The Albanese government’s announcement of a new Defence Delivery Agency is presented as a structural reform: merging three major acquisition and sustainment groups, establishing a new national armaments director, and clarifying ministerial accountability. It comes amid record peacetime defence expenditure and a pressing strategic environment. The ...
When I arranged to visit Mossmont Nurseries outside Griffith in the NSW Riverina, I pictured something like an expanded version of the garden centre at Bunnings. The reality is starkly different. In the words of Jonathan Moss, it’s “a tree factory”. Moss is a sixth-generation owner of this family business,
NSW public servants have scored a sector-wide pay annual bump of 4%, taking their full-time remuneration to a median of $110,266 in 2025 — up from $106,025 in 2024. The lift has put them proportionally ahead of the state’s health workers and teachers, but behind the total government sector
The Commonwealth government spent more than $200 million on advertising last financial year — the second-largest such expenditure on record. The Department of Finance catalogued $265.3 million in advertising spent by Australian government agencies in 2024-25. This year, the government spent the most advertising money on Defence recruitment ($54.1 million),
Minister Jason Clare, you and I both know how quickly opportunity narrows when education falls short. School is back for a new year. Parliament too. And this year, the stakes couldn’t be higher. There’s plenty of reform work to be done to ensure all students can make the most of
Sarah Court, the incoming head of Australia’s corporate watchdog, will bring a “strong record in enforcement” to ASIC, outgoing chair Joe Longo says. As the first woman to lead the Australian Securities and Investments Commission in its 35-year history, Court will bring deep regulatory expertise to the role from her
The Department of Parliamentary Services may not have breached rules of privilege by providing data to a third party to assist with investigations, according to the Attorney-General’s Department. Parliamentary Services, the Australian Federal Police, and the AGD provided submissions to a Senate privileges committee inquiry into how the department managed
Should public servants be required to declare any and all memberships to airline and affiliated loyalty schemes? What constitutes purchasing behaviour that is motivated or influenced by airline loyalty or preference? How do you measure the cost of not being able to work or meet in airline lounges? Those are
The New South Wales Minns government’s efforts to conspicuously rebalance state public sector headcount from so-called pen-pushing back-office admin jobs to more media-friendly public-facing roles like nurses, teachers, and police have been borne out in the NSW public sector’s latest stat sheet. As consultations with unions over the restructuring of
The government will set up a National Firearms Safety Council as part of its response to the Bondi terror attack. The council will act as an independent data custodian and advisor to the government on firearms harm prevention. A spokesperson for the Department of Home Affairs confirmed they were working
Maxine’s Story was published last week. Maxine, to be transparent, is my mother, and I am the book’s author. Before you ask, the book is not about government or about public policy. It is, instead, a social commentary about Australia set in the context of Maxine’s family history, and that
In the furthest reaches of the country, where accessing healthcare can mean taking a plane, a ferry and a four-wheel drive, Aspen Medical is making sure that no Australian is left behind. As the Australian Government’s delivery partner for two national locum programs, Aspen Medical plays a crucial role in
The Albanese government’s announcement of a new Defence Delivery Agency is presented as a structural reform: merging three major acquisition and sustainment groups, establishing a new national armaments director, and clarifying ministerial accountability. It comes amid record peacetime defence expenditure and a pressing strategic environment. The ...
When I arranged to visit Mossmont Nurseries outside Griffith in the NSW Riverina, I pictured something like an expanded version of the garden centre at Bunnings. The reality is starkly different. In the words of Jonathan Moss, it’s “a tree factory”. Moss is a sixth-generation owner of this family business,
NSW public servants have scored a sector-wide pay annual bump of 4%, taking their full-time remuneration to a median of $110,266 in 2025 — up from $106,025 in 2024. The lift has put them proportionally ahead of the state’s health workers and teachers, but behind the total government sector
The Commonwealth government spent more than $200 million on advertising last financial year — the second-largest such expenditure on record. The Department of Finance catalogued $265.3 million in advertising spent by Australian government agencies in 2024-25. This year, the government spent the most advertising money on Defence recruitment ($54.1 million),
Minister Jason Clare, you and I both know how quickly opportunity narrows when education falls short. School is back for a new year. Parliament too. And this year, the stakes couldn’t be higher. There’s plenty of reform work to be done to ensure all students can make the most of
Sarah Court, the incoming head of Australia’s corporate watchdog, will bring a “strong record in enforcement” to ASIC, outgoing chair Joe Longo says. As the first woman to lead the Australian Securities and Investments Commission in its 35-year history, Court will bring deep regulatory expertise to the role from her
The Department of Parliamentary Services may not have breached rules of privilege by providing data to a third party to assist with investigations, according to the Attorney-General’s Department. Parliamentary Services, the Australian Federal Police, and the AGD provided submissions to a Senate privileges committee inquiry into how the department managed
Should public servants be required to declare any and all memberships to airline and affiliated loyalty schemes? What constitutes purchasing behaviour that is motivated or influenced by airline loyalty or preference? How do you measure the cost of not being able to work or meet in airline lounges? Those are
The New South Wales Minns government’s efforts to conspicuously rebalance state public sector headcount from so-called pen-pushing back-office admin jobs to more media-friendly public-facing roles like nurses, teachers, and police have been borne out in the NSW public sector’s latest stat sheet. As consultations with unions over the restructuring of
The government will set up a National Firearms Safety Council as part of its response to the Bondi terror attack. The council will act as an independent data custodian and advisor to the government on firearms harm prevention. A spokesperson for the Department of Home Affairs confirmed they were working
Maxine’s Story was published last week. Maxine, to be transparent, is my mother, and I am the book’s author. Before you ask, the book is not about government or about public policy. It is, instead, a social commentary about Australia set in the context of Maxine’s family history, and that
In the furthest reaches of the country, where accessing healthcare can mean taking a plane, a ferry and a four-wheel drive, Aspen Medical is making sure that no Australian is left behind. As the Australian Government’s delivery partner for two national locum programs, Aspen Medical plays a crucial role in
