Nothing like the mafia: cybercriminals are much like the everyday, poorly paid business worker Communications & Technology There’s been a massive increase in the scope and intensity of attacks over the past decade. Knowing that e-criminals use a business model resembling any…
Opinion: Australia and China have something to celebrate, not squabble over Monday December 7, 2020 By Max Whitten Editors' Picks It's beyond comprehension the PM would call for a global enquiry into the origins of COVID-19. Who is advising the PM? It is hard to…
Premium Insights and analysis For public servants, the future of the national cabinet means adapting to centralised power and engineering accountability Monday December 7, 2020 By Chris Woods Australian Capital Territory The establishment of the national cabinet as first a crisis, and ultimately permanent, body has presented the most radical change to Australia's intergovernmental cooperation structures…
How countries are dealing with the delicate matter of who to vaccinate first Friday December 4, 2020 By John Letzing Editors' Picks Initial vaccinations will cover relatively small parts of each country’s population. In Australia, the initial priority groups identified include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
What can be learnt from Australia’s electoral system Friday December 4, 2020 By Pavitra Raja Australian Capital Territory The Australian electoral system works. Even Former US President Barack Obama is a fan. Here are four things that other nations can learn from it.
Opinion: What’s behind China’s bullying of Australia? It sees a soft target — and an essential one Friday December 4, 2020 By Chongyi Feng Editors' Picks The unrestrained attacks and repeated humiliations of Australia look bizarre, but they are engineered to suit a couple of specific purposes for the totalitarian regime…
Why can politicians so easily dodge accountability for their mistakes? The troubling answer: because they can Friday December 4, 2020 By Chris Aulich Career Matters It seems current politicians are re-setting this democratic culture and the conventions that go along with it. Modern politicians are now very savvy in managing…
Premium Columnists Quarantine constitutionally a commonwealth power and responsibility Thursday December 3, 2020 By Stephen Bartos Editors' Picks One of the mysteries of Australia’s pandemic response is why states and territories were sucked in to taking responsibility for quarantine, writes Stephen Bartos.
How nine countries are unlocking the power of tech for the post-pandemic recovery Thursday December 3, 2020 By William Eggers and Ruth Hickin Communications & Technology Governments, businesses and civil society alike must ask how new technologies can best be harnessed and governed so as to accelerate growth, encourage innovation and…
Australia can repair its relationship with China, here are three ways to start Thursday December 3, 2020 By Melissa Conley Tyler Editors' Picks Australia could make one big gesture and two small to improve its relationship with China. As federal parliament meets in Canberra, there is even an…
Three ways to fight corruption and restore trust in leadership Wednesday December 2, 2020 By Borge Brende and Pedro Gabriel Gomez Pensado Editors' Picks As people around the world place their trust in the production and distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine, we must ensure corruption does not get in…
Insurance failing when we need it most Wednesday December 2, 2020 By Paul Kofman Economy & Industry Is it just a case of imperfect product disclosure and a lack of due diligence by customers, or does it signal a moral failure? Either…
Opinion: Not all blackened landscapes are bad. We must learn to love the right kind Wednesday December 2, 2020 By Claire Smith, Gary Jackson and Kellie Pollard Culture Aboriginal people, anthropologists and archaeologists have called for a return to cultural burning practices. We need more research on these aspects of Indigenous and western…
Joe Biden shores up a diverse but ‘centrist’ administration Tuesday December 1, 2020 By Chris Woods Editors' Picks The majority of recently-announced (and rumoured) policy-making officials are establishment Democrats who have rejected calls for progressive policies.
Women still not equal at the highest levels of the APS Tuesday December 1, 2020 By Chris Johnson Editors' Picks There are now more women working in the APS than there are men – but you wouldn’t know it if you were only dealing with…
