Djokovic case highlights public service collaboration failures 2022 Collaboration After Crisis Special Report Abul Rizvi is a member of a walking club of 80 former Immigration officials who take in Canberra’s scenery while catching up on the latest
Premium Interviews The Hazara boy Australian immigration allowed to be left behind August 24, 2021 By Melissa Coade Defence Australia’s immigration policies, including a cruel direction intended to penalise asylum seekers who arrived by boat from reuniting with their families, has delivered a costly
Yes, Peter Dutton has a lot of power, but a strong Home Affairs is actually a good thing for Australia August 1, 2019 By Jacinta Carroll Editors' Picks It’s been two years since the government announced it would establish a Home Affairs portfolio, and just over 18 months since it came into being.
Demand for services grows, APS staffing stays the same June 4, 2018 By Stephen Easton Features Tight limits on public service workforce growth can make life difficult for agencies whose services to the public experience ever-growing demand, in line with normal
Ombudsman: latest immigration detention bungle highlights serious Home Affairs flaws May 8, 2018 By Stephen Easton Case studies Commonwealth Ombudsman Michael Manthorpe has told his former Immigration colleagues to have yet another go at fixing detention review processes, after an error led to
Tidbinbilla strike over APS payrise limits applied to NASA-funded positions November 22, 2017 By Stephen Easton News A group of CSIRO staff who run the iconic Tidbinbilla space tracking dishes near Canberra will stop work for one hour this afternoon, arguing federal government payrise limits should not
Home Affairs secretary Michael Pezzullo has no time for 'inter-agency jealousies' October 17, 2017 By Stephen Easton Features Michael Pezzullo envisions the new Department of Home Affairs reaching into just about every area of the Australian economy and society, leaning on public and
The case for a Department of Home Affairs: Pezzullo on his place in history October 16, 2017 By Stephen Easton Editors' Picks A single Defence Department was brought together in the 1970s. Later, Foreign and Affairs and Trade were merged, never to be separated again. Now Australia
Podcast: Mike Pezzullo discusses the influences that shaped him September 4, 2017 By Tom Burton News One of Canberra’s most powerful departmental heads, the deep-thinking Mike Pezzullo, has joined the Lowy Interpreter’s new podcast series, dubbed Canberra Conversations. Here the Institute’s director of
Big ticket IT deals banned: Taylor's $100m contracts cap in tech clean-up August 23, 2017 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology Federal agencies will be hit with a strict $100 million cap on the size of the IT contracts they award to suppliers under strict new
Government's Manus settlement a loss for transparency and accountability June 15, 2017 By David Donaldson Features Reading through the accounts of murder, attempted suicide, sexual assault, child abuse and lack of access to medical treatment at the Manus Island detention centre, it’s
APS 'devoted' to user-centred design but not quite there with agile June 1, 2017 By Stephen Easton Communications & Technology User-centred design is becoming popular in the Australian Public Service, to the extent it is possible within the constraints of working in government, but it’s
Comcare befuddled by 'structural complexity' of offshore detention centres May 19, 2017 By Stephen Easton Features Fundamentally, regulators with responsibility for maintaining compliance with a specific piece of legislation need to know that act inside out, including what powers it gives
Visa and citizenship boss appointed Commonwealth Ombudsman May 4, 2017 By Stephen Easton News The new Commonwealth (and ACT) Ombudsman is career public servant Michael Manthorpe, who moves directly over from the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, where