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Background to the Blueprint

The ongoing journey to APS reform

The Blueprint was prepared for the Prime Minister by the Advisory Group on Reform of Australian Government following extensive consultation.

For further background to the Blueprint see the following documents:

• Benchmarking Australian Government Administration Performance
  As part of the evidence base for the reform process an international benchmarking report was prepared by KPMG in November 2009 for the Advisory Group’s consideration.  It compares the performance of the Australian public service with eight other countries – Canada, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.  
  
  
• Discussion Paper Reform of Australian Government Administration: Building the world’s best public service released on 1 October 2009.
  
  
• Online Forums
  
  
• Submissions received by the Advisory Group.