The Australian Greens have failed in their bid to convince a parliamentary committee to introduce new laws indefinitely banning certain consulting firms, according to a report by the financial and public administration committee. Greens Senator Barbara Pocok has been campaigning since 2023 for tougher laws that would prevent service providers
New data from Victoria’s state of the public sector has revealed FTE numbers increased by 7.390 overall last year. As of June 2025, the state’s public sector employed the equivalent of 322,266 full-time personnel, with health practitioners and teachers driving the growth. The largest staffing increases were seen among carers
The New South Wales government has lost a pivotal public service workplace dispute over what constitutes a casual employee, following a landmark ruling in the state’s Industrial Relations Commission that overturned an employer’s self-definition of ‘casual work’. It’s a decision that is likely to reverberate across the NSW Public Service
Foreign Minister Penny Wong has appointed leaders to Australia’s diplomatic missions in Ho Chi Minh, Kolkata, and Guangzhou. Kate Wallace will be Australia’s next consul-general in Ho Chi Minh City. Wallace is a senior officer in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Most recently, she served as assistant
Two regulatory organisations have joined forces to develop learning materials to ensure companies learn how to comply with new sustainability reporting rules. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Australian Accounting Standards Board have developed e-learning modules to help companies understand new sustainability reporting ...
The OECD and the German government have launched an initiative that could transform digital government worldwide. Rules as code, sometimes called ‘law as code’ in Europe, is a framework for representing laws and regulations as machine-readable code. The joint initiative aims to create a shared reference architecture for rules as
No material subject to parliamentary privilege was identified by the law firm involved in the incentive-to-retire payment probe, a new document in the form of a letter released by the Senate privileges committee says. HWLE Lawyers was engaged by the Department of Parliamentary Services to assist with the investigation into
The New South Wales government’s controversial return-to-office orders for thousands of state public servants have been directly challenged by the state’s Public Service Association, which has demanded formal reviews because of the national fuel crisis. As states, including Victoria and Tasmania, invoke free public transport measures, and Queensland ...
Airservices Australia has hit robust industrial turbulence over a proposal to restructure the way the government-owned enterprise finances its aviation firefighting appliances, with the Aviation Branch of the United Firefighters Union of Australia branding the government’s intention an attempt “to effectively privatise the nation’s Aviation Rescue Fire ...
The national cabinet has agreed to reduce fuel prices by 26.3 cents per litre following a meeting on Monday. The reduction to Australia’s fuel excise will remain in place from April 1 to June 30, with the ACCC watching for lower fuel prices to be passed on to consumers at
The federal government passed its Fair Work Amendment (Fairer Fuel) Bill 2026 on Monday, removing the six-month waiting period that would otherwise be in place for Fair Work Commission orders to deal with rising fuel prices. For the exemption to apply, the commission must be satisfied that two thresholds are
Clare Huppatz will be Western Australia’s next chief health officer. Huppatz, who is currently deputy chief health officer, will be the first woman to serve as Western Australia’s most senior health official. Her appointment follows the retirement of Andrew Robertson last month after seven years in the role. Health Minister
The Australian Greens have failed in their bid to convince a parliamentary committee to introduce new laws indefinitely banning certain consulting firms, according to a report by the financial and public administration committee. Greens Senator Barbara Pocok has been campaigning since 2023 for tougher laws that would prevent service providers
New data from Victoria’s state of the public sector has revealed FTE numbers increased by 7.390 overall last year. As of June 2025, the state’s public sector employed the equivalent of 322,266 full-time personnel, with health practitioners and teachers driving the growth. The largest staffing increases were seen among carers
The New South Wales government has lost a pivotal public service workplace dispute over what constitutes a casual employee, following a landmark ruling in the state’s Industrial Relations Commission that overturned an employer’s self-definition of ‘casual work’. It’s a decision that is likely to reverberate across the NSW Public Service
Foreign Minister Penny Wong has appointed leaders to Australia’s diplomatic missions in Ho Chi Minh, Kolkata, and Guangzhou. Kate Wallace will be Australia’s next consul-general in Ho Chi Minh City. Wallace is a senior officer in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Most recently, she served as assistant
Two regulatory organisations have joined forces to develop learning materials to ensure companies learn how to comply with new sustainability reporting rules. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Australian Accounting Standards Board have developed e-learning modules to help companies understand new sustainability reporting ...
The OECD and the German government have launched an initiative that could transform digital government worldwide. Rules as code, sometimes called ‘law as code’ in Europe, is a framework for representing laws and regulations as machine-readable code. The joint initiative aims to create a shared reference architecture for rules as
No material subject to parliamentary privilege was identified by the law firm involved in the incentive-to-retire payment probe, a new document in the form of a letter released by the Senate privileges committee says. HWLE Lawyers was engaged by the Department of Parliamentary Services to assist with the investigation into
The New South Wales government’s controversial return-to-office orders for thousands of state public servants have been directly challenged by the state’s Public Service Association, which has demanded formal reviews because of the national fuel crisis. As states, including Victoria and Tasmania, invoke free public transport measures, and Queensland ...
Airservices Australia has hit robust industrial turbulence over a proposal to restructure the way the government-owned enterprise finances its aviation firefighting appliances, with the Aviation Branch of the United Firefighters Union of Australia branding the government’s intention an attempt “to effectively privatise the nation’s Aviation Rescue Fire ...
The national cabinet has agreed to reduce fuel prices by 26.3 cents per litre following a meeting on Monday. The reduction to Australia’s fuel excise will remain in place from April 1 to June 30, with the ACCC watching for lower fuel prices to be passed on to consumers at
The federal government passed its Fair Work Amendment (Fairer Fuel) Bill 2026 on Monday, removing the six-month waiting period that would otherwise be in place for Fair Work Commission orders to deal with rising fuel prices. For the exemption to apply, the commission must be satisfied that two thresholds are
Clare Huppatz will be Western Australia’s next chief health officer. Huppatz, who is currently deputy chief health officer, will be the first woman to serve as Western Australia’s most senior health official. Her appointment follows the retirement of Andrew Robertson last month after seven years in the role. Health Minister
