Premium Expert briefings Controlling your personal career brand is essential in the public sector Australian Capital Territory Perception is reality unless disproved. Taking control of your personal career brand and impression management is, therefore, essential. Prejudices and narratives originate from personal experiences…
Young people remain ill-equipped to participate in Australian democracy Thursday January 21, 2021 By Zareh Ghazarian, Jacqueline Laughland-Booy and Zlatko Skrbis Australian Capital Territory The latest figures show the previous survey's results were no mere aberration and that student performance in civics and citizenship has remained low.
Opinion: As Trump exits the White House, he leaves Trumpism behind in Australia Monday January 18, 2021 By Mark Kenny Australian Capital Territory Through recent natural disasters, global upheavals and a pandemic, Australia’s political centre has largely held. Australians may have disagreed at times, but they have also…
NT government’s $64m digital solution to help agencies protect vulnerable children Wednesday January 13, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social The client management system will allow the relevant departments and agencies to access the same information, create the one case file and share information in…
Premium Insights and analysis For public servants, the future of the national cabinet means adapting to centralised power and engineering accountability Monday December 7, 2020 By Chris Woods Australian Capital Territory The establishment of the national cabinet as first a crisis, and ultimately permanent, body has presented the most radical change to Australia's intergovernmental cooperation structures…
What can be learnt from Australia’s electoral system Friday December 4, 2020 By Pavitra Raja Australian Capital Territory The Australian electoral system works. Even Former US President Barack Obama is a fan. Here are four things that other nations can learn from it.
Premium Columnists Quarantine constitutionally a commonwealth power and responsibility Thursday December 3, 2020 By Stephen Bartos Editors' Picks One of the mysteries of Australia’s pandemic response is why states and territories were sucked in to taking responsibility for quarantine, writes Stephen Bartos.
Premium Insights and analysis NSW, Queensland and Victoria remake sector relations with renewable energy zones Monday November 30, 2020 By Chris Woods Australian Capital Territory Recently, the NSW, Queensland and Victorian governments each pushed the development of renewable energy zones as part of their post-COVID economic roadmaps. We explore how…
Premium Columnists Do consultants help avoid public sector politicisation? Thursday November 19, 2020 By Helena Cain Australian Capital Territory As a senior public servant, your politician strongly suggests that you drive an obviously political initiative – that may or may not go against your…
New Central Australian Minimum Standards to support and strengthen Men’s Behaviour Change programs in the NT Wednesday October 14, 2020 By Tangentyere Council Communications & Technology The new Central Australian Minimum Standards will strengthen Men’s Behaviour Change programs in Tangentyere Council by recognising the local circumstances and contexts.
Opinion: our political arena is not fit for purpose in 21st century Australia Monday October 12, 2020 By Richard Hames Australian Capital Territory Governments won't critique themselves a systemic level in ways that open up for structural change. Thus, effective change stays off the agenda.
New Zealanders permitted to travel to NSW and NT from October 16 Friday October 2, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins New South Wales New Zealand residents cannot have been in a COVID-19 hot spot for at least 14 days in order to avoid quarantining when arriving in Australia.
Premium Case studies Foreign hackers cripple Texas County’s email system, raising election security concerns Tuesday September 29, 2020 By Jack Gillum, Jessica Huseman, Jeff Kao and Derek Willis Australian Capital Territory With local elections occurring in many jurisdictions across Australia in October, we publish a story from ProPublica on the vulnerability of email systems in county,…
Opinion: distant goals, rather than immediate action, means new Closing the Gap is a squib Tuesday August 4, 2020 By Guy Rundle Culture Even if there is more Indigenous involvement, the new Closing the Gap simply reproduces quantitative targets. This shows you what a con the document really…
NT children’s commissioner will ‘vigorously defend’ criminal charge Monday July 20, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins News Police on Thursday revealed the charge had been laid after an investigation by the Special References Unit. A statement issued by Colleen Gwynne’s lawyers on…