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
A Darwin-based Commonwealth public servant has been arrested and charged over an alleged $5 million in fraud and corruption against the National Disability Insurance Scheme in the latest sting conducted by the multi-agency Fraud Fusion Task Force that targets government payments theft. The Australian Federal Police and Northern Territory Police
AI is inevitable. Trust is optional. The public sector is at a crossroads: embrace AI responsibly, transparently, and effectively — or risk losing public confidence. AI Summit: Building a trusted digital future is a high-impact, half-day virtual event focused on how public sector organisations can ethically and effectively harness AI and emerging
I watched our children trundle home from their first day back at school, their giggles drifting across the heat-haze of dusty roads. It reminded me of the girl I once was, and of thousands of girls across our Blue Pacific for whom school is not guaranteed. I was one of
With misinformation and AI-generated content permeating the internet, it’s more important than ever to engage with news publications that you trust — and the real people behind them. One quick, easy step you can take to ensure The Mandarin — including our sector-leading exclusives, unmissable analysis, and context you won’t
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare provides an insight into what many people see and experience. Social cohesion in Australia is declining. The AIHW, in its usual thorough manner, reports that since 2021, Australians have become more pessimistic about their own future and that of Australia. Trust in others
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
A Darwin-based Commonwealth public servant has been arrested and charged over an alleged $5 million in fraud and corruption against the National Disability Insurance Scheme in the latest sting conducted by the multi-agency Fraud Fusion Task Force that targets government payments theft. The Australian Federal Police and Northern Territory Police
AI is inevitable. Trust is optional. The public sector is at a crossroads: embrace AI responsibly, transparently, and effectively — or risk losing public confidence. AI Summit: Building a trusted digital future is a high-impact, half-day virtual event focused on how public sector organisations can ethically and effectively harness AI and emerging
I watched our children trundle home from their first day back at school, their giggles drifting across the heat-haze of dusty roads. It reminded me of the girl I once was, and of thousands of girls across our Blue Pacific for whom school is not guaranteed. I was one of
With misinformation and AI-generated content permeating the internet, it’s more important than ever to engage with news publications that you trust — and the real people behind them. One quick, easy step you can take to ensure The Mandarin — including our sector-leading exclusives, unmissable analysis, and context you won’t
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare provides an insight into what many people see and experience. Social cohesion in Australia is declining. The AIHW, in its usual thorough manner, reports that since 2021, Australians have become more pessimistic about their own future and that of Australia. Trust in others
