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
If it feels like more women than usual have been appointed to top leadership roles at Australian government institutions and agencies, it’s because there have. The Department of Defence, the Australian Army, the Reserve Bank of Australia, the federal Treasury, the Australian Federal Police, and the Department of Home Affairs
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will meet Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Canberra today after arriving in Australia on Sunday. The meeting comes at a tense time for two leaders, who are each trying to balance their countries’ needs against an increasingly hostile global economic situation. When the two meet
Ashley Bunce will be the next inspector-general of animal welfare and live animal exports. The Office of the Inspector-General of Live Animal Exports was expanded in 2023 to include livestock animal welfare export objectives. Under this expanded mandate, Bunce will independently review the systems and processes that underpin the Department
NSW government agencies unfairly subjected small businesses to compliance audits, according to the state’s ombud. The NSW ombud investigation into Service NSW (SNSW) and Revenue NSW (RNSW) found that the agencies were using audits as an “after-the-fact eligibility assessment”. The NSW Business Grant, JobSaver payment, and Micro-business Grant delivered ...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has told Senate estimates it is reviewing information about three registered auditors reported to them by their professional body for exam cheating. An ASIC response to questions from Greens Senator Barbara Pocock on auditors and exam cheating reveals that Chartered Accountants Australia and New
A stakeholder consultation group key to improving the way NDIS supports and services are regulated has been “refreshed”. The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission has reconstituted its sector consultation forum, which provides advice to the commission on the practical impact of how NDIS services are being delivered. Forum feedback is
Budget cycles have a distinct shape. Like metrological phenomena, the exact shape varies depending on the position from which you observe. For those inside government, budgets begin the previous year. They are wide and vast, full of possibilities. As options are refined and decisions are taken that wide aperture narrows
The previous articles traced how health moved from protection and insurance into a settled universal system. From the late 1980s onwards, election speeches no longer debate whether Medicare should exist, but what it means, how it should be funded, and whether it is fair, efficient and effective. This final article
Senior Executive Service Band 3 Kerren Crosthwaite has been name the Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry’s next chief operating officer. Band 2 Austrade has promoted Nicholas Dowie to general manager of the office of tourism and visitor economy. Band 1 Charlotte Konokoly is now an assistant secretary at the Attorney-General’s Department.
The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion has released its interim report ahead of a public hearing, observing that “no material or advice from any agency identified any gap in the existing legal and regulatory frameworks that impeded the ability for law enforcement, border control, immigration, and security agencies
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
If it feels like more women than usual have been appointed to top leadership roles at Australian government institutions and agencies, it’s because there have. The Department of Defence, the Australian Army, the Reserve Bank of Australia, the federal Treasury, the Australian Federal Police, and the Department of Home Affairs
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will meet Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Canberra today after arriving in Australia on Sunday. The meeting comes at a tense time for two leaders, who are each trying to balance their countries’ needs against an increasingly hostile global economic situation. When the two meet
Ashley Bunce will be the next inspector-general of animal welfare and live animal exports. The Office of the Inspector-General of Live Animal Exports was expanded in 2023 to include livestock animal welfare export objectives. Under this expanded mandate, Bunce will independently review the systems and processes that underpin the Department
NSW government agencies unfairly subjected small businesses to compliance audits, according to the state’s ombud. The NSW ombud investigation into Service NSW (SNSW) and Revenue NSW (RNSW) found that the agencies were using audits as an “after-the-fact eligibility assessment”. The NSW Business Grant, JobSaver payment, and Micro-business Grant delivered ...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has told Senate estimates it is reviewing information about three registered auditors reported to them by their professional body for exam cheating. An ASIC response to questions from Greens Senator Barbara Pocock on auditors and exam cheating reveals that Chartered Accountants Australia and New
A stakeholder consultation group key to improving the way NDIS supports and services are regulated has been “refreshed”. The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission has reconstituted its sector consultation forum, which provides advice to the commission on the practical impact of how NDIS services are being delivered. Forum feedback is
Budget cycles have a distinct shape. Like metrological phenomena, the exact shape varies depending on the position from which you observe. For those inside government, budgets begin the previous year. They are wide and vast, full of possibilities. As options are refined and decisions are taken that wide aperture narrows
The previous articles traced how health moved from protection and insurance into a settled universal system. From the late 1980s onwards, election speeches no longer debate whether Medicare should exist, but what it means, how it should be funded, and whether it is fair, efficient and effective. This final article
Senior Executive Service Band 3 Kerren Crosthwaite has been name the Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry’s next chief operating officer. Band 2 Austrade has promoted Nicholas Dowie to general manager of the office of tourism and visitor economy. Band 1 Charlotte Konokoly is now an assistant secretary at the Attorney-General’s Department.
The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion has released its interim report ahead of a public hearing, observing that “no material or advice from any agency identified any gap in the existing legal and regulatory frameworks that impeded the ability for law enforcement, border control, immigration, and security agencies
