Premium Columnists Money not enough to stop a threatened teacher exodus Editors' Picks A huge concern for Australia’s teaching sector is one of a threatened exodus. The country’s pedagogues are exhausted, discouraged, and demoralised. Any lustre the profession
After nine years, Australia has something like an energy policy June 9, 2022 By Bernard Keane Editors' Picks Well, CoalKeeper looks dead after yesterday’s meeting of energy ministers to address the east coast energy crisis. Coal and gas haven’t been explicitly excluded from the “capacity
Local efforts have cut plastic waste on Australia’s beaches by almost 30% in six years June 9, 2022 By Britta Denise Hardesty, Chris Wilcox, Joanna Vince and Kathryn Willis Editors' Picks It’s common to hear about large amounts of plastic waste floating around our oceans. But while the problem of plastic waste is growing globally, in
Premium Insights and analysis Grifts, shifts and splits: Get ready for politics on the wild side, LNP style June 9, 2022 By Scott Hamilton and Stuart Kells Editors' Picks The election is over. The Libs are tearing themselves and each other apart. There is serious talk of a Liberal split. Such a split makes
Premium Insights and analysis Parliaments across Australia moving to ban symbols of hate June 8, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Editors' Picks Symbols of hate are in the cross hairs of parliaments across Australia, with Victoria and New South Wales already having legislation seeking to ban symbols
Making a service map … in a policy department June 8, 2022 By Alice Whitehead Editors' Picks In 2020, a user-centred design team at the UK’s Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) was given a mission to create a service
The weird history of Australian passports explains how they got so expensive June 8, 2022 By David Lee Editors' Picks Now borders are open, Australians are applying for and renewing passports in droves. Wait times have doubled. The cost of the Australian biometric passport and
Using Indigenous knowledge and western science to help address climate change impacts June 8, 2022 By Karin Gerhardt, Jon C. Day, Larissa Hale and Scott F. Heron Editors' Picks Traditional Owners in Australia are the creators of millennia worth of traditional ecological knowledge – an understanding of how to live amid changing environmental conditions.
Premium Insights and analysis Mental health in the APS is not a problem to be fixed June 8, 2022 By Melissa Coade Editors' Picks The woman charged with leading the implementation of a framework designed to help government agencies improve the workplace response to mental health has explained why
Faces of change: Why simply diversifying parliament won’t shift its toxic culture June 7, 2022 By Amber Schultz Editors' Picks This is part two of a three-part series looking at what needs to be done to make Parliament House a safe place for all. A
Premium Insights and analysis As digital identity looms large, government agencies told to get serious about cyber security June 7, 2022 By Melissa Coade Communications & Technology The way digital identity is thought about and relied on has big implications for cyber security, a conference for public sector IT leaders has been
What ancient pollen tells us about future climate change June 7, 2022 By Vera Korasidis Editors' Picks Around 56 million years ago, Earth’s climate underwent a major climatic transition. A huge release of carbon into the ocean and atmosphere raised atmospheric carbon
When is a condition ‘chronic’ and when is it a ‘disability’? The definition can determine the support you get June 7, 2022 By Elizabeth Kendall, Connie Allen, Kelsey Chapman and Maretta Mann Community & Social “Chronic conditions” and “disability” are not just words. They can determine the funding and supports we can access, how we’re treated and how we feel
Premium Insights and analysis No better time to review auditing and regulatory structures June 7, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Editors' Picks A new administration and the fresh sets of eyes that walk in with it provide an opportunity for a review of the regulatory and governance