January 26 carries mixed emotions across Australia. For some, it is a day of national pride or a moment to welcome new citizens. For many Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people, it is also a time to reflect on the ongoing impact of colonisation. That impact is starkest in the
The United States has officially left the World Health Organization after a year of warnings that doing so would hurt public health in the US and globally, saying its decision reflected failures in the UN health agency’s management of the COVID-19 pandemic. President Donald Trump gave notice that the US
Dr Gordon de Brouwer has resigned as APS commissioner but would “continue to be active in areas” that contribute to public policy and governance that matter to him personally. Citing an intense workload, the former secretary and economist said it was a great honour to have served and was “deeply
Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote that he had become solitary because “the most desolate solitude seems preferable to the society of wicked men, which is nourished only by betrayals and hatred”. Rousseau was describing more than loneliness. He was describing a moral atmosphere: a social world that is contaminated because the bond
There has been much soul-searching, grief and anger since the antisemitic terrorist attack at Bondi on December 14. The massacre targeting the Jewish community was devastating, and the hurt is profound. In response, the prime minister has announced a royal commission into antisemitism and social cohesion. I hope it provides
Commonwealth agencies have been put on notice that superficial upgrades to corporate management systems, including SAP enterprise resource planning platforms, don’t meet governance expectations for controlling corporate travel expenditure. In a less-than-flattering assessment of the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission’s “Compliance with ...
Commonwealth agencies have been put on notice that superficial upgrades to corporate management systems, including SAP enterprise resource planning platforms, don’t meet governance expectations for controlling corporate travel expenditure. In a less-than-flattering assessment of the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission’s “Compliance with ...
Band 2 Susan Charles has been appointed chief people officer at the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport, and the Arts The Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry has promoted Cassandra Ireland to chief counsel. Lucinda Atkinson is now first assistant secretary for governance and grants at the ...
The Department of Parliamentary Services is urgently seeking to replace the backbone of the parliamentary precinct’s core secure radio network after two key elements of the current system were declared to be at “end-of life”. Used by Parliament House’s security detail, procurement documents for the new security radio equipment rig
There’s not a lot of public information about the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC)’s offices, which are spread across the country. Even their addresses aren’t publicised. One of the few things we know comes from NACC commissioner Paul Brereton’s opening address at the commission’s new headquarters on July 3, 2023. He
The world appears to us more uncertain and unstable. ‘Democratic backsliding’, populism, and our daily diet of disinformation are undermining the social contract between citizens and the state and so-called ‘elites’ risk losing the battle of ideas about what the future should look like. Established public policy prescriptions designed in
Federal reforms in the wake of Bondi’s deadly shooting last month have now passed in parliament as the political class moves to use the levers of government to respond to the terrorist attack at a Jewish event in Sydney. Addressing the media pack on Wednesday, the PM said he had
January 26 carries mixed emotions across Australia. For some, it is a day of national pride or a moment to welcome new citizens. For many Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people, it is also a time to reflect on the ongoing impact of colonisation. That impact is starkest in the
The United States has officially left the World Health Organization after a year of warnings that doing so would hurt public health in the US and globally, saying its decision reflected failures in the UN health agency’s management of the COVID-19 pandemic. President Donald Trump gave notice that the US
Dr Gordon de Brouwer has resigned as APS commissioner but would “continue to be active in areas” that contribute to public policy and governance that matter to him personally. Citing an intense workload, the former secretary and economist said it was a great honour to have served and was “deeply
Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote that he had become solitary because “the most desolate solitude seems preferable to the society of wicked men, which is nourished only by betrayals and hatred”. Rousseau was describing more than loneliness. He was describing a moral atmosphere: a social world that is contaminated because the bond
There has been much soul-searching, grief and anger since the antisemitic terrorist attack at Bondi on December 14. The massacre targeting the Jewish community was devastating, and the hurt is profound. In response, the prime minister has announced a royal commission into antisemitism and social cohesion. I hope it provides
Commonwealth agencies have been put on notice that superficial upgrades to corporate management systems, including SAP enterprise resource planning platforms, don’t meet governance expectations for controlling corporate travel expenditure. In a less-than-flattering assessment of the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission’s “Compliance with ...
Commonwealth agencies have been put on notice that superficial upgrades to corporate management systems, including SAP enterprise resource planning platforms, don’t meet governance expectations for controlling corporate travel expenditure. In a less-than-flattering assessment of the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission’s “Compliance with ...
Band 2 Susan Charles has been appointed chief people officer at the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport, and the Arts The Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry has promoted Cassandra Ireland to chief counsel. Lucinda Atkinson is now first assistant secretary for governance and grants at the ...
The Department of Parliamentary Services is urgently seeking to replace the backbone of the parliamentary precinct’s core secure radio network after two key elements of the current system were declared to be at “end-of life”. Used by Parliament House’s security detail, procurement documents for the new security radio equipment rig
There’s not a lot of public information about the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC)’s offices, which are spread across the country. Even their addresses aren’t publicised. One of the few things we know comes from NACC commissioner Paul Brereton’s opening address at the commission’s new headquarters on July 3, 2023. He
The world appears to us more uncertain and unstable. ‘Democratic backsliding’, populism, and our daily diet of disinformation are undermining the social contract between citizens and the state and so-called ‘elites’ risk losing the battle of ideas about what the future should look like. Established public policy prescriptions designed in
Federal reforms in the wake of Bondi’s deadly shooting last month have now passed in parliament as the political class moves to use the levers of government to respond to the terrorist attack at a Jewish event in Sydney. Addressing the media pack on Wednesday, the PM said he had
