Premium The Briefing The Briefing: Victoria’s second-and-a-half wave faces calls to expand testing criteria Monday October 12, 2020 By Chris Woods Editors' Picks Unlikely to hit its reopening threshold by October 19, Victoria's medical experts call for an expansion of covid-testing criteria.
Premium Insights and analysis Coronavirus Government Global Briefing: October 9 Friday October 9, 2020 By Chris Woods Health Welcome to Coronavirus Government Global Briefing, Mandarin Premium’s coverage of local and global COVID-19 policy news. US election 2020: Public health comparisons As most of the global…
Budget 2020 slashes refugee placements, reactivates Christmas Island, and guts offshore processing from 2021-22 Thursday October 8, 2020 By Chris Woods Federal A summary of the funding allocations made to various refugee organisations in the 2020-21 federal budget.
Premium The Briefing The Briefing: everything in Budget 2020, what the punters thought, and how it ranks in the global use of renewables as post-COVID stimulus Wednesday October 7, 2020 By Chris Woods Communications & Technology Roughly seven months after COVID-19 plunged the world into a pandemic and eventual recession, Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg have unveiled a budget that pushes…
Premium Insights and analysis Coronavirus Government Global Briefing: October 6 Tuesday October 6, 2020 By Chris Woods Health Today: everything we know, or don't, about Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis; will the Republicans have time to squeeze in Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court?; and…
Queensland Labor becomes latest party to tackle coercive control Tuesday October 6, 2020 By Chris Woods Editors' Picks The Palaszczuk government has issued an election promise to tackle coercive control on “several fronts”, including training programs for first responders and domestic violence case…
Premium The Briefing The Briefing: Information Commissioner refers Senator Rex Patrick’s national cabinet challenge to the AAT Monday October 5, 2020 By Chris Woods Editors' Picks The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner Angelene Falk has ruled that Independent Senator Rex Patrick's legal fight over blocked national cabinet documents be referred…
Premium Insights and analysis Coronavirus Government Global Briefing: October 2 Friday October 2, 2020 By Chris Woods Health Welcome to Coronavirus Government Global Briefing, Mandarin Premium’s coverage of local and global COVID-19 policy news. Today: Aged care royal commission releases special COVID-19 report — specifically,…
Premium The Briefing The Briefing: Unpacking the first empirical study of the Productivity Commission’s production and communication of evidence Wednesday September 30, 2020 By Chris Woods Career Advice In the first ever empirical study of the Productivity Commission's production and communication of evidence, the UNSW’s Centre for Social Impact has identified practices undertaken…
First empirical study of Productivity Commission’s production and communication of evidence blurs apolitical and political status Tuesday September 29, 2020 By Chris Woods Career Advice One of many qualifiers is the hypothetical that, if no policy entrepreneurs' recommendations were accepted, then the PC would not be succeeding in its role…
Premium The Briefing The Briefing: Jenny Mikakos’ resignation, ‘collective decision-making’ and systemic contracting at Victoria’s hotel quarantine inquiry Monday September 28, 2020 By Chris Woods Editors' Picks The resignation of Victoria's former health minister Jenny Mikakos has capped off a final week at the COVID-19 hotel quarantine inquiry that, despite failing to…
Premium The Briefing The Briefing: ‘Unreliable’ due diligence, self-regulation at heart of Infrastructure Department’s ‘Leppington Triangle’ scandal Friday September 25, 2020 By Chris Woods Editors' Picks After finding that the Department of Infrastructure bought land in Leppington, NSW, from dairy farm operator Leppington Pastoral Company at 10 times the land's valued…
Three more coal cities in Hunter Valley join Cities Power Partnership Friday September 25, 2020 By Chris Woods Community & Social The free national program requires local councils to make five action pledges in either renewable energy, efficiency, transport or partnerships, such as putting solar on…
Premium Insights and analysis Coronavirus Government Global Briefing: September 24 Thursday September 24, 2020 By Chris Woods Health Welcome to Coronavirus Government Global Briefing, Mandarin Premium’s coverage of local and global COVID-19 policy news. Today: How the UK returned to soft lockdown; testing, schools at…
Premium The Briefing The Briefing: John Hewson, former RBA and PM&C chiefs come out swinging on tax cuts Wednesday September 23, 2020 By Chris Woods Economy & Industry Following Treasurer Josh Frydenberg's confirmation that October budget could bring forward tax cuts for high income earners, a group of experts including former RBA governor…
