Transforming the aged care crisis Community & Social Australian policies and programs need to support older people’s desire to live and thrive in their community by providing suitable housing, accessible footpaths, accessible shopping…
Premium Columnists Do consultants help avoid public sector politicisation? Thursday November 19, 2020 By Helena Cain Australian Capital Territory As a senior public servant, your politician strongly suggests that you drive an obviously political initiative – that may or may not go against your…
Premium The Briefing The Briefing: Donald Trump’s stacking of the US public sector is on another level than local efforts, but only just Thursday November 19, 2020 By Chris Woods Editors' Picks While Donald Trump's last-minute effort to stack America's public sector is on its own level of cronyism, it is not wholly distinct from efforts by…
The super wealthy won big as COVID-19 spread – here’s how they can help alleviate the economic peril faced by most Wednesday November 18, 2020 By John Letzing Economy & Industry The world’s billionaires got significantly wealthier as the pandemic spread, raising concerns about money flowing to the well-heeled instead of to services for those hit…
Opinion: Overcoming the class divide — reflections on ‘The New Class War’ Wednesday November 18, 2020 By Deborah May Culture Like so many, I’ve been duped into thinking that my educated mind, privileged position and understanding of unconscious bias means I am more likely to…
Should the ADF take a bigger role in bushfires and other domestic emergencies? The answer isn’t so easy Tuesday November 17, 2020 By Susan Harris Rimmer Defence The Morrison government has introduced a new bill that would give the ADF more power to respond to emergencies. And a Senate committee has recommended…
Op-ed: Navigating government engagement with Indigenous communities Tuesday November 17, 2020 By Melissa Hagedorn Culture With complex issues relating to communication, education and cultural differences at play, we must constantly test our assumptions about how Indigenous communities prefer to communicate…
Stop penalising non-linear career paths Tuesday November 17, 2020 By Maryam Bibi Career Advice A hurdle in the way of linear career success for women is childbirth. Hence, for a woman it is not possible to achieve self-fulfilment and…
Time to ditch the Dominic Cummings technocratic, mechanical vision of government Tuesday November 17, 2020 By Matthew Flinders and David Blunkett Editors' Picks Dominic Cummings believes that's what’s needed is strong 'flexible, adaptive and empirical' leadership and the mastery of technology in order to control uncertainty.
Premium Insights and analysis A different kind of public service, a different kind of system Tuesday November 17, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Careers The outgoing president of the US has made it clear that he will not got down without a fight, and without taking as many people…
Are you among Australia’s best facial super-recognisers? Take the test to find out Tuesday November 17, 2020 By James Dunn, Alice Towler and David White Editors' Picks The UNSW Face Test is currently the most challenging test available for identifying super-recognisers. You can take it here.
Premium Interviews How COVID-19 has changed life for the ministerial staffer Tuesday November 17, 2020 By Victoria Draudins Careers One shadow ministerial staffer working in federal opposition describes how their world has changed since being upended by the COVID pandemic.
Opinion: How culture war is destroying public reason Monday November 16, 2020 By Nicholas Gruen Editors' Picks Here we go again. One is at liberty to do things that don’t harm others, and during a pandemic one’s social distancing is precisely and…
Premium Insights and analysis Could Trump’s America come to Australia’s public sector? Monday November 16, 2020 By Chris Johnson Editors' Picks While there has never been anything like a Trump in Australian politics, some parallels can be drawn where elected officials here have attempted to politicise…
Australia’s intelligence agencies send mixed signals on openness and transparency Monday November 16, 2020 By Peter Edwards Editors' Picks Tacking and gybing with public outreach and internal structures, our spooks are displaying their manoeuvrability.
