Joint committee a significant move for Indigenous affairs Culture COMMENT The federal parliament moved one step closer to dealing with First Nations peoples’ challenges more holistically when leader of the house Tony Burke moved
Premium Insights and analysis Goldilocks and the ‘right’ size emissions target July 26, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Editors' Picks Debate over emissions targets has been getting more than a little colourful, with more than one reminder of the story of Goldilocks and the three
Premium Insights and analysis Let’s talk about mandates in the new parliament July 19, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Editors' Picks Australia has a representative system of government with a parliament where some members might be aligned to political parties while others are independent, even though
Fury over Albanese decision to slash crossbench staff June 27, 2022 By Chris Johnson Federal Minor party and independent MPs remain furious over Anthony Albanese’s slashing of their staffing allocations, which they say will severely damage relations between the government
PSsst! Even stationery isn’t stationary May 27, 2022 By The Mandarin Editors' Picks Even stationery isn’t stationary The winds of change are truly moving through parliament, as The Mandarin observed in action this week. Happening to walk past
Five tips for the APS in helping ministers deal with an independent crossbench May 27, 2022 By Brenton Prosser Career Advice Even by recent standards, the cries of ‘a vote for an independent is a vote for chaos’, seemed more prominent in the last weeks of
Safe public service workplaces: the starting point for change May 26, 2022 By Tom Ravlic 2022 Recruitment Special Report In February 2022, the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president of the Senate delivered statements of acknowledgement in both chambers, fulfilling a
Lesson number one — listen to the electorate May 24, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Editors' Picks COMMENT Australians on Saturday voted in a manner that should ensure political parties seeking government will need to stop telling Australians what they know, and
Premium Insights and analysis What caretaker means for the public sector’s interaction with industry April 8, 2022 By Peter Strong Editors' Picks Basically, as we all know, the caretaker period begins at the time the house of representatives is dissolved and continues until the election result is
All MPs should undertake anti-racism training: Greens April 5, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Federal All members of the house of representatives and the senate should be made to undertake anti-racism training so that they can confront both their own
Teach kids about democratic institutions before they get the vote: former speaker April 4, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Federal Australian students in primary and secondary school should be taught about democratic institutions and Australian history for more than “just for a few weeks in
Ukraine president to address Australian parliament March 31, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Foreign Affairs & Immigration Commonwealth parliamentarians will assemble in the house of representatives this afternoon to hear from Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The Ukrainian president has addressed the legislatures
Fair Work Commission not flooded with vax-related unfair dismissal claims — yet March 23, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Federal Public servants at the Fair Work Commission might have been spared a flood of unfair dismissal applications related to vaccine mandates, but a new committee
Parliament’s pandemic protocols for budget sitting March 18, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Federal The coming federal budget sitting of the national parliament will see the chamber and the public galleries in the house of representatives back to full
