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Australian Journal of Public Administration
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The Australian Journal of Public Administration is committed to the study and practice of public administration, public management and policy making (since 1937)

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📣Vol 8⃣4⃣(3⃣) is out ❗️ 🌥️ 🌞

The September 2025 Issue is a rich, dense, and stimulating collection of

3⃣ Research articles

4⃣ Research notes

2⃣ Practice and policy articles

Explore, read, & engage 👇

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⏰ Early view

What is the mediating role of laissez-faire leadership in the relationship between #MeaningfulWork & #JobSatisfaction

Abid Hussain & Esme Franken examine the interplay between #Autonomy, #Leadership, and #OrganisationalConstraints 👇

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November 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
♨️Early view

Who defines #success in #IndigenousPolicymaking❓

Christian Eva provides the most comprehensive quantitative analysis of the distribution of #Procurement contracts to #IndigenousBusinesses 👇

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November 6, 2025 at 11:22 PM
🧐 Which are the "most-read" "top-5" articles published in 2025 ❓

You have been reading #PolicySuccess & #failure, foundations of a #HumaneGovernment, #BureaucraticGovernance, #PolicyImplementation & In Memoriam #GemmaCarey👇

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November 5, 2025 at 9:03 AM
⏰Early view

How is #Empathy understood by public servants❓

How do #PublicServants practise empathy in their work❓

@mussagulova.bsky.social, Jaime Padilla, & Andy Asquith study how empathy is enacted and structured into public service work 👇

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October 31, 2025 at 8:41 AM
⏰ Early view

How is #merit conceptualised in public sector merit protection frameworks ❓

Sue Williamson & colleagues examine the #MeritProtectionFrameworks in the #AustralianCapitalTerritory, #Queensland & #Aotearoa in #NewZealand👇

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October 29, 2025 at 8:12 AM
📣 Early View

What constitutes an ideal-type #MicroLevel #Learning process during a #crisis

And what challenges might undermine this ideal ❓

Neil Mortimer & @nicholasbromfi1.bsky.social study #Australia's #COVID19 crisis learning as an exemplar case 👇

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October 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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🚨 Publication alert 🚨

Neil Mortimer and I explain Australia's COVID governance success and failure via a new framework for understanding crisis policy learning.

Ft. interviews w politicians, bureaucrats and experts: Scott Morrison, Greg Hunt, Brendan Murphy and Paul Kelly.

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Crisis micro‐learning: A framework for understanding the micro‐flow of policy learning and Australia's COVID‐19 response
COVID-19 has intensified interest in crisis policy learning, yet the micro-level interactions among political, bureaucratic, and expert actors remain underexplored. We conceptualise an ideal-type fr...
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October 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
👉It is #OAWeek

@ausjpa.bsky.social endorses Open Access publishing & publishes #OpenAccess

The share of open access articles was only 3⃣% in 2018.

It has reached 6⃣9⃣% in 2024. As of September 2025, it is 6⃣1⃣%.

For more information 👇

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October 23, 2025 at 6:44 AM
📣 Early View

How does #PolicyCapacity impact managing wicked problems such as climate change in the #GlobalSouth

Rameen Khan & Fiaz Hussain provide insights into the capacities needed for effective #ClimateChange #PolicyWork in #Pakistan 👇

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October 22, 2025 at 6:54 AM
🧐 In case you missed it

In this #Forum article, dedicated to #FabienneMaron, Edoardo Ongaro, Wolfgang Drechsler, Hiroko Shimada-Logie (in this photo) & colleagues argue that #Humanities help us rediscover the significance of #MoralSentiments, #Imagination & #Compassion in PA 👇
October 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
🧐 In case you have missed

@ausjpa.bsky.social's September Issue is out

With Australian roots, @ausjpa.bsky.social has an international standing & @ausjpa.bsky.social looks forward to receiving your excellent submissions from the #GlobalSouth and beyond 👇

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October 14, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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With all of this news of AI slop from Deloitte, it’s worth remembering that in this study, even my undergrads could see how poorly AI produced policy advice @ausjpa.bsky.social

