Premium Insights and analysis Should a government department be run like a business? Editors' Picks “Run the department like it’s a business.” This is a statement often thrown around by business experts and government commentators. I could never see how
How the early childhood learning and care system works (and doesn’t work) – it will take some fixing June 21, 2022 By Peter Hurley Editors' Picks Recent Victorian and New South Wales government announcements may signal the first steps in a profound change to Australia’s early childhood sector. And it’s been
Should Australian governments nationalise the electricity sector? It’s not that simple June 21, 2022 By Rabindra Nepal Economy & Industry The shock suspension last week of Australia’s wholesale electricity market rekindled an age-old debate about whether the energy sector should be nationalised – in other
Labor’s foreign policy is for an outward-looking Australia June 21, 2022 By Lisa Singh Editors' Picks Paul Keating’s famous statement, “if you change the government you change the country” is nowhere more apparent right now than in the foreign policy approach
Premium Insights and analysis The spycraft revolution June 20, 2022 By Edward Lucas Editors' Picks The world of espionage is facing tremendous technological, political, legal, social, and commercial changes. The winners will be those who break the old rules of
Why the surge in home construction will do little to address affordable housing June 20, 2022 By Amber Schultz Economy & Industry Following a two-year slowdown in housing construction, the boom is back, with a record number of houses being developed. But it’s not likely to fix
What’s a grid, anyway? Making sense of the complex beast that is Australia’s electricity network June 20, 2022 By Katja Ignatieva Economy & Industry News about the energy crisis engulfing Australia’s east coast seems inescapable. Terms such as ‘grid’, the ‘National Electricity Market’ and ‘transmission’ are being tossed around
Hospital funding deal sets a tight deadline for real reform, and the clock’s ticking June 20, 2022 By Peter Breadon Editors' Picks At the urging of the premiers, prime minister Anthony Albanese on Friday agreed to extend current public hospital funding until the end of the year.
Indigenous peoples have adapted to drought for millennia June 20, 2022 By Ademola Oluborode Jegede Editors' Picks In Kenya right now, even camels are struggling to survive. The worst drought since the 1980s has killed 1.4 million livestock and dried up lakes
Premium Insights and analysis Should we accept that climate change is a national security policy issue? June 20, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Editors' Picks Climate change is a national security issue. Full stop. Don’t give too much time to people who smirk at that. Listen politely to the critics
The hidden fees making your bananas, and everything else, cost more June 19, 2022 By Michael Grabell Economy & Industry The story you’re about to read is bananas, and it’s also about bananas. Last fall, a company called One Banana loaded 600,000 pounds of the
The NDIA abandons best practice to save pennies in this blind man’s tribunal case June 19, 2022 By Amber Schultz Editors' Picks Richard Hamon has hundreds of pages of documents to go through as part of his Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) case. Legally blind due to a
Dear minister for health, here’s an agenda for change from someone in the system June 19, 2022 By Luke Slawomirski Editors' Picks Dear Mark, Welcome aboard! There’s much to do so I’ll cut straight to the chase. Firstly, I urge you to be a minister for health,
Reimagining age equality at work June 19, 2022 By Alysia Blackham, Anne Hewitt and Jack Lam Culture In 2015, the Australian Human Rights Commission found that 27% of older workers had experienced age discrimination at work in the last two years. Seven
