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A disruption in the Strait of Hormuz could leave Australia facing fuel shortages within weeks, exposing just how fragile our energy security has become. read now...
Declining major party support has placed a growing premium on preferences, of which Labor has historically claimed the lion's share thanks to the Greens' status as the dominant minor party.
How AI can transform public services without hollowing out human judgment Governments everywhere are rushing to use AI – clearing backlogs, digitising services, and chasing productivity gains. But what if speed is the wrong metric? What if the tools we’re adopting to make government faster are actually making government
Nobody likes being ordered around. Government is, at its most fundamental level, unavoidably about just that — laying down the law, ordering people around. Consultation is what governments rely on to take the curse off this. Just about every government decision is preceded by a call for public comment, and
What if policy innovation were an Olympic sport? It’s a little counterintuitive, perhaps. But if the Greeks could beat the Germans at philosopher’s football, maybe the Olympian framing (citius, altius, fortius — faster, higher, stronger) might be a useful way to think about the purpose and possibilities of a more
The Australian Taxation Office is the target of yet another review by the sector’s ombud into its service provision to tax agents, following recent criticisms of its phone services. Ombud Ruth Owen announced a fresh review after tax agents expressed concern about the reliability of the ATO’s online platforms during
The federal government has called on former Australian Energy Regulator CEO Anthea Harris to coordinate the national fuel supply taskforce. As Australia’s “fuel tsar”, Harris will oversee the management of supply issues triggered by the Middle East conflict. According to the government, Harris will:* Lead a new fuel supply taskforce
We've seen this before, and we'll see it again: the ego, the failed regulator, the compliant board. It's an oh-so-Sydney story that is entirely apt for this second rate, sleazy
Cricket's corporate bosses will thrash out the prospect of adding more gambling revenue to the sport this week. The post Cricket boards at loggerheads over ‘deeply disturbing’ gambling proposal
The government is keen for us to understand that it's not to blame for the economic chaos being unleashed by Trump and Netanyahu. But that avoids the inconvenient truth they
Operation Epic Fury is exposing the true cost of alliance dependence, energy fragility, and strategic distraction from the Indo-Pacific. read now...
Crikey has taken down an article due to the confirmed use of AI in some aspects of its production, which is against our editorial guidelines. The post Crikey responds to
A disruption in the Strait of Hormuz could leave Australia facing fuel shortages within weeks, exposing just how fragile our energy security has become. read now...
Declining major party support has placed a growing premium on preferences, of which Labor has historically claimed the lion's share thanks to the Greens' status as the dominant minor party.
How AI can transform public services without hollowing out human judgment Governments everywhere are rushing to use AI – clearing backlogs, digitising services, and chasing productivity gains. But what if speed is the wrong metric? What if the tools we’re adopting to make government faster are actually making government
Nobody likes being ordered around. Government is, at its most fundamental level, unavoidably about just that — laying down the law, ordering people around. Consultation is what governments rely on to take the curse off this. Just about every government decision is preceded by a call for public comment, and
What if policy innovation were an Olympic sport? It’s a little counterintuitive, perhaps. But if the Greeks could beat the Germans at philosopher’s football, maybe the Olympian framing (citius, altius, fortius — faster, higher, stronger) might be a useful way to think about the purpose and possibilities of a more
The Australian Taxation Office is the target of yet another review by the sector’s ombud into its service provision to tax agents, following recent criticisms of its phone services. Ombud Ruth Owen announced a fresh review after tax agents expressed concern about the reliability of the ATO’s online platforms during
The federal government has called on former Australian Energy Regulator CEO Anthea Harris to coordinate the national fuel supply taskforce. As Australia’s “fuel tsar”, Harris will oversee the management of supply issues triggered by the Middle East conflict. According to the government, Harris will:* Lead a new fuel supply taskforce
We've seen this before, and we'll see it again: the ego, the failed regulator, the compliant board. It's an oh-so-Sydney story that is entirely apt for this second rate, sleazy
Cricket's corporate bosses will thrash out the prospect of adding more gambling revenue to the sport this week. The post Cricket boards at loggerheads over ‘deeply disturbing’ gambling proposal
The government is keen for us to understand that it's not to blame for the economic chaos being unleashed by Trump and Netanyahu. But that avoids the inconvenient truth they
Operation Epic Fury is exposing the true cost of alliance dependence, energy fragility, and strategic distraction from the Indo-Pacific. read now...