Promoted Making it real: Victoria’s research and development edge delivers for Australia’s manufacturing future Thursday February 22, 2018 By The Mandarin Defence LAND 400 promises to boost both Australia’s national security and economy by accelerating new research and technology developments and breakthroughs. To do so it needs…
Promoted How Victoria’s defence ecosystem is putting national capability at its core Thursday February 22, 2018 By The Mandarin Career Advice Turbocharging Victoria’s defence industry capability by building on established, proven manufacturing strengths through LAND 400 has clear synergies and benefits that neatly complement those of…
MDBA board: don't let water-sharing plan go down the gurgler Wednesday February 21, 2018 By The Mandarin Energy & Environment The independent board of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority has urged all parties to the historic water-sharing agreement not to let "one-sided perspectives" prevail over "genuine…
Victoria's public sector leadership award winners announced Wednesday February 21, 2018 By The Mandarin Career Advice Outstanding government projects and their leaders have been recognised after a record 85 submissions were received.
Commonwealth will implement all of Shergold's Medicare card ideas Monday February 19, 2018 By The Mandarin News From panic over a possible wholesale leak of Medicare card numbers, to a 'proportionate' solution from one of government's trusted former mandarins, the Turnbull government…
A short period of disruption as we improve speed and stability Monday February 19, 2018 By The Mandarin News The Mandarin website is undergoing more back end changes to improve to speed and stability.
My career turning point: a Major-General's second chance to learn and grow Monday February 19, 2018 By The Mandarin Career Advice Major General Mick Ryan, the newest commander of Australia's peak war college, might not have made it very far in his military career if not…
Another nail in the coffin for UK PPPs: a sign for Australia's PPP market? Friday February 16, 2018 By The Mandarin Features The UK's audit office is critical of government enthusiasm for public private partnerships when there's not much data to say whether the benefits of PPPs…
Benched Border Force boss Roman Quaedvlieg desperate to know his fate Thursday February 15, 2018 By The Mandarin News The erstwhile Australian Border Force commissioner Roman Quaedvlieg has no compunction about commenting publicly on an investigation by the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity,…
Shorten: we need to be as strong as the Stolen Generations Tuesday February 13, 2018 By The Mandarin News The 10th anniversary of the Apology to Australia's Indigenous Peoples today was commemorated with a breakfast in the Great Hall of Parliament House. Here is…
Turnbull: we are committed to doing things with, not to, Aboriginal people Tuesday February 13, 2018 By The Mandarin Health Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull tabled the 10th annual Closing the Gap report into indigenous health, education and other life outcomes on Monday. Below is…
Time to reset Closing the Gap: ‘policy paralysis is not an option’ Thursday February 8, 2018 By June Oscar & Rod Little Features As the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-indigenous Australians shows signs of widening, urgent action is needed to address our national shame say the…
Merit Protection cases shaping APS discipline Wednesday February 7, 2018 By The Mandarin Career Advice Is harassment only when an act is repeated? Or can it be a one-off event? These and other cases are published by the Merit Protection…
Martin Parkinson: 'this failure has implications for the APS' Friday February 2, 2018 By The Mandarin News "This casts the Department in a poor light", admits the Australian Public Service's top official.
AFP: national broadcaster only gave us two hours to respond Friday February 2, 2018 By The Mandarin News It's a scenario that nearly every public affairs officer and senior executive has faced -- probably many times over.