The Australian National Audit Office is considering a request from Coalition Senator Andrew Bragg for a deep dive into the implementation of recent amendments to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (1999). Bragg wrote a letter to Auditor-General Caralee McLiesh, suggesting the EPBC legislation should be looked at on March
The Albanese government has elevated the current chief of navy, Vice Admiral Mark Hammond, to become the nation’s next chief of defence force in a changing of the guard at the top of the military that underscores Australia’s pivot towards acquiring nuclear-propelled submarines and the AUKUS agreement amid a rapidly
The cost of turmoil at the Australian National University (ANU) is still rising, with the revelation of another crisis PR contract. Documents released under freedom of information last week show ANU spent $165,000 on strategic communications with advice in October last year. ANU interim vice-chancellor Rebekah Brown approved the contract
Driven by the Australian Government’s National AI Plan 2025 , Australian organisations are increasingly empowered to take advantage of the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI), with a view to becoming world leaders by 2030. The National AI Plan sets an economy‑wide vision to invest in “smart infrastructure”, expand the adoption of
The Australian Accounting Standards Board is asking public servants involved in the preparation of financial statements for departments and agencies to tell it how proposed hedge accounting rules might impact the government sector. A draft proposal suggests a new hedge accounting model that may help organisations better reflect their risk
It seems there’s no stopping the return of manufacturing, at least in Australian policymaking. Spurred by the Iran war, the government has promised to “protect local manufacturing and supply chain businesses” with billions of free loans, in addition to its enormous handouts to multinationals like Glencore and Rio Tinto
New South Wales Treasurer Daniel Mookhey has quietly invoked a soft audit of fuel reserves and supplies to the state’s councils amid ongoing uncertainty over the medium-term availability and costs of diesel as the local government sector continues to press its criticality in frontline service delivery. Or, put more simply,
The NSW government has moved to substantively broaden the availability of concessional fares and daily and weekly fare caps for passengers using everyday payment cards rather than Transport for NSW-issued Opal cards, as the state progresses toward a successor to the much-loved electronic ticketing platform, ushered in more than a
The Queensland government has appointed three former politicians to senior positions in the state service. Former Liberal National Party minister Andrew Cripps will be the first special commissioner for rural and regional Queensland. The Townsville-based commissioner will advise cabinet on developing policies, programs, and services that address ...
The Commonwealth departments responsible for land use and climate change have turned over a third of senior executives in about a year. While junior staff at a number of agencies are being offered redundancies, the executive suite is rapidly changing above them. The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF)
Following the arrest on April 7 of decorated former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) released a joint statement with the Office of the Special Investigator (OSI). “A former Australian Defence Force member, 47, has been charged under a joint investigation between the AFP and the Office of
Registered tax professionals have until April 21 to tell the Tax Practitioners Board what they think of the tax agent regulator’s draft guidance on the use of artificial intelligence. The TPB issued draft guidance for public comment a fortnight ago, designed to ensure tax agents keep their ethical obligations in mind when
The Australian National Audit Office is considering a request from Coalition Senator Andrew Bragg for a deep dive into the implementation of recent amendments to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (1999). Bragg wrote a letter to Auditor-General Caralee McLiesh, suggesting the EPBC legislation should be looked at on March
The Albanese government has elevated the current chief of navy, Vice Admiral Mark Hammond, to become the nation’s next chief of defence force in a changing of the guard at the top of the military that underscores Australia’s pivot towards acquiring nuclear-propelled submarines and the AUKUS agreement amid a rapidly
The cost of turmoil at the Australian National University (ANU) is still rising, with the revelation of another crisis PR contract. Documents released under freedom of information last week show ANU spent $165,000 on strategic communications with advice in October last year. ANU interim vice-chancellor Rebekah Brown approved the contract
Driven by the Australian Government’s National AI Plan 2025 , Australian organisations are increasingly empowered to take advantage of the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI), with a view to becoming world leaders by 2030. The National AI Plan sets an economy‑wide vision to invest in “smart infrastructure”, expand the adoption of
The Australian Accounting Standards Board is asking public servants involved in the preparation of financial statements for departments and agencies to tell it how proposed hedge accounting rules might impact the government sector. A draft proposal suggests a new hedge accounting model that may help organisations better reflect their risk
It seems there’s no stopping the return of manufacturing, at least in Australian policymaking. Spurred by the Iran war, the government has promised to “protect local manufacturing and supply chain businesses” with billions of free loans, in addition to its enormous handouts to multinationals like Glencore and Rio Tinto
New South Wales Treasurer Daniel Mookhey has quietly invoked a soft audit of fuel reserves and supplies to the state’s councils amid ongoing uncertainty over the medium-term availability and costs of diesel as the local government sector continues to press its criticality in frontline service delivery. Or, put more simply,
The NSW government has moved to substantively broaden the availability of concessional fares and daily and weekly fare caps for passengers using everyday payment cards rather than Transport for NSW-issued Opal cards, as the state progresses toward a successor to the much-loved electronic ticketing platform, ushered in more than a
The Queensland government has appointed three former politicians to senior positions in the state service. Former Liberal National Party minister Andrew Cripps will be the first special commissioner for rural and regional Queensland. The Townsville-based commissioner will advise cabinet on developing policies, programs, and services that address ...
The Commonwealth departments responsible for land use and climate change have turned over a third of senior executives in about a year. While junior staff at a number of agencies are being offered redundancies, the executive suite is rapidly changing above them. The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF)
Following the arrest on April 7 of decorated former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) released a joint statement with the Office of the Special Investigator (OSI). “A former Australian Defence Force member, 47, has been charged under a joint investigation between the AFP and the Office of
Registered tax professionals have until April 21 to tell the Tax Practitioners Board what they think of the tax agent regulator’s draft guidance on the use of artificial intelligence. The TPB issued draft guidance for public comment a fortnight ago, designed to ensure tax agents keep their ethical obligations in mind when
