NSW to increase proportion of top public service jobs in the bush by 2023 Community & Social Deputy Premier John Barilaro said the Regional Workforce Principles would take more of the decision making out of Sydney and ensure a 'greater geographical spread'…
New public service academy will foster ‘core APS craft capabilities’ Thursday February 4, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Federal bureaucrats will soon be able to undertake new public service learning programs, with an Australian Public Service Academy set to open at Old Parliament…
Pezzullo explains how planning for anything got Australia through the worst of COVID-19 Wednesday February 3, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Considering what could go wrong during a pandemic years before the coronavirus hit Australian shores has helped the Department of Home Affairs respond to the…
Wollongong public servants can opt to work locally under new plan Wednesday February 3, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins New South Wales Public servants living in Wollongong will be able to skip the daily commute to Sydney more often, with the New South Wales government having agreed…
Opinion: Why Australia’s governments need corporate memories Wednesday February 3, 2021 By Anne Cathrine Linchausen Australian Capital Territory At this point in time, Australia's various machineries of government are now more important than ever. Interconnected structures and processes of government is critical for…
NSW government faces more pork-barrelling claims over bushfire relief program Wednesday February 3, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins New South Wales A New South Wales parliamentary committee will examine whether bushfire relief funding is being used to target Coalition-held electorates, after some of the worst bushfire-affected…
Perth is the latest city to suffer a COVID quarantine breach. Why does this keep happening? Wednesday February 3, 2021 By Michael Toole Editors' Picks The short answer is there is no national standard, and a stubborn resistance to taking aerosol transmission seriously.
The sound and the fury signifying nothing: some observations on the new politics Wednesday February 3, 2021 By Nicholas Gruen Australian Capital Territory Electoral politics has been transformed into non-stop campaigning. In the past few years the 24/7 campaigning has started to be done not so much in…
Premium Insights and analysis WA’s regional Aboriginal suicide prevention program highlights importance of empowerment, collaboration and service continuity Wednesday February 3, 2021 By Chris Woods Culture WA's Mental Health Commission will receive $9.8 million over four years to develop and implement Australia's first regional Aboriginal-suicide prevention strategy. Here's an explanation of…
Service NSW begins digital photo card trial Tuesday February 2, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology Member for Penrith Stuart Ayres has encouraged locals to participate in the pilot, which will test the functionality of the digital photo card before it…
More Victorian public servants to return to offices this month Tuesday February 2, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Health State government workplaces will return to 75% capacity from February 8.
WA introduces legislative changes for local government Tuesday February 2, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins News Legislative changes that require local governments in WA to comply with minimum standards covering the recruitment, selection, performance review and early termination of chief executive…
More than half of funding for the major parties remains secret — and this is how they want it Tuesday February 2, 2021 By Kate Griffiths, Danielle Wood and Tom Crowley Editors' Picks A good political donation disclosure system would close the loopholes that allow major donors to hide, while protecting the privacy of small donors.
ATO hits back at reports of JobKeeper payments made to the dead Tuesday February 2, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Documents show 5,974 cases of potentially fictitious employees, including people overseas, deceased, and imprisoned, had applied for the wage subsidy scheme.
Premium Columnists Let not the season bury the scandal Tuesday February 2, 2021 By Stephen Bartos Editors' Picks The sports rorts matter raises serious issues about the ability of the Senate to hold the government to account. It would be a blow for…
