In the Commonwealth Grants Commission’s 2026 update, the sunshine state will get an estimated $1.7 billion from the GST pool, for a total of $103 billion. The independent CGC said the increase to Queensland was largely due to falling coal prices, which have, in turn, reduced coal royalty revenue flowing
It is pleasing that the NACC has undertaken a thorough investigation of the six individuals referred to it by the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme, and that it has released its (445-page) report in full. That follows, of course, its earlier unfortunate decision not to proceed with such an
Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie does have a talent for hitting nails on their heads. Lately, the heads she has been nailing include those of highly paid top federal public servants, in her view, “fat cats” who have been “feathering their nests” for far too long, and university vice chancellors who
Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers will consider the Commonwealth Grants Commission’s recommendation on how GST revenue is divided among the states and territories, as presented in the 2026 update. The CGC will also publish a high-level guide to the main aspects of the update, and key factors for each state in
The NSW government has revealed its latest move in the great back-to-the-office push for government employees, declared by Premier Chris Minns as a way to revive commercial real estate and surrounding areas across the state. As a series of departmental restructures continues to wash across the state, regional centres economically
Two months after a report was tabled in parliament, an action plan in response to the independent capability review of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) has been released. Signed off by secretary Steven Kennedy, the plan identifies three core ways in which the agency must continuously learn, adapt, and
Band 2 The Department of Finance has promoted Christina Garbin to first assistant secretary. Band 1 The Department of Treasury has four new senior executives. Mehak Vohra has been promoted to chief of staff to secretary Jenny Wilkinson. David Hertzberg will serve as general counsel. Christopher Perks and Freya Carlton have been appointed assistant ...
Advocacy bodies across the country are reacting with fury to the National Anti-Corruption Commission’s outcome of its investigation into robodebt. Released yesterday, the final report into Operation Myrtleford found two of the six named individuals had engaged in corrupt conduct. For many of those who’ve been enmeshed in the story
The secret final chapter of the robodebt royal commission has finally been released, nearly two-and-a-half years after the probe recommended criminal and civil investigations into politicians and public servants involved in the scandal. The previously sealed section of the report recommends investigations by federal police, the National Anti-Corruption ...
Liquid Partner Sam Daley recently joined ATO second commissioner Jeremy Hirschhorn on the Mandarin Talks: AI for modern regulation webinar to unpack the big opportunities and risks underpinning AI adoption. He reflects on that conversation, and what’s next as we approach an AI new normal on the other side of
Former spy chief Dennis Richardson says he quit his job with the antisemitism royal commission because his extraordinary salary did not match his work as a “highly paid researcher”. The former ASIO boss and US ambassador, who was earning $5,500 a day, resigned from the probe stemming from Australia’s deadliest
Of all the additional evidence dredged up by the National Anti-Corruption Commission’s probe into bureaucrats, politicians, and staffers who presided over the disastrous, deadly, and illegal robodebt scheme, arguably the most illuminating is the culture of fear and reprisal that gripped responsible staff at the then-Department of Human Services. To
In the Commonwealth Grants Commission’s 2026 update, the sunshine state will get an estimated $1.7 billion from the GST pool, for a total of $103 billion. The independent CGC said the increase to Queensland was largely due to falling coal prices, which have, in turn, reduced coal royalty revenue flowing
It is pleasing that the NACC has undertaken a thorough investigation of the six individuals referred to it by the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme, and that it has released its (445-page) report in full. That follows, of course, its earlier unfortunate decision not to proceed with such an
Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie does have a talent for hitting nails on their heads. Lately, the heads she has been nailing include those of highly paid top federal public servants, in her view, “fat cats” who have been “feathering their nests” for far too long, and university vice chancellors who
Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers will consider the Commonwealth Grants Commission’s recommendation on how GST revenue is divided among the states and territories, as presented in the 2026 update. The CGC will also publish a high-level guide to the main aspects of the update, and key factors for each state in
The NSW government has revealed its latest move in the great back-to-the-office push for government employees, declared by Premier Chris Minns as a way to revive commercial real estate and surrounding areas across the state. As a series of departmental restructures continues to wash across the state, regional centres economically
Two months after a report was tabled in parliament, an action plan in response to the independent capability review of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) has been released. Signed off by secretary Steven Kennedy, the plan identifies three core ways in which the agency must continuously learn, adapt, and
Band 2 The Department of Finance has promoted Christina Garbin to first assistant secretary. Band 1 The Department of Treasury has four new senior executives. Mehak Vohra has been promoted to chief of staff to secretary Jenny Wilkinson. David Hertzberg will serve as general counsel. Christopher Perks and Freya Carlton have been appointed assistant ...
Advocacy bodies across the country are reacting with fury to the National Anti-Corruption Commission’s outcome of its investigation into robodebt. Released yesterday, the final report into Operation Myrtleford found two of the six named individuals had engaged in corrupt conduct. For many of those who’ve been enmeshed in the story
The secret final chapter of the robodebt royal commission has finally been released, nearly two-and-a-half years after the probe recommended criminal and civil investigations into politicians and public servants involved in the scandal. The previously sealed section of the report recommends investigations by federal police, the National Anti-Corruption ...
Liquid Partner Sam Daley recently joined ATO second commissioner Jeremy Hirschhorn on the Mandarin Talks: AI for modern regulation webinar to unpack the big opportunities and risks underpinning AI adoption. He reflects on that conversation, and what’s next as we approach an AI new normal on the other side of
Former spy chief Dennis Richardson says he quit his job with the antisemitism royal commission because his extraordinary salary did not match his work as a “highly paid researcher”. The former ASIO boss and US ambassador, who was earning $5,500 a day, resigned from the probe stemming from Australia’s deadliest
Of all the additional evidence dredged up by the National Anti-Corruption Commission’s probe into bureaucrats, politicians, and staffers who presided over the disastrous, deadly, and illegal robodebt scheme, arguably the most illuminating is the culture of fear and reprisal that gripped responsible staff at the then-Department of Human Services. To
