Soaring fuel prices have prompted the New South Wales Public Service Association to demand a significant lift in the current 88 cents per-kilometre refund rate that can be claimed from employers or the Australian Tax Office when government workers use their own cars to undertake work-related travel. It’s a claim
The government will not act on the recommendations of a parliamentary inquiry into AI use in the education system. Tabled last week, the government’s response to the House of Representatives standing committee on Employment, Education and Training’s report accepts one of 35 recommendations. This recommendation to raise school funding to 100% of
Central agencies are pointing fingers at the door as part of a pre-budget staff cleanout. The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) is the latest to offer staff redundancies as part of budget reprioritisation. A spokesperson for DCCEEW said any departures would be voluntary. “The department
Former SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smith could face life in prison for alleged war crimes involving the murder of unarmed Afghan civilians. Australia’s most decorated living soldier was arrested at Sydney Domestic Airport on Tuesday morning after extensive allegations that he murdered Afghans while deployed in the country between 2009 and
In Part 1 of this series, Rex Patrick explained what was in Lynelle Briggs’ report into former Home Affairs secretary Mike Pezzullo’s misconduct and the first of the seven allegations against him. Here, he reports on the rest of her findings. In addition to Mike Pezzullo being found to have
Ratepayers in Victoria can trust the accounts of their local councils, according to the latest report on local government reporting from the Victorian Auditor-General’s Office. VAGO released its annual deep dive into the quality of reporting of local governments in Victoria. It has issued clean audit opinions for all local
Imagine if 1 in 15 (6.6%) Australian men said they were interested in, or had already engaged in, money laundering, online scams, or phishing attacks. It would understandably be labelled a national crisis, with authorities tasked with urgently resolving these heinous cybercrimes. There would be widespread conversations and debates about
When it comes to governing in a crisis, you bank and double down on a win where and when you can find it. So it was this Easter, as the Minns government moved fast to find plenty of fresh love for a relatively old app from a previous government that
The NSW Department of Planning, Housing, and Infrastructure has officially told staff they can access their flexible work conditions to avoid the escalating fuel price crisis and keep working, despite a previous edict from the Premier’s Department to state public servants to start returning to the office. In an all-staff
The bodies of three UN workers from Indonesia, who were recently killed in southern Lebanon, were repatriated to their home country over the weekend. Joining counterparts from Indonesia, Mexico, the Republic of Korea, and the Republic of Türkiye (MIKTA), Australia’s foreign minister issued a statement underscoring that humanitarian workers should
Dr Ruth Higgins will be Australia’s 12th solicitor-general, and the first woman to be appointed to the role. Higgins took silk in 2017 and practises in competition law, constitutional law, class actions, energy, media, corporate criminal law, and corporate law. She is the immediate past president of the NSW Bar
The government’s latest local roads grants program is confusing applicants and assessors with vague and missing assessment criteria. An audit of the Safer Local Roads and Infrastructure Program (SLRIP) found that the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts wasn’t providing clear evidence for its ...
Soaring fuel prices have prompted the New South Wales Public Service Association to demand a significant lift in the current 88 cents per-kilometre refund rate that can be claimed from employers or the Australian Tax Office when government workers use their own cars to undertake work-related travel. It’s a claim
The government will not act on the recommendations of a parliamentary inquiry into AI use in the education system. Tabled last week, the government’s response to the House of Representatives standing committee on Employment, Education and Training’s report accepts one of 35 recommendations. This recommendation to raise school funding to 100% of
Central agencies are pointing fingers at the door as part of a pre-budget staff cleanout. The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) is the latest to offer staff redundancies as part of budget reprioritisation. A spokesperson for DCCEEW said any departures would be voluntary. “The department
Former SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smith could face life in prison for alleged war crimes involving the murder of unarmed Afghan civilians. Australia’s most decorated living soldier was arrested at Sydney Domestic Airport on Tuesday morning after extensive allegations that he murdered Afghans while deployed in the country between 2009 and
In Part 1 of this series, Rex Patrick explained what was in Lynelle Briggs’ report into former Home Affairs secretary Mike Pezzullo’s misconduct and the first of the seven allegations against him. Here, he reports on the rest of her findings. In addition to Mike Pezzullo being found to have
Ratepayers in Victoria can trust the accounts of their local councils, according to the latest report on local government reporting from the Victorian Auditor-General’s Office. VAGO released its annual deep dive into the quality of reporting of local governments in Victoria. It has issued clean audit opinions for all local
Imagine if 1 in 15 (6.6%) Australian men said they were interested in, or had already engaged in, money laundering, online scams, or phishing attacks. It would understandably be labelled a national crisis, with authorities tasked with urgently resolving these heinous cybercrimes. There would be widespread conversations and debates about
When it comes to governing in a crisis, you bank and double down on a win where and when you can find it. So it was this Easter, as the Minns government moved fast to find plenty of fresh love for a relatively old app from a previous government that
The NSW Department of Planning, Housing, and Infrastructure has officially told staff they can access their flexible work conditions to avoid the escalating fuel price crisis and keep working, despite a previous edict from the Premier’s Department to state public servants to start returning to the office. In an all-staff
The bodies of three UN workers from Indonesia, who were recently killed in southern Lebanon, were repatriated to their home country over the weekend. Joining counterparts from Indonesia, Mexico, the Republic of Korea, and the Republic of Türkiye (MIKTA), Australia’s foreign minister issued a statement underscoring that humanitarian workers should
Dr Ruth Higgins will be Australia’s 12th solicitor-general, and the first woman to be appointed to the role. Higgins took silk in 2017 and practises in competition law, constitutional law, class actions, energy, media, corporate criminal law, and corporate law. She is the immediate past president of the NSW Bar
The government’s latest local roads grants program is confusing applicants and assessors with vague and missing assessment criteria. An audit of the Safer Local Roads and Infrastructure Program (SLRIP) found that the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts wasn’t providing clear evidence for its ...
