Vaccination passports plan facing resistance Australian Capital Territory Federal government plans for vaccination passports to start being issued from next month are facing hiccups in some states and territories.
Premium Insights and analysis Australia would do well to swap more than Pfizer doses with Singapore Wednesday September 8, 2021 By Hugh McClure Australian Capital Territory Singapore may provide one of the most compelling case studies for what Australians can anticipate on our roadmap out of the pandemic.
ACT to be classified as a COVID hotspot for another fortnight Thursday September 2, 2021 By Melissa Coade Australian Capital Territory Australia’s chief medical officer Professor Paul Kelly has announced that he will be extending the ACT’s classification as a COVID hotspot to midnight on 17…
Premium Columnists Climate change means a serious strategy pivot Thursday September 2, 2021 By Stephen Bartos Australian Capital Territory With good design inside the public service, new spending programs could have a dual effect on both mitigation and adaptation of climate change.
Premium Columnists Resource-starved regulators being met with complacency Tuesday August 31, 2021 By Tom Ravlic Australian Capital Territory Nothing resonates more with a professional than evidence of regulators taking away people’s ‘ticket to ride’ for compliance failures.
Higgins warned not to participate in Gaetjens review Friday August 27, 2021 By Melissa Coade Australian Capital Territory Higgins has been warned by ACT DPP that she should 'carefully consider not participating in any interview'.
PSsst! That 5G microchip Friday August 27, 2021 By The Mandarin Australian Capital Territory Taliban propaganda, Afghans with DFAT scholarships, Chupa chip, and more. PSsst! Here's what we've heard.
Premium Columnists Why Berejiklian remains popular while some other politicians and public servants don’t Thursday August 26, 2021 By Stephen Bartos Australian Capital Territory Politicians and public servants are among the workers least negatively affected by lockdowns. That makes it hard for some of them to be empathetic.
Premium Columnists Are politicians’ social media posts legitimate contributions to parliamentary debate? Wednesday August 25, 2021 By Tom Ravlic Australian Capital Territory Should social media platforms be removing speeches that could be seen as a historical record of contributions to parliament?…
Premium Insights and analysis National COVID plan Phase D at 80% of vaccination targets will risk lives, model says Wednesday August 25, 2021 By Melissa Coade Australian Capital Territory New modelling shows that reducing COVID-19 restrictions after only 80% of the adult population has been vaccinated is insufficient.
Today’s decisions lock in industry emissions for decades — here’s how to get them right Tuesday August 24, 2021 By Alison Reeve Australian Capital Territory Sometimes the best decision to reduce emissions is to invest in new technology before it’s fully proven. Governments will have to share the risks.
Moving beyond fiscal squabbling to a ‘capacity-based’ federalism Thursday August 19, 2021 By Ken Smith and Andrew Bushnell Australian Capital Territory We need to rethink the value of federalism, subsidiarity, and the different roles and responsibilities of different levels of government. …
Premium Columnists Critical thinking required in the face of political chaos Tuesday August 17, 2021 By Bernard Keane Australian Capital Territory The replacements for the APS have hardly covered themselves in glory. A recurring pattern seems to be risk assessment and management.
NSW wakes up to tougher COVID-19 rules, NT announces lockdown Monday August 16, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Australian Capital Territory NSW Police has launched a new COVID-19 compliance operation today, after the state reported a record number of new COVID-19 cases and entered a state-wide…
That creaking, groaning sound you hear is our federation cracking under great stress Monday August 16, 2021 By Bernard Keane Australian Capital Territory Australia's federation is more disjointed than at any time in recent decades, relying more on state leaders than federal ones.
