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By kidnapping a foreign leader, the Trump Administration has stripped the West of any credibility on international law. read now...
Robin Mack has been appointed managing director of Tourism Australia. Mack has been acting in the role since Phillipa Harrison’s unexpected departure in August last year. He permanently takes the role at a challenging time for the agency, with a recent corruption probe, an exceptionally bad audit, and questions about
The Mandarin is proud to present The Policy Playbook: an authoritative, practical resource for all public policy practitioners. Written by leading experts Catherine Althaus, Suhit Anantula, and Pia Andrews, this easy-to-read playbook offers a rigorous, adaptive framework to help public servants develop and deliver better policies and policy outcomes. It
A royal commission examining the Bondi terror attack will be an impetus for change across the community, Australia’s chief envoy for antisemitism says. After weeks of pressure following the December 14 attack, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced a royal commission would be held into antisemitism and social cohesion. Former High
The decision by the Adelaide Festival Board to exclude Palestinian Australian author and academic Randa Abdel-Fattah from Adelaide Writers’ Week on the grounds of “cultural sensitivity” is based on a dangerously broad and vague criterion for suppressing free speech. The board appears to have overruled Writer’s Week director Louise Adler
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese prides himself with being in tune with the public mood. But in holding out for weeks against a royal commission into antisemitism he misjudged that mood, making Thursday’s backdown on his hardline opposition a humiliation for him. He knew public feeling. In a pre-Christmas Resolve poll,
As with so much of the Trump presidency, the rhetoric and tone is new, but the ideas are very, very old. The post Secret missile silos, millions in gold,
The distinctive smell of smoke in summer is often all you need to know there is a bushfire burning. Even if the fire is many kilometres away, the drop in air quality can be harmful for your health. Some of us – including older people and those with pre-existing
A spokesperson for the prime minister says the government is committed to protecting Australians from online harms. Tell that to the Australian victims of X-produced image-based abuse. The post The
After weeks of mounting pressure, the government has called a royal commission to look into antisemitism and social cohesion in Australia. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese appointed former High Court judge Virginia Bell to chair the wide-ranging inquiry. It’s required to report by December 14 2026: the one-year anniversary of the
The Tax Practitioners Board begins 2026 with a new secretary to head the administrative side of its regulatory activities. Former ATO heavyweight Andrew Orme has been appointed to the plum role at the TPB, overseeing operations at the tax agent regulator. Orme once worked at law firm Clayton Utz before
What began as loss and mourning became an unexpected medical emergency everyone should be warned about. read now...
By kidnapping a foreign leader, the Trump Administration has stripped the West of any credibility on international law. read now...
Robin Mack has been appointed managing director of Tourism Australia. Mack has been acting in the role since Phillipa Harrison’s unexpected departure in August last year. He permanently takes the role at a challenging time for the agency, with a recent corruption probe, an exceptionally bad audit, and questions about
The Mandarin is proud to present The Policy Playbook: an authoritative, practical resource for all public policy practitioners. Written by leading experts Catherine Althaus, Suhit Anantula, and Pia Andrews, this easy-to-read playbook offers a rigorous, adaptive framework to help public servants develop and deliver better policies and policy outcomes. It
A royal commission examining the Bondi terror attack will be an impetus for change across the community, Australia’s chief envoy for antisemitism says. After weeks of pressure following the December 14 attack, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced a royal commission would be held into antisemitism and social cohesion. Former High
The decision by the Adelaide Festival Board to exclude Palestinian Australian author and academic Randa Abdel-Fattah from Adelaide Writers’ Week on the grounds of “cultural sensitivity” is based on a dangerously broad and vague criterion for suppressing free speech. The board appears to have overruled Writer’s Week director Louise Adler
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese prides himself with being in tune with the public mood. But in holding out for weeks against a royal commission into antisemitism he misjudged that mood, making Thursday’s backdown on his hardline opposition a humiliation for him. He knew public feeling. In a pre-Christmas Resolve poll,
As with so much of the Trump presidency, the rhetoric and tone is new, but the ideas are very, very old. The post Secret missile silos, millions in gold,
The distinctive smell of smoke in summer is often all you need to know there is a bushfire burning. Even if the fire is many kilometres away, the drop in air quality can be harmful for your health. Some of us – including older people and those with pre-existing
A spokesperson for the prime minister says the government is committed to protecting Australians from online harms. Tell that to the Australian victims of X-produced image-based abuse. The post The
After weeks of mounting pressure, the government has called a royal commission to look into antisemitism and social cohesion in Australia. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese appointed former High Court judge Virginia Bell to chair the wide-ranging inquiry. It’s required to report by December 14 2026: the one-year anniversary of the
The Tax Practitioners Board begins 2026 with a new secretary to head the administrative side of its regulatory activities. Former ATO heavyweight Andrew Orme has been appointed to the plum role at the TPB, overseeing operations at the tax agent regulator. Orme once worked at law firm Clayton Utz before