Halton to lead hotel quarantine review Federal Following the national cabinet's Friday meeting, Scott Morrison said Jane Halton — who is currently a national COVID-19 commissioner — would be working with the… Read more
Aus, UK privacy commissioners investigating facial recognition company Friday July 10, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has joined forces with its UK counterpart to investigate facial recognition company Clearview AI. Read more
Australia halts extradition agreement with Hong Kong, extends visas Friday July 10, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal In a statement released on Thursday, the prime minister said the federal government 'remains deeply concerned about China’s imposition of a broad national security law… Read more
Evaluation is not a ‘thing’ – it’s an ongoing state of mind Friday July 10, 2020 By Nicholas Gruen Editors' Picks Expanding on in his Evaluator General theory, lateral thinking economist Nicholas Gruen suggests we look at evaluation in a completely new light. Because the idea I… Read more
Premium Expert briefings James Downie: pandemic policy advisor making a difference Friday July 10, 2020 By The Mandarin Editors' Picks James Downie is chief executive officer, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority. Read more
In focus: Victoria COVID-19 infograms Thursday July 9, 2020 By Juliette O'Brien Australian Capital Territory This article is part of the COVID-19 in Australia infograms collection. Read more
Department of Health website saw 760% rise in traffic at peak of COVID-19 Thursday July 9, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology The government’s website hosting and content management system has experienced a record number of visits during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the… Read more
DTA creates beta model which simplifies complexity of government Thursday July 9, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology The DTA argues that the concepts model gives an 'easy-to-understand structure to simplify the complexity of government'. Read more
CASA boss Shane Carmody to depart Wednesday July 8, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal CASA staff were informed this week of Shane Carmody’s planned departure through an internal email. Read more
Robert gives update on Services Australia vision, key whole-of-gov initiatives Wednesday July 8, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology Stuart Robert said the modernisation will mean faster and more accurate calculation of welfare entitlements, and enable the government to more readily explore the effects… Read more
Premium Expert briefings Liz MacLeod: pandemic policy advisor making a difference Wednesday July 8, 2020 By The Mandarin Editors' Picks Liz MacLeod is chief executive, COVID Health Operations. Read more
Premium Expert briefings Jeff Smith: pandemic policy advisor making a difference Wednesday July 8, 2020 By The Mandarin Editors' Picks Jeff Smith is CEO, People with Disability Australia, a disabled people's organisation run by and for people with disability. Read more
Op-ed: in Canberra, three decisions in 25 years Tuesday July 7, 2020 By Michael Easson Australian Capital Territory Reflecting on a quarter of a century as a director of ACT government corporations Dr Michael Easson AM, discusses the role of boards and the… Read more
One year of NIAA: Ray Griggs and Letitia Hope reflect on the COVID-19 threat to Indigenous communities and Black Lives Matter Tuesday July 7, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social Ray Griggs notes the threat to remote Indigenous communities has not changed, and it's just that the measures taken early on in Indigenous communities were… Read more
Public Sector Innovation Awards: 2020 finalists announced Monday July 6, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal The Department of Education, Skills and Employment and Services Australia have each taken out two of the 12 finalist spots in the 2020 Public Sector… Read more