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October 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Story today about unis relying on Turnitin to detect AI. My research last year (@ausjpa.bsky.social) where students were required to use ChatGPT to produce policy briefs showed that Turnitin produced a lot of false negatives:
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October 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Highlights from Vol 8⃣4⃣ (3⃣)

🧐Have you had the opportunity to read Janine O’Flynn's reflections on the foundations for a human(e) government ❓

🖊️The article argues for interweaving #positivity, #complexity, #humility, & #empathy 👇

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October 8, 2025 at 6:53 AM
📣 Early View

What is #GamefulGovernment

David Threlfall & Catherine Althaus study the usage of #games and #gamification in #Australian public sector practice, & what it means for processes and outcomes of policymaking 👇

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October 2, 2025 at 6:49 AM
📣Early View

Can #CommunityOrganisations (COs) extend the reach of support to at-risk groups❓

Corina Crisan & colleagues employ #CollaborationTheory & suggest a framework to guide strategic alliances with COs to support at-risk workers👇

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October 1, 2025 at 7:11 AM
👉 Highlights from Vol 8⃣4⃣ (3⃣)

🖊️ Government agencies are not just complex bureaucracies but also learning organisations

Ed Dandalt analyses the themes covered in public sector leadership development programmes 👇

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September 30, 2025 at 9:55 AM
👉 Highlights from Vol 8⃣4⃣ (3⃣)

✏️ #HumanLearningSystem emphasises continuous learning & improvement within organisations to enhance their effectiveness

Christianne Ormston & Michael Macaulay examine the emergent HLS project #CollaborativeNewcastle #NHSUK 👇

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September 26, 2025 at 6:25 AM
👉 Highlights from Vol 8⃣4⃣ (3⃣)

🖊️ Christiane Gerblinger examines the dynamics of selective knowledge in government policymaking

How & why the strategic use of overlooking, ignoring, & silencing is a challenge to #accountability and #PublicTrust 👇

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September 24, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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“Bad governance in Australia and how to mitigate it”
… by re-separating political and civil service roles once again.
Nice paper from Keith Dowding, Marija Taflaga
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Bad governance in Australia and how to mitigate it
We argue that new public management (NPM) and other processes have led to adverse selection and agency rent problems within the political elite in Australia. The politicisation of the public service...
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September 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
📣Vol 8⃣4⃣(3⃣) is out ❗️ 🌥️ 🌞

The September 2025 Issue is a rich, dense, and stimulating collection of

3⃣ Research articles

4⃣ Research notes

2⃣ Practice and policy articles

Explore, read, & engage 👇

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14678500...
September 17, 2025 at 7:48 AM
📣🆕Early View

#LeveragePoints are places within #systems where small, strategic interventions can create significant and lasting impact

Deborah Blackman, Vindhya Weeratunga, Jade Hart, @hdicko.bsky.social propose a crucial refinement to Meadows’ leverage points👇

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September 16, 2025 at 8:43 AM
🧐 Holistic approaches studying #CitizenSatisfaction with public services in developing countries have been scarcer

👉 Xin Tao, Nikita Makarchev & colleagues examine the sources and mechanisms of #Vietnamese citizens’ satisfaction with land administration services 👇
♨️Early View📩

Why do governments need to manage citizen satisfaction with public services❓

Xin Tao, Nikita Makarchev & colleagues provide insights from #Vietnam & methodological & theoretical contributions to understand the sources of citizen satisfaction👇

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September 9, 2025 at 7:08 AM
📣🆕Early View

Can we trace back the performance of public services to the effectiveness of service providers’ management of their supply chains❓

Phuc Nguyen & colleagues study the under-performing provision of employment services from a system approach👇

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September 3, 2025 at 7:24 AM
📣🆕Early View

Why can the #humanities be beneficial for the practice of #PublicAdministration (PA)❓

In this Forum article, dedicated to Fabienne Maron, Edoardo Ongaro, @albertmeijer.bsky.social & colleagues argue that the humanities can deepen our understanding of PA👇
August 25, 2025 at 5:58 AM