Australia Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (PGPA Act) 17: Duty to encourage officials to cooperate with others to achieve common objectives where practicable

What does 17 require?

The accountable authority must encourage the entity's officials to cooperate with others, inside and outside the Commonwealth, to achieve common objectives where that is practicable. This gives effect to the Act's object that the Commonwealth and its entities work cooperatively with others.