Job lay-offs could be coming to Australia’s sovereign wealth fund as the latest round of tech-related cost-cutting hits the finance sector. The Future Fund expects to save $10-15 million in costs in the 2026/27 financial year by “maximising the benefits of improved data and technology systems” and renegotiating externally provided
Australians are experiencing seemingly intractable disagreement on many issues, including immigration and ‘Australian values’, energy production, and the place of Indigenous Australians in contemporary society, among others. How can we have better public discourse across differences? Our existing default methods based on adversarial/oppositional debate ...
Backlash on social media criticising the appointment of the first woman to lead the Australian Army has been described as “despicable”, as experts say more work is needed to improve representation across defence. Susan Coyle, current chief of joint capabilities, will be the first woman to be appointed head of
The Department of Parliamentary Services is investigating how access to documents belonging to One Nation stored on the parliamentary information system was obtained. Confidential policy documents belonging to One Nation, related to health, mining, and migration, were shared via an access link to a One Nation document folder, sent via
Like most healthcare systems in the world, Australia’s can be considered reactive, rather than proactive, especially when it comes to each person’s individual health journey through life. Most of our taxpayer dollars for ‘health’ fund that point when something has gone wrong. Yes, we rely on this investment and important
Last year, I reported on the challenges public servants in the US were facing under the new Trump administration, with its determined attacks on the ‘deep state’, the very public service it relied upon to deliver its policies and programs. Amongst the anger, despair and fear, I observed some very
When former British prime minister Harold McMillan was asked what could throw a government off course, he allegedly replied: “Events, dear boy, events”. The quote is likely apocryphal. Sources give conflicting accounts of when he said it to whom, if he even said it at all. Despite this, it’s frequently requoted
Australia has carried out its first launch of domestically produced Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) munitions, designed for use with the recently acquired High Mobility Artillery Rocket System. The milestone comes as Defence expands its $21 billion sovereign munitions program under the Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance Enterprise. The
Tasmanian Attorney-General Guy Barnett has named Sally Sievers the state’s anti-discrimination commissioner. Sievers will be the first to permanently hold the role since the departure of Sarah Bolt in November 2024. Barnett said Sievers has a strong record of independence, ethical judgment, and effective leadership. “Sievers’ deep understanding of ...
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
Job lay-offs could be coming to Australia’s sovereign wealth fund as the latest round of tech-related cost-cutting hits the finance sector. The Future Fund expects to save $10-15 million in costs in the 2026/27 financial year by “maximising the benefits of improved data and technology systems” and renegotiating externally provided
Australians are experiencing seemingly intractable disagreement on many issues, including immigration and ‘Australian values’, energy production, and the place of Indigenous Australians in contemporary society, among others. How can we have better public discourse across differences? Our existing default methods based on adversarial/oppositional debate ...
Backlash on social media criticising the appointment of the first woman to lead the Australian Army has been described as “despicable”, as experts say more work is needed to improve representation across defence. Susan Coyle, current chief of joint capabilities, will be the first woman to be appointed head of
The Department of Parliamentary Services is investigating how access to documents belonging to One Nation stored on the parliamentary information system was obtained. Confidential policy documents belonging to One Nation, related to health, mining, and migration, were shared via an access link to a One Nation document folder, sent via
Like most healthcare systems in the world, Australia’s can be considered reactive, rather than proactive, especially when it comes to each person’s individual health journey through life. Most of our taxpayer dollars for ‘health’ fund that point when something has gone wrong. Yes, we rely on this investment and important
Last year, I reported on the challenges public servants in the US were facing under the new Trump administration, with its determined attacks on the ‘deep state’, the very public service it relied upon to deliver its policies and programs. Amongst the anger, despair and fear, I observed some very
When former British prime minister Harold McMillan was asked what could throw a government off course, he allegedly replied: “Events, dear boy, events”. The quote is likely apocryphal. Sources give conflicting accounts of when he said it to whom, if he even said it at all. Despite this, it’s frequently requoted
Australia has carried out its first launch of domestically produced Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) munitions, designed for use with the recently acquired High Mobility Artillery Rocket System. The milestone comes as Defence expands its $21 billion sovereign munitions program under the Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance Enterprise. The
Tasmanian Attorney-General Guy Barnett has named Sally Sievers the state’s anti-discrimination commissioner. Sievers will be the first to permanently hold the role since the departure of Sarah Bolt in November 2024. Barnett said Sievers has a strong record of independence, ethical judgment, and effective leadership. “Sievers’ deep understanding of ...
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
