NSW Treasury secretary to lead probe into Dominic Perrottet’s office over icare secondments Monday August 10, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins New South Wales The audit will occur after revelations that details relating to two people working in the office on secondment from state insurance agency icare 'were not…
Victoria’s mental health system to receive $60m to tackle increased demand Monday August 10, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social Through the funding, mental health community clinics will up their opening hours to allow for an increased number of in-person sessions and assessments, while mental…
Senior digital health bureaucrat resigns to join former boss Friday August 7, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology Another senior public servant has resigned from the Australian Digital Health Agency. National health chief information officer Ronan O’Connor has left the agency to take…
Federal government’s digital procurement site hits $2b milestone Friday August 7, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology More than $2.3 billion in digital and ICT services contracts have been awarded through the Digital Transformation Agency’s online procurement platform.
2020 Cyber Security Strategy calls for centralisation of federal agency networks Friday August 7, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology The strategy encourages collaboration across agencies, jurisdictions, and nations.
Movers & shakers: ex judge to lead icare review Friday August 7, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Careers The latest senior public sector appointments from across the country.
Service NSW app to add venue check-in feature for contact tracing Thursday August 6, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology The Service NSW app is being revamped with a new feature that will allow contact tracers to access customer details from hospitality venues across the…
CSIRO launches face mask testing site in Melbourne Thursday August 6, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Manufacturers can use the CSIRO facility to test their masks, rather than sending the materials overseas, speeding up the process of getting masks to frontline…
ABF defends Christmas Island reopening on Twitter, AHRC ‘deeply concerned’ Wednesday August 5, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal The Australian Border Force has taken to social media to defend its decision to reopen the detention centre on Christmas Island after a number of media…
Infrastructure Australia boss says priority list will help ‘kick-start economic growth’ Wednesday August 5, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Australia's infrastructure advisory body has released its first ever mid-year update of the Infrastructure Priority List.
Federal, Victorian public servants seconded to aged care response centre Wednesday August 5, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal More than 50 staff from across the Australian Public Service, Victorian Public Service and a number of hospitals and health services have joined the Victorian…
COVID-19 response: Collaborative effort across sectors and within national cabinet is ‘remarkable’, says WA public sector commissioner Sharyn O’Neill Wednesday August 5, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins News The commissioner compared WA's partnership approach to engaging with the public to the national cabinet and its success.
Further icare resignations announced after ceo grilled at inquiry Tuesday August 4, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins New South Wales The news comes days after board member Mark Lennon resigned, and a week after a number of allegations regarding icare and its workers’ compensation scheme…
Palaszczuk, Barr want changes to COVID-19 exemptions for diplomats Tuesday August 4, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Australian Capital Territory The leaders made the calls on Monday after Queensland’s chief health officer Jeannette Young said that the state’s only new case of COVID-19 was a consular…
New restrictions, payments announced for Vic workers and businesses Tuesday August 4, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Economy & Industry The Victorian premier also announced that Melbourne residents would receive a 'piece of paper' detailing where they work and their role so police know whether…
