ACT to be classified as a COVID hotspot for another fortnight 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 Resource-starved regulators being met with complacency August 31, 2021 By Tom Ravlic Australian Capital Territory “I know that they won’t come after me if I did anything wrong, based on the fact they’ve not done anything about the unethical behaviour
Higgins warned not to participate in Gaetjens review August 27, 2021 By Melissa Coade Australian Capital Territory The rape allegations that former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins has made against an ex co-worker from parliament could lead to a prejudicial outcome for legal
PSsst! That 5G microchip August 27, 2021 By The Mandarin Australian Capital Territory Taliban propaganda As we have seen only too clearly, Kabul fell to the Taliban more quickly than many observers expected. It may in part have
Premium Columnists Why Berejiklian remains popular while some other politicians and public servants don’t August 26, 2021 By Stephen Bartos Australian Capital Territory Politicians and public servants are among the workers least negatively affected by the pandemic and associated lockdowns. Their employment is secure — unlike the millions
Premium Columnists Are politicians’ social media posts legitimate contributions to parliamentary debate? August 25, 2021 By Tom Ravlic Australian Capital Territory What would you do if somebody wandered into your backyard, started digging holes and planting things you had not approved of? You would most probably
Premium Insights and analysis National COVID plan Phase D at 80% of vaccination targets will risk lives, model says August 25, 2021 By Melissa Coade Australian Capital Territory New modelling shows that the outcome of reducing COVID-19 restrictions in Australia after only 80% of the adult population has been vaccinated is insufficient. Before
Today’s decisions lock in industry emissions for decades — here’s how to get them right August 24, 2021 By Alison Reeve Australian Capital Territory The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has made clear there’s little time left to reach net zero emissions and hold the global temperature rise to
Moving beyond fiscal squabbling to a ‘capacity-based’ federalism August 19, 2021 By Ken Smith and Andrew Bushnell Australian Capital Territory The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has held that national cabinet is not a committee of the federal cabinet. National cabinet was an expedient for the COVID-19
Premium Columnists Critical thinking required in the face of political chaos August 17, 2021 By Bernard Keane Australian Capital Territory Viewed from a policy perspective, Australia currently faces major challenges on multiple fronts, all the result either of political chaos or of an apparent failure
NSW wakes up to tougher COVID-19 rules, NT announces lockdown August 16, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Australian Capital Territory New South Wales Police has launched a new COVID-19 compliance operation today, after the state reported a record number of new COVID-19 cases and entered
That creaking, groaning sound you hear is our federation cracking under great stress August 16, 2021 By Bernard Keane Australian Capital Territory Canberrans have discovered what Victorians and South Australians already knew: the failures of Gladys Berejiklian’s New South Wales government in the current outbreak have very
PSst! Snap lockdown and the mystery man August 13, 2021 By The Mandarin Australian Capital Territory Praying partygoer Canberra was thrust into a frenzy yesterday with a snap lockdown sparked by the ACT’s first detected COVID case in more than a
Movers & Shakers: NSW appoints next DPP, Victoria names small business commissioner August 13, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Australian Capital Territory The latest senior public sector appointments from across the country. Senior Executive Service Elizabeth Southwood Band 2 Services Australia has appointed
