For Australia — a middle power that lives and dies by regional stability — the tone of America’s 2026 National Defense Strategy matters as much as its substance. Caught between its US ally and biggest trading partner, China, Canberra has everything riding on how Washington manages this rivalry. When the
It’s a logistics feat that went largely unnoticed over the Christmas break, but Australia quietly delivered 49 M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine in December to bolster the besieged nation’s armoured divisions in its fight against Russian forces. The highly protected delivery came at a time when Australia is rapidly pivoting
Prime Minister & Cabinet secretary Steven Kennedy has told an audience in Canberra that the APS faces challenging and rapid change and must stay focused on keeping up to adapt. Addressing an IPAA ACT event marking the start of the new year, the top mandarin spoke of the Bondi terrorism
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has told parliament that the terrorism charges against a 31-year-old man carry a maximum prison sentence of life. “On the 26th of January, the man is alleged to have thrown a home-made explosive device into the crowd at a rally in Perth,” the PM said. “This
Simon Duggan will succeed Natalie James as secretary of the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR). Duggan is a career public servant who most recently worked as deputy secretary of energy as the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW). Prior to joining DCCEEW, he was
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has selected Simon Duggan to head up the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) following the exit of Natalie James. Currently deputy secretary in charge of energy at the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Duggan takes the helm of the agency
More than 22,000 Canadian public servants’ jobs are at risk, according to government data released last week. The 2025 Canadian budget announced that headcount would be cut by 38,000 to 33,000 to make the public service “more sustainable”. Most departments will have 15% cut from their budgets by 2028-29. Crown
Australia’s public services are being asked to deliver more, faster, and with fewer resources than ever before. The pressures are mounting, public trust is fragile, and the complexity of the problems facing governments is accelerating. In this moment, capability isn’t a “nice to have” — it’s the difference between systems
In Part 1 of this series, Victor Dominello and Carmem Domingues explained why Government 3.0 requires AI that sharpens thinking, not just speeds up processes. Now they look at how to overcome the ‘productivity paradox’. The promise of AI in the public sector is a dangerous half-truth. We are told
The noodle bar is quiet when I arrive. It’s Saturday, and Samuel* has promised to introduce me to a couple of Fijians employed at the local abattoir under the PALM scheme. I offer to buy them lunch, and shortly before midday, Samuel texts to ask if it’s OK if another
When it comes to the timing of big announceables, you need to make your own luck. So it was on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after an announcement of an interest rate hike in Australia’s official cash rate of 0.25%, a whopping 3,584 hectares of Defence land across Australia hit
Latest reporting shows women’s representation on Commonwealth public sector boards has improved by 20% over 15 years. A target for individual government boards to comprise at least 40% women has now been realised across 83.8% of boards, increasing 5.4% since the prior year. Minister for Women Katy Gallagher said
For Australia — a middle power that lives and dies by regional stability — the tone of America’s 2026 National Defense Strategy matters as much as its substance. Caught between its US ally and biggest trading partner, China, Canberra has everything riding on how Washington manages this rivalry. When the
It’s a logistics feat that went largely unnoticed over the Christmas break, but Australia quietly delivered 49 M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine in December to bolster the besieged nation’s armoured divisions in its fight against Russian forces. The highly protected delivery came at a time when Australia is rapidly pivoting
Prime Minister & Cabinet secretary Steven Kennedy has told an audience in Canberra that the APS faces challenging and rapid change and must stay focused on keeping up to adapt. Addressing an IPAA ACT event marking the start of the new year, the top mandarin spoke of the Bondi terrorism
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has told parliament that the terrorism charges against a 31-year-old man carry a maximum prison sentence of life. “On the 26th of January, the man is alleged to have thrown a home-made explosive device into the crowd at a rally in Perth,” the PM said. “This
Simon Duggan will succeed Natalie James as secretary of the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR). Duggan is a career public servant who most recently worked as deputy secretary of energy as the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW). Prior to joining DCCEEW, he was
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has selected Simon Duggan to head up the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) following the exit of Natalie James. Currently deputy secretary in charge of energy at the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Duggan takes the helm of the agency
More than 22,000 Canadian public servants’ jobs are at risk, according to government data released last week. The 2025 Canadian budget announced that headcount would be cut by 38,000 to 33,000 to make the public service “more sustainable”. Most departments will have 15% cut from their budgets by 2028-29. Crown
Australia’s public services are being asked to deliver more, faster, and with fewer resources than ever before. The pressures are mounting, public trust is fragile, and the complexity of the problems facing governments is accelerating. In this moment, capability isn’t a “nice to have” — it’s the difference between systems
In Part 1 of this series, Victor Dominello and Carmem Domingues explained why Government 3.0 requires AI that sharpens thinking, not just speeds up processes. Now they look at how to overcome the ‘productivity paradox’. The promise of AI in the public sector is a dangerous half-truth. We are told
The noodle bar is quiet when I arrive. It’s Saturday, and Samuel* has promised to introduce me to a couple of Fijians employed at the local abattoir under the PALM scheme. I offer to buy them lunch, and shortly before midday, Samuel texts to ask if it’s OK if another
When it comes to the timing of big announceables, you need to make your own luck. So it was on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after an announcement of an interest rate hike in Australia’s official cash rate of 0.25%, a whopping 3,584 hectares of Defence land across Australia hit
Latest reporting shows women’s representation on Commonwealth public sector boards has improved by 20% over 15 years. A target for individual government boards to comprise at least 40% women has now been realised across 83.8% of boards, increasing 5.4% since the prior year. Minister for Women Katy Gallagher said
