PSst! Snap lockdown and the mystery man Australian Capital Territory The praying partygoer? — not so fast; public service town in lock down; and the shadow man. PSst! Here's what we've heard.
Movers & Shakers: NSW appoints next DPP, Victoria names small business commissioner Friday August 13, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Australian Capital Territory Shock resignation at Department of Defence, Grattan Institute gets new board chair, new CEO for Indigenous Business Australia, and stacks more.
Locked down Canberrans brace for more COVID-19 cases Thursday August 12, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Australian Capital Territory The ACT has recorded its first case of COVID-19 in more than a year, which has triggered a snap seven-day lockdown across Canberra from 5pm…
Efforts to lower voting age in ACT defeated Friday August 6, 2021 By Melissa Coade Australian Capital Territory The ACT's standing committee on justice and community safety decided not to pursue lowering the territory's voting age from 18 to 16.
Premium Insights and analysis Why was Roman politics so stabby? Thursday July 29, 2021 By James Palmer Australian Capital Territory Some 49% of all Roman emperors were murdered or executed, another 9% took their own lives to avoid being murdered, and 9% died from unknown…
Premium Columnists Oh those sweet, sweet golden handcuffs… Friday July 23, 2021 By Helena Cain Australian Capital Territory Are APS incentives delivering unintended consequences, in the form of golden handcuffs? Helena Cain explores this phenomenon.
Australian biosecurity intercepts mummified pig foetus mailed from overseas Monday July 19, 2021 By Melissa Coade Australian Capital Territory Agriculture, Water and the Environment says the pig foetus joins the list of other strange prohibited items people have tried to bring into the country.
Mice plague poses leptospirosis risk, chief veterinary officer warns Thursday July 15, 2021 By Melissa Coade Australian Capital Territory Dr Mark Schipp has warned that the explosion of mice affecting parts of eastern Australia is increasing the risk of leptospirosis, a bacteria that gets…
Premium Columnists Secrecy, public health and FOI Wednesday July 14, 2021 By Binoy Kampmark Australian Capital Territory Two recent examples show how Australia’s FOI laws and administration are used to frustrate rather than advance the objective of informing the public.
Why some people switch political parties: new research Tuesday July 13, 2021 By Paul Webb and Tim Bale Australian Capital Territory Switching parties at grassroots membership level is by no means uncommon, even giving rise in some quarters to accusations of 'entryism'.
What’s the right COVID-19 risk to live with? Monday July 12, 2021 By Tony Blakely, Tim Wilson and Vijaya Sundararajan Australian Capital Territory Modelling for 240 different scenarios, 100 times each over a two-year period has been developed to assess COVID-19 risk for all Australian states and territories.
Working from home could be a radical reform, or productivity disaster. We should be finding out Monday July 12, 2021 By Bernard Keane Australian Capital Territory We're strangely uninterested in what happens if large numbers of workers work from home. Meantime, vested interests are trying to influence policies.
What’s next for flexible working arrangements in the public sector? Wednesday July 7, 2021 By Sue Williamson and Alicia Pearce Australian Capital Territory In the wake of the pandemic, creative options to regulate flexible working are being developed, and the public sector has an opportunity to be at…
Enabling connected experiences to evolve the relationship between government and citizens Monday July 5, 2021 By Ed Bridgeland Australian Capital Territory As the thinking and service offer around life events evolve, there are five different pathways for maturing government approaches and offerings to citizens.
Who’s been looking at your check-in data? We asked the states and territories to ’fess up Thursday July 1, 2021 By Cam Wilson Australian Capital Territory Which states are letting the police have free rein over check-in data to assist with investigations and which are taking a stand?…
