Nepal’s youth surge into politics after the “Gen Z” protests, raising hopes for reform but questions about how much change can truly follow. read now...
Iran's new supreme leader has said the vital shipping route will remain closed as attacks on oil tankers continue, and early voting for the South Australian state election begins tomorrow.
Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie does have a talent for hitting nails on their heads. Lately, the heads she has been nailing include those of highly paid top federal public servants, in her view, “fat cats” who have been “feathering their nests” for far too long, and university vice chancellors who
Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers will consider the Commonwealth Grants Commission’s recommendation on how GST revenue is divided among the states and territories, as presented in the 2026 update. The CGC will also publish a high-level guide to the main aspects of the update, and key factors for each state in
The NSW government has revealed its latest move in the great back-to-the-office push for government employees, declared by Premier Chris Minns as a way to revive commercial real estate and surrounding areas across the state. As a series of departmental restructures continues to wash across the state, regional centres economically
Two months after a report was tabled in parliament, an action plan in response to the independent capability review of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) has been released. Signed off by secretary Steven Kennedy, the plan identifies three core ways in which the agency must continuously learn, adapt, and
Band 2 The Department of Finance has promoted Christina Garbin to first assistant secretary. Band 1 The Department of Treasury has four new senior executives. Mehak Vohra has been promoted to chief of staff to secretary Jenny Wilkinson. David Hertzberg will serve as general counsel. Christopher Perks and Freya Carlton have been appointed assistant ...
Grattan on Friday: Dennis Richardson’s exit puts antisemitism royal commissioner under more pressure
By personality and at his stage in life, Dennis Richardson is a man who, on occasion, stands on his dignity. Richardson, 78, has a stellar public service career behind him. As a former head of ASIO, and former secretary of the defence and foreign affairs departments, who also served
Prime minister Anthony Albanese announced on 10 March 2026, that Australia was entering the US-Israeli 28 February-launched illegal war of aggression against Iran, but only on a defensive basis. This followed ten days of Albanese trying to put to the public that the nation was not involved in the conflict, despite some Australian troops embedded in the ...
Advocacy bodies across the country are reacting with fury to the National Anti-Corruption Commission’s outcome of its investigation into robodebt. Released yesterday, the final report into Operation Myrtleford found two of the six named individuals had engaged in corrupt conduct. For many of those who’ve been enmeshed in the story
It has been gradually building towards the inevitable: Australia entering the fray in the Middle East again – this time to fight Iran – in another war in which it is not threatened. read now...
Riley Duncombe/ABC/The ConversationRecent crocodile sightings in floodwaters in the Northern Territory have prompted widespread concern, particularly in the town of Katherine and along the Daly River. Katherine Mayor Joanna Holden told media she had never seen so many crocodiles in local flood waters before: “There was actually a saltwater
Nepal’s youth surge into politics after the “Gen Z” protests, raising hopes for reform but questions about how much change can truly follow. read now...
Iran's new supreme leader has said the vital shipping route will remain closed as attacks on oil tankers continue, and early voting for the South Australian state election begins tomorrow.
Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie does have a talent for hitting nails on their heads. Lately, the heads she has been nailing include those of highly paid top federal public servants, in her view, “fat cats” who have been “feathering their nests” for far too long, and university vice chancellors who
Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers will consider the Commonwealth Grants Commission’s recommendation on how GST revenue is divided among the states and territories, as presented in the 2026 update. The CGC will also publish a high-level guide to the main aspects of the update, and key factors for each state in
The NSW government has revealed its latest move in the great back-to-the-office push for government employees, declared by Premier Chris Minns as a way to revive commercial real estate and surrounding areas across the state. As a series of departmental restructures continues to wash across the state, regional centres economically
Two months after a report was tabled in parliament, an action plan in response to the independent capability review of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) has been released. Signed off by secretary Steven Kennedy, the plan identifies three core ways in which the agency must continuously learn, adapt, and
Band 2 The Department of Finance has promoted Christina Garbin to first assistant secretary. Band 1 The Department of Treasury has four new senior executives. Mehak Vohra has been promoted to chief of staff to secretary Jenny Wilkinson. David Hertzberg will serve as general counsel. Christopher Perks and Freya Carlton have been appointed assistant ...
Grattan on Friday: Dennis Richardson’s exit puts antisemitism royal commissioner under more pressure
By personality and at his stage in life, Dennis Richardson is a man who, on occasion, stands on his dignity. Richardson, 78, has a stellar public service career behind him. As a former head of ASIO, and former secretary of the defence and foreign affairs departments, who also served
Prime minister Anthony Albanese announced on 10 March 2026, that Australia was entering the US-Israeli 28 February-launched illegal war of aggression against Iran, but only on a defensive basis. This followed ten days of Albanese trying to put to the public that the nation was not involved in the conflict, despite some Australian troops embedded in the ...
Advocacy bodies across the country are reacting with fury to the National Anti-Corruption Commission’s outcome of its investigation into robodebt. Released yesterday, the final report into Operation Myrtleford found two of the six named individuals had engaged in corrupt conduct. For many of those who’ve been enmeshed in the story
It has been gradually building towards the inevitable: Australia entering the fray in the Middle East again – this time to fight Iran – in another war in which it is not threatened. read now...
Riley Duncombe/ABC/The ConversationRecent crocodile sightings in floodwaters in the Northern Territory have prompted widespread concern, particularly in the town of Katherine and along the Daly River. Katherine Mayor Joanna Holden told media she had never seen so many crocodiles in local flood waters before: “There was actually a saltwater