Information commissioners and ombuds from Australia and New Zealand have called on government agencies to do more to make information accessible to the public. As…

Andrew Podger, former public service commissioner and head of four separate government departments, replies to Jacinta Collins' recent article on press freedom and national security.

Attorney-general Christian Porter is reportedly open to reforming federal whistleblower-protection legislation to sharpen up the blurry line between legitimate and unauthorised disclosures of information from…

Geoff Gallop outlines what he sees as some of the important issues at stake in the contemporary debate about accountability and how to properly guarantee…

Alison Larkins has returned to the job of deputy secretary social policy at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

Centrelink has agreed to keep working on the robodebt system to make it fairer and more transparent in line with new recommendations from the Commonwealth…

Commonwealth Ombudsman Michael Manthorpe has told his former Immigration colleagues to have yet another go at fixing detention review processes after an administrative error led…

It's taken several years into PGPA implementation for a departmental head to push back at prescriptive interpretations. To win this battle, the Treasury boss will…

The Senate inquiry into digital service delivery could well devolve into a political bunfight, but ministers and senior public servants might gain some useful insights…

Even the Commonwealth's watchdog is struggling to meet service standards as the volume of complaints from people in wretched situations continues to climb. Where is…

Centrelink's 'robodebt' system should be suspended until all procedural fairness flaws are addressed, argues a Senate inquiry report. Human checks should be reinstated.

In a break with convention, the federal government has appointed a career public servant directly from the senior ranks of the immigration and border protection…

The Commonwealth Ombudsman reports Centrelink's automated debt recovery drive is an example of digital transformation that failed to maintain good public administration, procedural fairness under…