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The Australian Public Service Commission promotes good practice in managing people, supports leadership and learning and development in the Australian Public Service (APS), fosters ethical behaviour and workplaces that value diversity.

We also have an important evaluation role in working with agencies to ensure that the APS is performing effectively and consistently with the APS Values.

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Building an Indigenous employment strategy kit
The Commission has released an Indigenous Employment Strategy kit to assist agencies in building their own Indigenous employment strategy.

The kit is available online along with a list of resources and Menu of actions.

For further information about this please email the Indigenous Liaison Officer at the Commission. .

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APS Values and Code of Conduct in Practice
The electronic version of APS Values and Code of Conduct in Practice has been updated to include advice on the official and unofficial use of blogs by APS employees.

APS Career Transition and Support Centre
The Government has established a Career Transition and Support Centre to assist with the redeployment of excess and potentially excess staff and to provide advice to agencies on redeployment and recruitment matters. Further information is available at the Career transition centre page.

About our Minister
Ministerial content including speeches and media releases is available here (external website).

The 2008–09 Commonwealth Budget
For information on the Commonwealth Budget go to the Budget website at www.budget.gov.au Our Portfolio Budget Statement are available from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet website.

State of the Service Report 2006-07
Each year the Public Service Commissioner must provide a report on the state of the Australian Public Service during the year.

Annual Report 2006–07
The Annual Report summarises the many achievements made by the Commission during 2006-07.