Being a trusted and respected partner: the APS’s relationship with ministers and their offices

This Research Insights Paper is one of a series commissioned through ANZSOG by the 2019 Independent Review of the Australian Public Service, to inform the Review’s deliberations.

It looks at the issues around building relationships between public service agencies and ministers in the modern governing environment

TITLE: Being a Trusted and Respected Partner: The APS’ Relationship with Ministers and their

Offices: An ANZSOG Research Paper for the Australian Public Service Review Panel

AUTHORS: Anne Tiernan, Ian Holland, Jacob Deem

SERIES: ANZSOG Research Insights

NUMBER: 6

DATE: March 2019

PUBLISHER: Australia and New Zealand School of Government

ISSN: 2653-7281

DOI: 10.54810/LADZ1354

CITATION: Tiernan, Anne, Ian Holland, and Jacob Deem. Being a Trusted and Respected Partner:

The APS’ Relationship with Ministers and their Offices: An ANZSOG Research Paper for

the Australian Public Service Review Panel: ANZSOG Research Insights No. 6.

Melbourne: Australia and New Zealand School of Government, March 2019.