Lawlessness in the Victorian construction sector caused by the CFMEU saw the cost of the Victorian Labor government’s signature “Big Build” infrastructure program blow out by at least 15%, we learnt a fortnight ago. That translates into $15 billion in taxpayer money that flowed to corrupt CFMEU officials, standover men,
The head of the most powerful and far-reaching crime agency in NSW has been picked to become the Commonwealth’s intelligence agency disciplinarian. It’s a quiet changing of the guard on the eve of the commencement of the royal commission into the antisemitic mass murder shooting of 15 people at
Australia’s federal workplace umpire has warned litigants that weak cases filed in the industrial court, especially those wrongly drafted or advanced with the aid of artificial intelligence, will not only be dismissed but may also attract cost orders against those who bring them. In a speech that sets major boundaries
Environment and Water Minister Murray Watt says laws that deliver on the recommendations of the Samuel review would update a 25-year-old piece of environmental protection legislation. They add to previous reforms, introducing stronger protections against high-risk tree clearing and new powers for national environmental standards to be made by the
Victoria’s three core integrity agencies last week published a proposal designed to enhance transparency about how they are funded. The joint paper comes in the wake of allegations that criminality within the CFMEU could have cost Victorian taxpayers around $15 billion on major government projects. The Victorian Ombudsman, the Independent
Building a future-ready public service demands more than policy ambition; it requires resilient systems, trusted institutions, and leaders who can deliver under sustained pressure Join us on 27–28 May 2026, for The Mandarin Live: Future Ready Public Service – Queensland in Brisbane and Online. This is a critical strategic forum
Band 1 The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has promoted three assistant secretaries in policy and program management — Chiara Porro, James Buttigieg, and Ben Cas. DFAT has also promoted Karina Soltyszewski to assistant secretary for enabling services. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has named Amy Young and Anne-Marie
A report launched on Thursday by assistant minister for international education Julian Hill asks what it looks like for Australia to see education as a tool of statecraft. Within Australia, the public conversation around higher education is often negative. Universities are portrayed as corporatised institutions driven by revenue, preoccupied with
Senator David Pocock has told a Canberra conference audience that public servants are one of the last lines of defence for the multitude of crises coming Australia’s way. “Australians want evidence-based policy that is actually looking forward to the future and saying, ‘These are the problems that are coming. This
Nightly news bulletins regularly feature ashen-faced fire commanders warning of the perils of dodgy lithium batteries from e-bikes spontaneously combusting indoors, but at the Defence Science and Technology Group, researchers are being paid to discover what it takes to make a Li-ion cell blaze up. As consumers and the Fair
Regulators are caught between a rock and a hard place with AI. Act too conservatively, and risk being outflanked. Act too quickly, and risk enormous caches of citizens’ data. Nowhere is this more true than at the Australian Taxation Office. The tax regulator has been working with computers since the
The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion will hold its first public hearing next Tuesday. Royal commissioner Virginia Bell will open proceedings by explaining how she will approach the inquiry’s terms of reference. “I plan to conduct the inquiry as expeditiously as possible so that I can deliver a
Lawlessness in the Victorian construction sector caused by the CFMEU saw the cost of the Victorian Labor government’s signature “Big Build” infrastructure program blow out by at least 15%, we learnt a fortnight ago. That translates into $15 billion in taxpayer money that flowed to corrupt CFMEU officials, standover men,
The head of the most powerful and far-reaching crime agency in NSW has been picked to become the Commonwealth’s intelligence agency disciplinarian. It’s a quiet changing of the guard on the eve of the commencement of the royal commission into the antisemitic mass murder shooting of 15 people at
Australia’s federal workplace umpire has warned litigants that weak cases filed in the industrial court, especially those wrongly drafted or advanced with the aid of artificial intelligence, will not only be dismissed but may also attract cost orders against those who bring them. In a speech that sets major boundaries
Environment and Water Minister Murray Watt says laws that deliver on the recommendations of the Samuel review would update a 25-year-old piece of environmental protection legislation. They add to previous reforms, introducing stronger protections against high-risk tree clearing and new powers for national environmental standards to be made by the
Victoria’s three core integrity agencies last week published a proposal designed to enhance transparency about how they are funded. The joint paper comes in the wake of allegations that criminality within the CFMEU could have cost Victorian taxpayers around $15 billion on major government projects. The Victorian Ombudsman, the Independent
Building a future-ready public service demands more than policy ambition; it requires resilient systems, trusted institutions, and leaders who can deliver under sustained pressure Join us on 27–28 May 2026, for The Mandarin Live: Future Ready Public Service – Queensland in Brisbane and Online. This is a critical strategic forum
Band 1 The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has promoted three assistant secretaries in policy and program management — Chiara Porro, James Buttigieg, and Ben Cas. DFAT has also promoted Karina Soltyszewski to assistant secretary for enabling services. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has named Amy Young and Anne-Marie
A report launched on Thursday by assistant minister for international education Julian Hill asks what it looks like for Australia to see education as a tool of statecraft. Within Australia, the public conversation around higher education is often negative. Universities are portrayed as corporatised institutions driven by revenue, preoccupied with
Senator David Pocock has told a Canberra conference audience that public servants are one of the last lines of defence for the multitude of crises coming Australia’s way. “Australians want evidence-based policy that is actually looking forward to the future and saying, ‘These are the problems that are coming. This
Nightly news bulletins regularly feature ashen-faced fire commanders warning of the perils of dodgy lithium batteries from e-bikes spontaneously combusting indoors, but at the Defence Science and Technology Group, researchers are being paid to discover what it takes to make a Li-ion cell blaze up. As consumers and the Fair
Regulators are caught between a rock and a hard place with AI. Act too conservatively, and risk being outflanked. Act too quickly, and risk enormous caches of citizens’ data. Nowhere is this more true than at the Australian Taxation Office. The tax regulator has been working with computers since the
The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion will hold its first public hearing next Tuesday. Royal commissioner Virginia Bell will open proceedings by explaining how she will approach the inquiry’s terms of reference. “I plan to conduct the inquiry as expeditiously as possible so that I can deliver a
