China has shown it is willing to use its economic clout to pursue strategic interests. Its behaviour is already pushing neighbours to minimise their reliance on the sometimes belligerent state. What if Australia's relations with the new superpower turn sour? Read More
Australia faces "almost insurmountable" challenges in protecting itself against cyber attack and is underestimating China's capacity to use money to get what it wants, argues a CEDA report. Read More
The role of the Threatened Species Commissioner needs to be broadened and strengthened to protect Australia's environment from degradation and species loss. Read More
A new data de-identification decision-making guide has been released to help public servants and others navigate this area. But there is still more work to be done on engagement, says Peter Leonard, a leading expert on the legal side of data use and privacy. Read More
Victoria will establish a new cross-disciplinary office to track people at risk of carrying out terrorist attacks and intervene early. Read More
The Turnbull government has quickly convened an advisory panel to make good on its commitment to strengthen protections for whistleblowers and create safer pathways for… Read More
Canberra is looking for an intelligence chief to head up the new Office of National Intelligence. As the person who will get the first call from the Prime Minister, it is a critical new role. What makes a good intelligence czar? Read More
Government rarely lives up to the promising rhetoric of inclusion for all Australians, but those who walk the talk inside the public service can now be recognised. Read More
Eight more of Western Australia's public service directors-general were officially approved by the state governor this week, leaving only the newly formed Department of Communities without a permanent head. Read More
The Australia and New Zealand School of Government will expand its research program by threefold, which, with dollar matching by government and other partners, will take its annual research funding to at least $1.5 million. Read More
Using actuarial modelling of future costs as the key measure of the welfare safety net's effectiveness is a "deeply flawed" idea imported from New Zealand, according to a former public servant turned academic. Read More
The government is trying to appear unfazed by the dual-citizenship saga, on the basis of legal advice it refuses to release, but which appears to feature the argument that its embattled ministers didn't realise they had a foreign allegiance. Read More
It’d be better for ministers like Barnaby Joyce to have any potentially contentious decisions made by an acting minister until their citizenship issues are resolved. Read More
"Administrative fashion" is influencing the spread of the one stop shop model, argues an ANZSOG review paper. Although service integration can be a public good, they're no cheaper and create significant disruption. Read More
The PM has appointed his own chief of staff to the prized job of secretary of the Department of Defence. Read More
