Premium The Briefing The Briefing: short-term agency bans aside, the Facebook war can only make it harder for public servants to fight misinformation Tuesday February 23, 2021 By Chris Woods Australian Capital Territory Facebook's ban on Australian news content, implemented in response to legislation establishing the federal government's mandatory media bargaining code, stands to make it harder for…
Premium The Briefing The Briefing: Domestic concerns and global lessons ahead of Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout Wednesday February 17, 2021 By Chris Woods Editors' Picks Crux of the issue With Australia’s COVID-19 vaccination rollout to begin next Monday, February 22, what can the state and federal governments learn from global…
Premium The Briefing The Briefing: Australia braces for double-whammy of JobSeeker returning to $40 per day and an end to eviction moratoriums Thursday February 11, 2021 By Chris Woods Economy & Industry With the coronavirus supplement set to be axed entirely on March 31 and eviction moratoriums, the public service must brace for a spike in poverty…
Coronavirus Government Global Briefing: February 8 Monday February 8, 2021 By Chris Woods Health Today: Lessons from the EU-AstraZeneca 'contract failure'; Victoria and NSW issue late-night alerts; 'Vaccination certificates' to be available through MyGov, Medicare apps.
Premium Insights and analysis WA’s regional Aboriginal suicide prevention program highlights importance of empowerment, collaboration and service continuity Wednesday February 3, 2021 By Chris Woods Culture WA's Mental Health Commission will receive $9.8 million over four years to develop and implement Australia's first regional Aboriginal-suicide prevention strategy. Here's an explanation of…
Premium Insights and analysis Secretaries, deputy secretaries and undersecretaries: A complete guide to Joe Biden’s new cabinet Wednesday January 27, 2021 By Chris Woods Editors' Picks The Mandarin explores Biden's main picks, their Morrison government counterparts, their deputies and undersecretaries, and, where possible, updates from confirmation hearings or major policy announcements.
New York City runs out of vaccines weeks after means-testing and penalisation meant binning them Friday January 22, 2021 By Chris Woods Health The news is curious in that it comes just a few weeks after medical providers reported they had been forced to throw out expired doses…
Premium Insights and analysis Additionality, costs and community: What Home Affairs needs to consider in its tipped community refugee sponsorship program Wednesday January 20, 2021 By Chris Woods Community & Social Home Affairs' review of the Community Support Program may involve changes to the it or the creation of a new program entirely. Here is everything…
Australian Conservation Foundation audit of FOI requests finds environment minister, dept & agencies stifling access Friday January 15, 2021 By Chris Woods Editors' Picks Environment minister Sussan Ley refused outright 39 freedom of information requests in the last financial year, while granting just one in full and three in…
Premium Insights and analysis Victoria’s climate change adaptation work evolves traditional governance roles with place-based approaches Wednesday January 13, 2021 By Chris Woods Editors' Picks New strategies will focus on challenges across institutions, sectors, services, networks, communities and infrastructure that can be best met at a regional level rather than…
Premium Insights and analysis The essential 2021 reading guide for Australian public servants Monday January 11, 2021 By Chris Woods Features A new year, a slew of new books, and after the nightmare of 2020 you can believe there are roughly a million on the pandemic…
Premium Trends and research Ten years of untouched community service inquiries expose cycle of government unaccountability Friday December 18, 2020 By Chris Woods Community & Social A new review of an entire decade’s worth inquiries into the community services sector suggests a seemingly futile cycle of evidence-based, largely-untouched calls for action.
Coronavirus Government Global Briefing: December 16 Wednesday December 16, 2020 By Chris Woods Health Canada hits supply chain issues, emphasises First Nations groups in vaccine roll-out; on facing collective trauma; and more.
Premium Insights and analysis How China’s state media covered the deterioration of ties with Australia Friday December 11, 2020 By Chris Woods Editors' Picks Today, The Mandarin wraps up our week-long series with a snapshot of how Australia-China controversies have played out according to CCP-approved news. The list comes…
Premium Insights and analysis ‘Sledgehammer to crack a nut’: Canberra’s China crackdown to chill foreign collaboration with states Thursday December 10, 2020 By Chris Woods and Matthew Elmas Features Four years ago Canberra’s relationship with Beijing was on much less complicated footing; outbound trade with the people’s republic was rebounding to a five-year high,…
