Many agencies integrate disaster and climate “resilience” into their policies, programs and asset management. But that doesn’t mean Australia is any closer to deciding on let alone committing to a long-term policy for handling climate change, says Verona Burgess. Read More
Video: three Commonwealth secretaries discuss the economic, environmental and social implications of interlocking federal policies that relate to natural resource management. Read More
From little things, big things grow — sometimes. Take ARENA, a micro-agency on the verge of extinction under Tony Abbott, now plugged right into the federal power grid that matters -- and the potential saviour of Malcolm Turnbull's agenda. Read More
Jurisdiction need not be a barrier to collaboration when organisations can build on each other's work. Read More
A hackathon at the Department of the Environment and Energy has re-invigorated its innovation culture with five new ideas to pilot. Here are three other ways a little internal competition paid off. Read More
Some are worried putting the Environment and Energy portfolios together under a Liberal minister is setting the cat among the pigeons. But there's a good case for merging the portfolios — and recent precedent in Victoria. Read More
