Existing regulatory controls sufficient to protect environment from onshore gas projects, report says Thursday September 23, 2021 By Melissa Coade Energy & Environment A new report says no additional environmental safeguards are required to mitigate the risks of onshore gas-extraction projects in Australia.
Making sense of Victoria’s shock earthquake Wednesday September 22, 2021 By Melissa Coade Energy & Environment An expert explains the magnitude-6 earthquake that rattled the nerves of Victorians and others living on Australia’s east coast on Wednesday.
Earthquake rocks populations across states Wednesday September 22, 2021 By Jackson Graham Australian Capital Territory A magnitude-6.0 earthquake near Mansfield around 9.15am on Wednesday was felt across Melbourne, Canberra and parts of NSW.
PSsst! Discouragement the name of the game? Thursday September 9, 2021 By The Mandarin Editors' Picks The bureaucracy doing its best to discourage people, Geoscience Australia spooked, Canberra rank and file on booster shots. PSsst! Here's what we've heard.
Commonwealth’s new Australian Climate Service begins operations Friday July 2, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Energy & Environment The federal government's new service dedicated to sourcing and providing agencies with detailed climate and disaster information has officially gone live.
ACT public servant wins top digital government award Monday October 7, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology The Department of Health and Geoscience Australia are among the winners of this years’ Australian Government Digital Awards. The Digital Transformation Agency announced the recipients…
Promoted Big data in the public sector: five ways the government is using data science Tuesday May 14, 2019 By The University of New South Wales Communications & Technology Understanding some of the ways government agencies are already using data science can guide transformation across the public sector.
Just the facts: Treasury and CSIRO put space between advice and how ministers use it Tuesday April 16, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal Treasury and the CSIRO have both recently felt the need to clarify advice they have provided the government, after opposition complaints about what ministers did…
Federal government’s new Transparency Portal set to transform APS reporting Thursday March 14, 2019 By Stephen Easton Communications & Technology The Australian Public Service is expected to complete the long-discussed shift to online planning and performance reporting by the end of 2019, which could see…
Flooded with criticism, MDBA finds a small island of common ground Thursday February 21, 2019 By Stephen Easton Community & Social The Murray-Darling Basin Authority says the recent South Australian royal commission produced some “useful analysis and insights” and notes a few “areas of agreement” in…
Auditor-general still waiting on cyber resilience in the Commonwealth Wednesday July 25, 2018 By Stephen Easton Case studies Poor information security in government can have serious consequences for individual citizens and organisations in the community, but cyber resilience is still too rare in…
Promoted Jane Halton on public sector women in leadership Thursday August 31, 2017 By The Mandarin Career Advice Prominent and inspirational women from across the public sector will gather to share their experiences and development strategies in Canberra in November.
Finalists announced for inaugural IPAA & APS innovation awards Monday June 6, 2016 By The Mandarin News Quiet achieving projects and unconventional ideas don't always get auspicious ministerial press releases. For the 12 finalists in next month's inaugural Public Sector Innovation Awards…
APS union campaign escalates, but does it have the firepower to win? Monday March 30, 2015 By Stephen Easton Features Do federal bureaucrats have the industrial firepower to force the Abbott government to soften its strict enterprise bargaining policy? Whether the measures workers can take…
