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Government to list two new terrorist organisations

By Tom Ravlic

News

The Base and the entire Hizballah organisation are set to be listed as proscribed terrorist organisations under the criminal code.

Home Affairs officer ‘cherry picked’ visa applications, investigation finds

By Jackson Graham

Federal

An investigation has found a former Home Affairs employee self-selected international student visa applicants based on nationality. …

Vaccinated students and skilled labourers get green light to return

By Jackson Graham

Federal

Vaccinated humanitarian workers, working holidaymakers, provisional family visa holders, and travellers from Japan and Korea also will be able to enter the country.

Time for government to put its foot on the cloud accelerator

By Ramah Sakul

2021 Cyber Security Special Report

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated demand for cloud technologies as the private and public sectors rushed to update the delivery of urgent services and ensure continuity.

Movers & Shakers: Productivity Commission appointment, department promotions, ARC’s new faces

By Jackson Graham

Movers & Shakers

Former secretary to give water advice, new Tourism Australia chair, a refresh for Australian Research Council, and more.

Hybrid work here to stay in APS but will office access determine opportunity?

By Jackson Graham

Federal

The APS had been slightly slower to adjust to working from home than other public sectors but the adjustment had defied stereotypes of APS rigidity.

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The woman saving lives in Afghanistan from her living room in Canberra

By Melissa Coade

Community & Social

Somewhere in Canberra a former public servant is giving vulnerable Afghan civilians the chance of escape and being safely settled Australia.

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Two reviews and a few royal commissions later, is the Australian Public Service ahead of the game yet? Not quite, minister

By Verona Burgess

Editors' Picks

No review or royal commission can survive a government that pays little more than lip service to the moral and ethical framework that underpins sound…

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The Hazara boy Australian immigration allowed to be left behind

By Melissa Coade

Defence

Somewhere in Kabul, a 16-year-old boy is still waiting to learn what can be done to reunite him with his family in Australia.

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Time running out for Australia to do the right thing for locally engaged in Afghanistan

By Tom Ravlic

Defence

A UN report on Afghanistan is compelling justification for the federal government to get Afghan employees who worked for Australians away from the Taliban.

Minister talks tough on cyber security

By Chris Johnson

Communications & Technology

Home affairs minister Karen Andrews said she would repeatedly name China for cyber-attacks if the communist nation continued with its hacking agenda. …

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Additionality, costs and community: What Home Affairs needs to consider in its tipped community refugee sponsorship program

By Chris Woods

Community & Social

Home Affairs' review of the Community Support Program may involve changes to the it or the creation of a new program entirely. Here is everything…

Departments slammed over management of data-retention laws

By Shannon Jenkins

Federal

The Department of Home Affairs and the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications have been criticised for not knowing how many agencies have…

The state of Home Affairs: Michael Outram’s address to the Home Affairs Industry Summit

By Michael Outram

Editors' Picks

Here is the speech Australian Border Force Commissioner Michael Outram gave to the Home Affairs Industry Summit on 19 November 2019. In May, as part…

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APS State of the Service: a welcome return to a quality report despite some pre-Thodey verbal gymnastics

By Verona Burgess

Career Advice

Thankfully, the State of the Service Report for 2018-19 bears no resemblance to the embarrassing, stripped-back version of the previous few years, which barely paid…