Premium Interviews Policymakers should pay attention to telehealth’s transformation potential in Australian healthcare Editors' Picks For bureaucrats working on improving Australia’s health system, the opportunity for telehealth services to boost patient access to care has been apparent for some years.
Wong joins US and Japan in condemning China’s actions August 8, 2022 By Anna Macdonald Federal Foreign affairs minister Penny Wong has called China’s military exercises around Taiwan “disproportionate and destabilising” as tension mounts in the regions following US politician Nancy
Government gets serious about getting more women working in STEM August 5, 2022 By Melissa Coade Communications & Technology Industry and science minister Ed Husic has vowed to work to close the gap in Australia’s science and research sector as part of a national
Aussie team in Portugal discussing tax treaty August 5, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Federal A team of Australian officials is in Portugal participating in the third round of double-taxation negotiations. These negotiations are taking place to establish — for
Premium Insights and analysis Great Barrier Reef policy decisions at a critical juncture August 5, 2022 By Melissa Coade Editors' Picks According to new data released by Australia’s tropical marine research agency, the Great Barrier Reef has enjoyed a 12-month period of recovery and resilience. But
Smith well-placed to co-chair Defence review August 5, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Defence COMMENT You would think the federal government had secured Edward Scissorhands to co-chair the Defence Strategic Review, given the reaction from various quarters over the
Why do parliamentarians take an oath of office? August 5, 2022 By Dan Holmes Federal Lidia Thorpe angered royalists and reactionaries alike on Monday by referring to the Queen as “a coloniser” during her oath of office. Putting aside conversations
New model regulations prioritise mental health August 5, 2022 By Dan Holmes Federal Australian employers need to start taking their workers’ mental health seriously, under a new code of practice released this week by Safe Work Australia. The
Is it ethical to allow soldiers to take performance enhancing drugs such as steroids? August 5, 2022 By Katinka van de Ven and Adrian Walsh Defence There’s a long history and growing evidence base that the use of performance-enhancing drugs such as anabolic-androgenic steroids to build muscle mass and strength is
Premium Columnists A government full of glorious ideas August 5, 2022 By Verona Burgess Editors' Picks The 47th Parliament has only sat for its first fortnight since the election but the business of government is well underway and the parliamentary program
Movers & Shakers: new secretary at Department of Industry, Science and Resources August 5, 2022 By Anna Macdonald Federal The latest senior public sector appointments from across the country. Senior Executive Service Band 2 At Services Australia, Devika Weereratne has been promoted to general
Premium Insights and analysis Bandt: More Greens in power will be good for public service and the nation August 4, 2022 By Melissa Coade Economy & Industry Australia’s major political parties have been seduced by neoliberalism, according to Greens leader Adam Bandt, and the ramifications mean a much longer and winding path
APS markets itself as a modern, mobile workplace to uni grads August 4, 2022 By Anna Macdonald Economy & Industry The Australian Public Service Commission (APSC) has identified the public service as a modern, mobile workplace as it looks to market itself to the next
Ayres out: a sunken minister in what now appears to be a sinking government August 3, 2022 By David Hardaker Editors' Picks Stuart Ayres knows a great deal about the lifecycle of a politician, and over the past few weeks he has seen himself enter the end