Premium Insights and analysis Four things the PM should think about in building a successful transition Editors' Picks The transition to a new government is an exciting time. Change creates new thinking and new possibilities. Optimism pervades public discourse, fleetingly anyway. Australia has
Premium Columnists How Operation Ironside approached the digitisation of crime June 15, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Editors' Picks The digitisation of crime has again hit the headlines in the past weeks, most notably with the Australian Federal Police’s success of Operation Ironside, which
Premium Insights and analysis Dutton expressing his opinion on subs problematic for these reasons June 15, 2022 By Stephen Bartos Defence Opposition leader Peter Dutton wrote an opinion piece for The Australian last week. For it, he was roundly criticised by the government, defence analysts and
Why we need energy pricing transparency, gas reserves, and an export tax June 14, 2022 By Bruce Macfarlane Economy & Industry After nine years of energy policy chaos, Australia’s state and federal energy ministers met last week to discuss the significant increases in energy prices that
Top execs key to strategic hiring for local government June 14, 2022 By Melissa Coade Editors' Picks According to a former NSW public servant, there are certain skills local government leaders need to succeed in a landscape characterised by needing to do
‘Everything has gone’: a world-first study looks at what happens when MPs lose their seats June 14, 2022 By Amy Nethery, Matthew Clarke, Peter Ferguson and Zim Nwokora Career Advice As counting winds up for the 2022 election, many former MPs are beginning a whole new life beyond parliament. The experience of MPs who lost
Premium Insights and analysis For accountability and transparency, questions on notice should be banned June 14, 2022 By Bernard Keane Editors' Picks It’s a political rule of thumb that upon entering government, politicians suddenly change their views about accountability and transparency, sometimes radically so. Men and women
Premium Columnists Aquatic costings: Divorce and the Franco-Australian submarine agreement June 14, 2022 By Binoy Kampmark Defence Divorce settlements are rarely light affairs, and the creation of AUKUS was always going to come at a price for Australia. The scuppering of the
Premium Expert briefings To avert a global food crisis, arm Ukraine June 13, 2022 By Andriy Ryzhenko and Daria Kaleniuk Editors' Picks Due to the Russian blockade of Ukraine’s seaports, the global food market is on the edge of collapse and a step away from catastrophic global
There is merit in recognising achievement June 13, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Editors' Picks COMMENT Modern societies spend a lot of time wallowing in negativity. There is no need to go further than a news bulletin, a newspaper, the
Nine years on, federal departments still haven’t fulfilled cybersecurity basics June 10, 2022 By Bernard Keane Communications & Technology For the sixth time, the ANAO has gone looking for evidence our public service departments are executing cybersecurity basics. Again, they’ve been disappointed. For years
PSsst! I do declare, Mr Clare June 10, 2022 By The Mandarin Editors' Picks I do declare, Mr Clare So how come there were noticeably more people sporting buffed nails and shiny shoes inside the Department of Education, Skills
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial at 40 — Spielberg’s most exhilarating film June 10, 2022 By Ben McCann Culture Forty years ago this month saw the release of Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – a film about a stranded alien, the boy called Elliott
Premium Columnists Rearranging the APS upper echelons June 10, 2022 By Verona Burgess Editors' Picks They may not quite be falling like the proverbial ninepins, but the departure of two agency heads in the last week suggests that the upper