Victoria has put out notice that it plans to be Australia’s capital for digital infrastructure, data capacity, and adoption of artificial intelligence. The state has released a plan to develop and adopt AI “responsibly and ethically,” in a move that comes as the government recognises the rapid uptake of advanced
As AI usage grows rapidly, it is becoming increasing important to examine views around concerns and how it performs. For the third year ThinkplaceX, a division of Synergy Group, has released its report detailing the results from their ‘How Australians feel about the rise of AI’ survey. The purpose of
The Department of Social Services has made an estimated $5 billion in inaccurate payments to age pension recipients over three years, according to an Australian National Audit Office report. A 97-page performance audit was conducted to provide assurance to the parliament on how DSS administers the age pension, given that
What a summer. Fire, floods, terrorism, sharks, and political pestilence, all when Canberra’s public servants traditionally frolic on NSW south-coast beaches with nary a care in the world. Now, the first turbulent month of 2026 is almost finished, and a host of changes at the top of the Australian Public
Every year, analysts forecast the forces that will shape the future — technology, geopolitics, markets, demographics. We seldom check back to see if their predictions held true. These forecasts highlight the pressures coming our way but overlook the systems that absorb and adapt to them. In essence, they focus on
Australia’s hardest delivery challenges no longer sit neatly inside single portfolios. Housing, transmission, ports, environment, and natural capital all rise or fall on coordination among agencies, approvals, procurement, and enabling infrastructure. Offshore wind shows this very clearly. It asks government to deliver energy, environment, ports, grid, ...
The Albanese government has not-so-quietly invoked new national security drone-kill powers that will give the Department of Defence and law enforcement agencies — and their authorised delegates — the power to knock out, intercept, disable, and commandeer devices deemed potentially hostile. As state and federal authorities continue to battle the
Band 2 Genevieve Davin has been promoted to general counsel at the Department of Education. Band 1 Jo Hutchinson is now assistant secretary at the Department of Health, Disability, and Ageing. The Department of Industry, Science, and Resources has promoted Frances McNamara to general manager of property and place.
Sharyn O’Neill has been recognised with an Order of Australia (AO) for her distinguished service to public administration in Western Australia, to education through executive leadership and teaching, and to disaster management. What would a former teacher-turned director-general, who went on to become the chief employer of all public servants
Critical payments infrastructure that delivers payrolls and property settlements across Australia has been hit by another major outage, with the Reserve Bank of Australia confirming on Thursday that one of its core transactional systems fell offline between 10.30am and 5.20pm on Tuesday, delaying some settlements nationally. The RBA, which usually
About #SBLive2026 is Australia’s largest corporate and commercial sustainability event — and the only full-scale trade show purpose-built to help businesses and councils decarbonise, electrify, cut pollution, manage waste, finance sustainability projects, invest in climate tech, achieve ESG and climate certification, and simplify climate reporting. ...
Local governments are ill-prepared to adopt artificial intelligence in their operations, a new report from the Audit Office of New South Wales examining local government annual reports reveals. The audit office’s annual report on financial statement audits of local government found that the quality of financial reporting has improved, with
Victoria has put out notice that it plans to be Australia’s capital for digital infrastructure, data capacity, and adoption of artificial intelligence. The state has released a plan to develop and adopt AI “responsibly and ethically,” in a move that comes as the government recognises the rapid uptake of advanced
As AI usage grows rapidly, it is becoming increasing important to examine views around concerns and how it performs. For the third year ThinkplaceX, a division of Synergy Group, has released its report detailing the results from their ‘How Australians feel about the rise of AI’ survey. The purpose of
The Department of Social Services has made an estimated $5 billion in inaccurate payments to age pension recipients over three years, according to an Australian National Audit Office report. A 97-page performance audit was conducted to provide assurance to the parliament on how DSS administers the age pension, given that
What a summer. Fire, floods, terrorism, sharks, and political pestilence, all when Canberra’s public servants traditionally frolic on NSW south-coast beaches with nary a care in the world. Now, the first turbulent month of 2026 is almost finished, and a host of changes at the top of the Australian Public
Every year, analysts forecast the forces that will shape the future — technology, geopolitics, markets, demographics. We seldom check back to see if their predictions held true. These forecasts highlight the pressures coming our way but overlook the systems that absorb and adapt to them. In essence, they focus on
Australia’s hardest delivery challenges no longer sit neatly inside single portfolios. Housing, transmission, ports, environment, and natural capital all rise or fall on coordination among agencies, approvals, procurement, and enabling infrastructure. Offshore wind shows this very clearly. It asks government to deliver energy, environment, ports, grid, ...
The Albanese government has not-so-quietly invoked new national security drone-kill powers that will give the Department of Defence and law enforcement agencies — and their authorised delegates — the power to knock out, intercept, disable, and commandeer devices deemed potentially hostile. As state and federal authorities continue to battle the
Band 2 Genevieve Davin has been promoted to general counsel at the Department of Education. Band 1 Jo Hutchinson is now assistant secretary at the Department of Health, Disability, and Ageing. The Department of Industry, Science, and Resources has promoted Frances McNamara to general manager of property and place.
Sharyn O’Neill has been recognised with an Order of Australia (AO) for her distinguished service to public administration in Western Australia, to education through executive leadership and teaching, and to disaster management. What would a former teacher-turned director-general, who went on to become the chief employer of all public servants
Critical payments infrastructure that delivers payrolls and property settlements across Australia has been hit by another major outage, with the Reserve Bank of Australia confirming on Thursday that one of its core transactional systems fell offline between 10.30am and 5.20pm on Tuesday, delaying some settlements nationally. The RBA, which usually
About #SBLive2026 is Australia’s largest corporate and commercial sustainability event — and the only full-scale trade show purpose-built to help businesses and councils decarbonise, electrify, cut pollution, manage waste, finance sustainability projects, invest in climate tech, achieve ESG and climate certification, and simplify climate reporting. ...
Local governments are ill-prepared to adopt artificial intelligence in their operations, a new report from the Audit Office of New South Wales examining local government annual reports reveals. The audit office’s annual report on financial statement audits of local government found that the quality of financial reporting has improved, with
