According to Greek myth, Sisyphus, as writer Robert Graves tells us, “always lived by robbery and often murdered unsuspecting travellers”. He is condemned to roll a boulder up a mountain, only to have it roll back down to the bottom every time he reaches the top. An eternity of futile
A “significant cyber incident” involving an alleged attempt by a Treasury employee to exfiltrate a cache of more than 5,600 sensitive government documents has been downgraded in terms of potential government exposure. Less than two weeks after the charging of a state government official, the NSW Treasury has said the
The Australian Taxation Office has been revealed as a key new tenant in a controversial $800 million office development that will, upon completion, deliver Adelaide its first official skyscraper (160m tall) in the form of a 38-storey office block that sits cheek-by-jowl with the Parliament of South Australia. As the
A total of $117.5 million in the 2026-26 state budget will be given to the County Court to set up a specialised, fast-tracked youth court list and construct youth holding cells. Attorney-General Sonya Kilkenny said funds endorsed Labor’s so-called ‘adult time for violent crime laws’. The court list aimed to
An independent review into the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) has called for stronger organisational capacity, suggesting that support from an outsider could appropriately challenge the team that signs off on the Commonwealth debt strategy. Dr Guy Debelle led the review into the organisation’s operations, capability, and ...
The Tasmanian government has introduced a new tendering and contracting regime for government work. Treasurer Eric Abetz has instructed agencies to approach Tasmanian businesses first for procurement processes valued under $100,000. For projects over this amount, agencies are instructed to approach at least two local businesses, “where there is local
Deputy commissioner Nicole Rose has resigned from the national anti-corruption watchdog. Rose’s final day with the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) will be later this month. She will relocate overseas, following a period of leave. NACC announced Rose’s resignation in its monthly update today. “Rose has brought a wealth of knowledge
The Department of Parliamentary Services monitored the inboxes of Senior Executive Service officers between October and December 2024 to determine if department leaders were leaking to the media. In a response to estimates questions by Senator James McGrath, DPS said SES officers’ inboxes were monitored as an “assurance mechanism” to
The Australian Public Service Commission has released a new ‘Guide on Merit in the Australian Public Service’. Directed primarily at HR practitioners in APS agencies, it aims to help agencies understand and uphold the merit principle, “while also building innovative, responsive and flexible recruitment processes that meet individual agency needs”.
When an Australian Government entity receives a modified audit opinion or a performance audit finding, it is rarely about fraud or intent. It is a signal that there is not enough reliable evidence to verify what the organisation is claiming. Increasingly, that problem sits within digital systems. The systems that
One of Australia’s biggest public service contingent and labour-hire contracting firms has been put on financial life support after Hudson Global Resources confirmed it had appointed administrators, with a creditors’ meeting scheduled for Tuesday. Australian Securities and Investments Commission records confirm that WLP Restructuring has been appointed ...
For a government that generally prefers timid managerialism to leadership, and mediocrity and business-as-usual over risk-taking, Labor’s appointment of Industry secretary Meghan Quinn to head the Defence Department deserves at least one and a half cheers — two, if we’re being generous. And to the extent the appointment upsets Defence
According to Greek myth, Sisyphus, as writer Robert Graves tells us, “always lived by robbery and often murdered unsuspecting travellers”. He is condemned to roll a boulder up a mountain, only to have it roll back down to the bottom every time he reaches the top. An eternity of futile
A “significant cyber incident” involving an alleged attempt by a Treasury employee to exfiltrate a cache of more than 5,600 sensitive government documents has been downgraded in terms of potential government exposure. Less than two weeks after the charging of a state government official, the NSW Treasury has said the
The Australian Taxation Office has been revealed as a key new tenant in a controversial $800 million office development that will, upon completion, deliver Adelaide its first official skyscraper (160m tall) in the form of a 38-storey office block that sits cheek-by-jowl with the Parliament of South Australia. As the
A total of $117.5 million in the 2026-26 state budget will be given to the County Court to set up a specialised, fast-tracked youth court list and construct youth holding cells. Attorney-General Sonya Kilkenny said funds endorsed Labor’s so-called ‘adult time for violent crime laws’. The court list aimed to
An independent review into the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) has called for stronger organisational capacity, suggesting that support from an outsider could appropriately challenge the team that signs off on the Commonwealth debt strategy. Dr Guy Debelle led the review into the organisation’s operations, capability, and ...
The Tasmanian government has introduced a new tendering and contracting regime for government work. Treasurer Eric Abetz has instructed agencies to approach Tasmanian businesses first for procurement processes valued under $100,000. For projects over this amount, agencies are instructed to approach at least two local businesses, “where there is local
Deputy commissioner Nicole Rose has resigned from the national anti-corruption watchdog. Rose’s final day with the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) will be later this month. She will relocate overseas, following a period of leave. NACC announced Rose’s resignation in its monthly update today. “Rose has brought a wealth of knowledge
The Department of Parliamentary Services monitored the inboxes of Senior Executive Service officers between October and December 2024 to determine if department leaders were leaking to the media. In a response to estimates questions by Senator James McGrath, DPS said SES officers’ inboxes were monitored as an “assurance mechanism” to
The Australian Public Service Commission has released a new ‘Guide on Merit in the Australian Public Service’. Directed primarily at HR practitioners in APS agencies, it aims to help agencies understand and uphold the merit principle, “while also building innovative, responsive and flexible recruitment processes that meet individual agency needs”.
When an Australian Government entity receives a modified audit opinion or a performance audit finding, it is rarely about fraud or intent. It is a signal that there is not enough reliable evidence to verify what the organisation is claiming. Increasingly, that problem sits within digital systems. The systems that
One of Australia’s biggest public service contingent and labour-hire contracting firms has been put on financial life support after Hudson Global Resources confirmed it had appointed administrators, with a creditors’ meeting scheduled for Tuesday. Australian Securities and Investments Commission records confirm that WLP Restructuring has been appointed ...
For a government that generally prefers timid managerialism to leadership, and mediocrity and business-as-usual over risk-taking, Labor’s appointment of Industry secretary Meghan Quinn to head the Defence Department deserves at least one and a half cheers — two, if we’re being generous. And to the extent the appointment upsets Defence
