Frank & Fearless

The public servants of Australia are employed to provide frank and fearless advice to the government. Government ministers and the Australian public expect this. The obligation to be frank and fearless underpins public service values and codes of conduct.

It isn't always easy to be frank and fearless, especially when writing. There are a lot of bad writing habits in government, and these habits conspire against frank and fearless writing.

This book lists 20 common bad writing habits in govern...