The ghosts of budgets past haunt New Zealand’s shot at economic recovery Editors' Picks New Zealand’s 2020 budget will be one of the most significant in the country’s history. Whatever its content, it will be remembered alongside those of…
NZ businesses, schools to reopen in next stage of COVID-19 restrictions Thursday May 7, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Health New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has revealed what level two restrictions would look like for the country ahead of a Cabinet meeting on Monday.
Overseas comparisons Friday May 1, 2020 By Juliette O'Brien Australian Capital Territory This article is part of the COVID-19 in Australia infograms collection.
Australia and NZ’s top researchers answer governments’ COVID-19 questions Thursday April 30, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Economy & Industry Leading scientists, researchers and innovators from across Australia and New Zealand have united to provide governments with the latest evidence to assist with the coronavirus…
Canada tops civil service gender parity rankings, while USA slips down Tuesday April 21, 2020 By The Mandarin Federal Canada has topped a league table ranking G20 countries by the proportion of women amongst their senior civil servants, with a 48.1% figure putting it…
NZ to ease COVID-19 restrictions Tuesday April 21, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Health The country will move from the highest restriction — alert level four — to level three from the morning of April 28. The situation will…
Premium Case studies COVID-19 case studies: Re-opening countries amidst coronavirus Friday April 17, 2020 By Chris Woods Case studies COVID-19 ROAD TO RECOVERY: WHAT GOVERNMENTS CAN LEARN FROM EACH OTHER: Here, Chris Woods details how each of Norway, New Zealand, Iceland, Austria, and the…
NZ public service heads take 20% pay cut Wednesday April 15, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Economy & Industry Chief executives in the New Zealand Public Service have volunteered to slash their pay by 20% over the next six months in response to the…
Premium Expert briefings We can be educated on cybersecurity but disaster still can be just one click away. How we can turn off the cybercrime tap Wednesday April 15, 2020 By Sarah Sloan Communications & Technology Cybercrime is estimated to cost the Australian economy AUD17 billion annually. As the federal government continues to draft its 2020 Cyber Security Strategy, it is…
COVID-19 crisis future fault lines: managing the conflicts we have to have Wednesday April 15, 2020 By Paul 't Hart Australian Capital Territory The buck stops here, now: critical decisions need to be made across all departments and agencies. We will be judged on how well we ‘do…
Premium Insights and analysis Pacific Step-Up should include a welcome mat to COAG for our island neighbours Monday April 6, 2020 By David Morris Editors' Picks Its best intentions notwithstanding, the Pacific Step-Up measures are flawed because of the problems in the Australian government’s relationships with the Pacific. Inviting the neighbours…
Opinion: We should look after our mates, so they can look after us Monday April 6, 2020 By Andrew Giles Community & Social Labor believes all people in Australia — regardless of their visa status — should receive appropriate support in the COVID-19 crisis. It’s the right thing…
‘Manels’ only tell half the story. Here’s how all of us can fight for women speakers Friday March 6, 2020 By Juliana Chan Australian Capital Territory Although conference organisers and male speakers have leverage on how diverse a panel turns out, professional women can also take matters into their own hands…
Premium Case studies How to be a truly terrible leader: What Caligula, Julius Caesar, and the bad Roman emperors can teach us Thursday March 5, 2020 By Josiah Osgood Australian Capital Territory The Roman biographer Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus believed power doesn’t corrupt so much as it allows one’s worst, preexisting instincts to go unchecked. His epic biography, Lives of…
Global Intelligence Briefing March 3, 2020: Coronavirus management Tuesday March 3, 2020 By Chris Woods Australian Capital Territory Welcome to Mandarin Premium’s latest newsletter, Intelligence Briefing, your guide to the most important developments from public sectors across the globe. The COVID-19 coronavirus has…
