The Australian Public Service Commissioner’s Directions 2022 provide for mobility of APS employees to perform roles in a ministerial or parliamentarian’s office for a period of time. Find out what’s changed.
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A focus on stewardship of the APS is more important than ever. With stewardship now being a value in the Public Service, our role models shape our key reform priorities.
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The Digital Map of Human Services is designed to raise public service capabilities to draw policy insights and foster connected decisions across agencies and jurisdictions.
Upcoming events
This course is delivered on 08/10/2025, by face-to-screen consisting of one 2.5-hour session.
This course is delivered on 06/11/2025, by face-to-screen consisting of one 90-minute session.
This course is delivered on 05/03/2026, by face-to-screen consisting of one 2.5-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 16/04/2026, by face-to-screen consisting of one 90-minute session.
This course is delivered on 07/05/2026, by face-to-screen consisting of one 2.5-hour session.
This course is delivered on 07/05/2026, by face-to-screen consisting of one 90-minute session.
Courses
Learn the essential skill of making good administrative decisions that are consistent with legal and policy frameworks is an essential skill. Examine legal authorities, case studies and how to review decisions.
This eLearning module strengthens your understanding of the importance of acting with integrity as an APS employee. It provides a foundation for navigating integrity issues for new APS employees in the public service.
APS Leadership Edge is a cohort-based social learning program which will enable EL 2's to develop their leadership and management skills through a range of learning sprints and activities.
APS Leadership Edge Community is a social learning program which will enable EL 2's to develop their leadership and management skills through a range of resources, communities and activities.
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.
The ATO ‘Villain Academy’ interactive video game, is an exciting ‘choose your own adventure’ style integrity initiative that places you in the shoes of the villain.
Compassionate Foundations is designed to support you to build your interpersonal and self-care skills to foster positive human-to-human interactions that promote connection and understanding.
Connections is a key step in your workplace peer support journey, providing you with foundational knowledge and skills for the role.
The Multicultural Organisation – Staff Awareness, Innovation and Capability (MOSAIC) digital learning magazine aims to enhance multicultural awareness in the APS.
The program strengthens the leadership capability of experienced senior executives to effectively deliver their key accountabilities.
Resources
The Centre’s purpose is to strengthen counter fraud arrangements across the Australian Government. It provides educational material, leading practice guides, toolkits and training.
The Australian Public Service Commission (APSC) provides a range of resources to support diversity and inclusion in APS workplaces.
This ANZSOG research paper, prepared for the Australian Public Service Review Panel, reviews the APS relationships with Ministers and their offices.
Guides and resources to support individuals and organisations to better understand, prevent and address workplace sexual harassment, including positive duty.
The Australian Government is made up of many different types of government bodies. The Flipchart is a reference of all non-corporate and corporate Commonwealth entities and companies.
An APS Integrity Hypotheticals – Conflict of Interest panel recording of discussion stemming from scenarios that highlight the grey (and not so grey) areas of Integrity decision making.
The APS Values articulate the Parliament’s expectations of public servants with regard to performance and standards of behaviour.
The Commissioners Directions 2022 outline the standards that Agency Heads and APS employees must comply with to meet their obligations under the Public Service Act 1999.
Recorded in June 2025, this panel recording explores integrity in a complex APS, positive leadership, integrity creep and balancing personal with organisational integrity.
Any APS or Parliamentary Service employee (ongoing, non-ongoing or casual) may apply for an independent review of an action or decision that affects their employment. (subject to certain exceptions).
This report covers consultation, findings and recommendations on how to reinforce APS integrity and sustain the highest ethical standards.
In today’s fast changing work environment, having a culture where everyone feels empowered to speak up without negative consequences will help build trust and confidence in the APS. This is speak up culture and the essence of psychological safety.
Use this Allyship toolkit to better understand how to support behavioural change and cultural safety and to address racism and unconscious bias.
Community of Practice for EL1/EL2 counter fraud or risk officials to drive leading edge control testing capability in the Australian Government.
This guidance outlines the requirements of the Directions on Stewardship and provides further interpretation, advice, and case studies on the application of Stewardship.
A video outlining the Caretaker Conventions and providing guidance for APS employees on how to conduct themselves.
Community of Practice for EL1/EL2 counter fraud or risk officials to learn about fraud and corruption risk management.
The Commonwealth Fraud and Corruption Control Framework supports Australian Government entities to effectively manage the risks of fraud and corruption.
Discover a range of mutually supportive Integrity based networks and communities of practice operating across the Australian Public Service.
The Integrity Taskforce has taken a “birds-eye view” of the APS Integrity landscape, looking for gaps and opportunities to build on important work underway across the service.
The Department of Defence hosts a quarterly community of practice (CoP) for APS Public Interest Disclosure practitioners.
Providing a space for officials to collaborate, share best practice, and hear from industry and government experts, the Commonwealth Procurement and Contract Management Community of Practice is open to all Commonwealth officials.
