Premium Insights and analysis AG’s department on notice as Cash nabs top law job Wednesday March 31, 2021 By Melissa Coade Editors' Picks After acting in Porter’s place during his four-week period of stress leave, Senator Cash steps into two roles that on paper she is imminently qualified…
Commonwealth agencies failing to comply with cyber security requirements Monday March 22, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology PM&C and the Attorney-General’s Department are not ‘cyber resilient’ and have overstated their implementation of the federal government’s mandatory strategies to mitigate cyber security incidents…
Government flags changes to public sector whistleblower laws Thursday December 17, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal The changes have been put forward in the federal government's response to the Moss Review of the Public Interest Disclosure Act, which had called for…
Commonwealth Integrity Commission draft Bill released Monday November 2, 2020 By Matthew Elmas News Attorney-General Christian Porter says new corruption offences will be introduced alongside the anticipated Commonwealth Integrity Commission.
COVID-19 ‘no excuse’ for delaying integrity commission, Law Council says Monday October 26, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal The Law Council of Australia has urged the federal government to move forward with the establishment of its promised Commonwealth Integrity Commission by releasing the…
AFP and Attorney-General’s Department launch anti-bribery network Thursday October 22, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Launched in Australia on Wednesday, the Bribery Prevention Network offers free online resources for companies to help them manage bribery and corruption risks in domestic…
‘Actually underway’: Porter rejects criticism integrity commission is on the back burner Wednesday October 21, 2020 By Matthew Elmas News Attorney General Christian Porter has pushed back at criticism the promised Commonwealth Integrity Commission was put on the backburner, arguing legal complexities such as retrospectivity…
Premium Insights and analysis The Auditor-General, the budget and the future of government integrity Friday October 9, 2020 By Matthew Elmas Features Resourcing constraints across key integrity agencies undermine accountability, threatening public trust and good governance, advocates argue.
Public service outsourcing in the spotlight as government tightens the reins Thursday October 8, 2020 By Matthew Elmas News The Australian government must invest in capability across the public service rather than overly outsourcing roles to for-profit private companies, independent MP Andrew Wilkie says.
Audit office slams Attorney-General’s Department for lobbying code of conduct inaction Monday June 29, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal The Attorney-General’s Department has made little effort to implement past recommendations related to the government's lobbying code of conduct, the national auditor-general has found.
Former WA under treasurer to lead government’s industrial relations working groups Wednesday June 3, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Economy & Industry A former West Australian under treasurer has been appointed deputy chair of the federal government’s five industrial relations working groups. Tim Marney will help lead…
US access to COVID-19 app data ‘not conceivable’, inquiry told Thursday May 7, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology US company Amazon Web Services has been paid more than $700,000 to manage the app's central data store. The information is being stored in AWS…
Five years in prison for those who misuse COVID-19 tracing app Tuesday May 5, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology Those who unlawfully access data collected by the federal government’s new coronavirus contact tracing app could face a maximum of five years behind bars or…
Christian Porter to block police from accessing COVID-19 app metadata Thursday April 23, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology The federal government will ban law enforcement agencies from accessing metadata from the soon-to-be-released coronavirus contact tracing app, according to attorney-general Christian Porter.
Commonwealth agencies ‘vulnerable to cyberthreats’, according to Australian Signals Directorate Wednesday April 15, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Defence A new report to parliament from the Australian Signals Directorate and Attorney-General’s Department has been released this week in response to recommendations from the Joint…
