Ex NSW Labor leader to chair icare New South Wales Former NSW Labor leader John Robertson has been appointed as chair of the state insurance agency icare.
Albanese calls for Australia to invest in clean energy, infrastructure, manufacturing Wednesday September 9, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Economy & Industry Touching on an issue that has repeatedly divided his party, the Labor leader argued that Australia can and should transform into a renewable energy superpower,…
Health department’s aged care website wins Good Design Award Wednesday September 9, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social The federal government’s My Aged Care website has been named Australia’s best designed website. The website — which connects older Australians, families and carers to…
Ex spy fined over possession of secret documents Wednesday September 9, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Former spy and diplomat Roger Uren has been convicted of breaching national secrecy laws and has been ordered to pay a fine of $7000.
Tobacco control was the best buy in health then, and it’s still the best buy now: an interview with Dr Michael Wooldridge Wednesday September 9, 2020 By Michael Wooldridge and Paul Grogan Editors' Picks More than 23 years after the National Tobacco Campaign was launched, people still ask how a new health minister was able to get an unprecedented…
Construction giant charged following Comcare investigation Tuesday September 8, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions has charged a construction company with breaching federal work health and safety laws after a bricklayer working on the…
Information of 186,000 Service NSW customers stolen in cyber attack Tuesday September 8, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins New South Wales Service NSW has revealed that a cyber attack on 47 staff email accounts resulted in the theft of data containing the personal information of 186,000…
New social media guide for public servants highlights risks of posting, sharing, and even ‘liking’ online content Tuesday September 8, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal The resource has been released just weeks after former federal public servant Josh Krook spoke out about censorship in the public service.
New SA corruption watchdog picks up where Lander left off Monday September 7, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins News South Australian anti-corruption commissioner Ann Vanstone will continue the corruption investigation into accommodation allowance claims made by Liberal MPs Adrian Pederick, Terry Stephens, and Fraser…
Woolcott and Gaetjens flag more professional streams, APS ‘surge reserve’ under reform priorities Monday September 7, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology The Secretaries Board has agreed to a number of reforms that would strengthen the Australian Public Service workforce’s digital capabilities and enable staff redeployments to…
Services Australia COO to lead Australian Digital Health Agency Monday September 7, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal She will commence in her new role on September 29, replacing the ADHA's interim head and former COO Bettina McMahon. The board has thanked McMahon…
NSW’s first AI strategy wants to build public trust and data capability Sunday September 6, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology Premier Gladys Berejiklian on Friday said the strategy would create thousands of jobs across the state and demand for IT professionals, cyber security experts, data…
Australian Energy Regulator only ‘partly effective’, audit finds Friday September 4, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Energy & Environment The Australian National Audit Office has outlined six key messages to all federal government entities, in its latest performance audit report.
MDBA to lose enforcement powers with creation of new body Friday September 4, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Energy & Environment The federal government will create a new statutory authority to increase water compliance in the Murray-Darling Basin and intends to axe the controversial water buyback…
ACCC to work with international agencies to tackle anti-competitive conduct by multinational companies Thursday September 3, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Economy & Industry The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has inked a deal to share intelligence, case theories and investigative techniques with competition agencies from four other countries.