Supporting officials undertaking Commonwealth procurements, the Department of Finance provides a wealth of supporting tools and templates.
This fact sheet from the Parliament of Australia explains the Constitution, which is the foundation that establishes the rules for how Australia is governed.
Recorded in March 2024, Sam Chard discusses how Integrity and judgement work together, and shares guidance on building the valuable skill of using judgement in decision making.
The ATO share a suite of simple, practical activities and leadership resources to support the creation of a pro-integrity culture where staff feel safe and empowered to “own it”.
Comcare provides a range of learning resources to help identify, prevent and respond to bullying and harassment.
Comcare’s evidence-based Good Work Design resources can better support health, wellbeing, work participation and productivity, while creating psychologically safe teams.
A four-part Integrity in the APS podcast exploring the meaning of integrity and the pro-integrity culture and framework of the Australian Public Service. Produced by the Australian Public Service Commission and IPAA ACT.
The code sets out a clear set of rules relating to the professional conduct of all APS employees. The Code is outlined in s13 of the Public Service Act 1999.
Sue Robertson (APS Integrity Taskforce), and Bridie Dawson, (Attorney-General’s Dept) discuss integrity Taskforce lessons and how to uplift APS ethical leadership.
ANZSOG presents an analysis of recent Public Sector Integrity Reviews and provides summaries of a number of key integrity focussed reports.
Australian Public Service Commissioner Dr Gordon de Brouwer’s June 2023 IPAA speech on his vision for the future of the public service.
The ‘Integrity Good Practice Guide’ includes a range of practical examples of how you can contribute to a pro-integrity culture.
This resource differentiates between ethical leadership and ethical blindness as well as links to additional integrity based resources.
The guide provides practical guidance for people who run activities that target people with disability to design, plan, and deliver more inclusive processes, products, services and policies.
Inspire and support a continuous learning culture with these Continuous Learning conversation prompts.
The Australian Public Service Commission hosts quarterly Network meetings for APS staff working in Integrity and Ethics roles.
The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) website contains information and resources to answer any NACC questions you may have.
This Maturity Framework helps agencies design, implement and review the effectiveness of their integrity frameworks.
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Capability Framework provides a basis for building the cultural capability of the Commonwealth public sector.
A Psychosocial safety learning bite to support Team Leaders foster and contribute to psychological safety in the workplace.
A Psychosocial safety learning bite to support staff understand and contribute to psychological safety in the workplace.
Harvard Business Review’s scholarly article on 4 related sources of unintentional unethical biases that impact decisions & undermine work of managers.
Article by the International Capital Market Association on what ethical blind spots are and how to minimise their impact.
Information and resources from the Australian Public Service Commission covering Integrity in the APS.
The Merit Protection Commission hosts a quarterly community of practice (CoP) for APS review of actions and misconduct practitioners.
The Commonwealth Ombudsman provides a range of information and resources related to the Public Interest Disclosure (PID) Act.
This video was recorded in April 2023 at the APS Academy’s Craft Conversations event on the Integrity craft.
Pro-integrity involves the embedding of integrity into an agency’s culture, where it is a core consideration of all it does—from the conduct of its individual employees, to its systems and practices.
This is the website and final report for the independent review panel of the the Australian Public Service (APS) led by David Thodey AO.
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 series covers tools to respond to challenges, stresses, conflict and more at work. This episode explores the basics of Action Learning for digital courses and coaching.
These 'bite sized brain hacks' offer coaching in improving how you learn. This episode includes 3 strategies you can apply to fall in love with learning and build your curiosity.
This podcast episode highlights changes, developments and insights across the Learning and Development profession. Although aimed at L&D practitioners, it also offers insights and ideas for individual learning.
These principles will develop a continuous learning culture to support APS people, managers and leaders to take up their responsibility for learning.
Integrity in the APS is a multi-layered concept that is shaped by frameworks and policies, assurance mechanisms, employees and broader organisational culture.
This guide is designed to assist Australian Public Service employees to encourage an environment that supports integrity conversations in the workplace.
The APSC supports agencies to strengthen their integrity culture by providing advice and guidance to agencies on a range of integrity-related initiatives
Lisa Lahey (2017) explores how leaders can transcend habitual patterns, and considers how to navigate change and complexity.
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.
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.
The ILS provides capability development guidance for individuals and agencies in the form of descriptions and behaviours for all levels in the Australian Public Service.
Delivering for Australians outlines the Government’s reform agenda in response to the independent review of the APS.
This guidance sets out the threshold of gifts and benefits which agency heads must declare publicly and sets out best practice on how this information should be published.
This Service is available to all Australian Public Service employees, including agency heads and SES staff, who wish to discuss and seek advice on ethical issues that occur in the workplace.
Two templates that agencies can adapt for the purpose of meeting their declaration of interest requirements in accordance with section 13(7) of the Code of Conduct contained in the Public Service Act 1999.