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A MIDDLE PATH THROUGH ASL REDUCTION:

Fiscal restraint often creates pressure to reduce Average Staffing Level across the Australian Public Service. But conventional responses can remove capability at the very moment agencies most need to retain it.

This discussion paper considers whether voluntary part-time work could provide a middle path: reducing ASL and salary expenditure while preserving institutional knowledge, specialist expertise and workforce connection. It also examines the conditions required for such a model to work—including genuine job redesign, cultural legitimacy, stronger management practice and careful evaluation.

LEADERSHIP IS BUILDING SHARED PURPOSE

In this deeply personal conversation, Senior Aboriginal leader, Brendan Moyle, reflects on identity, adversity, and the responsibility of influence. Drawing on a life shaped by hardship, mentorship, and decades inside government and Community, he challenges the idea that change comes from policy alone.

Instead, he shows how real leadership is grounded in relationship, lived experience, and the courage to walk between worlds… bringing people with you. From the legacy of Elders, to the realities of modern institutions, this is a conversation about power, perspective, and why lasting change begins not insisters, but in how we show up as human beings.

Brendon Le Lievre’s The APS Recruitment Game is a practical and humane guide to understanding APS recruitment, recognising your capabilities, and communicating your experience with greater clarity and confidence.