared problems.
The Australian Government Directory is a guide to the structures, organisations and key people in the Australian Government.
Multiple different Impact Analysis processes are now required during new policy development. Five key Agencies have combined to share key resources you need to know when developing any new policy
The Australian Public Service Commission provides practical tips and tools for engaging with stakeholders, particularly when establishing a taskforce.
Australian Public Service Commissioner Dr Gordon de Brouwer’s June 2023 IPAA speech on his vision for the future of the public service.
This Strategy talks about what the Australian Public Service (APS) and the Commonwealth public sector will do to better support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in APS workplaces. It includes actions for effective implementation in Commonwealth agencies.
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Capability Framework provides a basis for building the cultural capability of the Commonwealth public sector.
Martin Seligman presents the ‘PERMA’ model which steps through five elements essential to human wellbeing and flourishing: positive emotions, engagement, relationships, meaning and achievement.
The Digital Profession Member Community helps you find opportunities to work across government, collaborate and share crucial digital talent on projects.
This video from AusIndustry Regional Managers provides practical ‘top tips’ for successful businesses engagement.
This Strategy provides a foundation for building an inclusive and diverse Australian Public Service (APS). It includes detailed actions for effective implementation in Commonwealth agencies.
Trauma-informed guidance to accompany the release of 'Set the Standard: Report on the Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces'. The Resource outlines trauma such as bullying, sexual harassment and sexual assault and its impacts.
This Strategy presents a pathway to realise gender equality in our Australian Public Service (APS). It includes action areas for effective implementation in Commonwealth agencies.
Professor Robert Cialdini developed what he describes as ‘six universal principles of persuasion’. These fundamental human states allow leaders to increase the likelihood of influencing others.
Lisa Lahey (2017) explores how leaders can transcend habitual patterns, and considers how to navigate change and complexity.
Brene Brown informs leaders how they can give constructive and honest feedback from a place of engagement, rather than judgment. She calls it ‘Sitting on the same side of the table,’ as someone.
Caroline Webb (2018) discusses the ‘discover-defend axis’ which is a model showing that the brain has two ‘modes’ which shape the way humans interact.
In this video, Brené Brown (2013) explains how to create a genuine empathic connection through understanding ourselves and our own fragilities.
Gabriele Oettingen presents the ‘WOOP’ model which is a practical, accessible, evidence based mental strategy that people can use to find and fulfil their wishes and change their habits.
This ‘Practice Group’ was created to foster and support the use of deliberative practices in government. It contains papers researched and written on public deliberation.
Delivering for Australians outlines the Government’s reform agenda in response to the independent review of the APS.