Leaked documents reveal government sites covered in flammable cladding Federal At least 11 Commonwealth buildings have been found to contain flammable cladding, two years into a nationwide audit. Flammable material has been found in five…
Home Affairs and Border Force executives to appear at ACLEI’s first public inquiry with former ABF chief Roman Quaedvlieg Thursday October 24, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal The Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity will hold its first-ever public hearings in 13 years as part of its inquiry into allegations of a…
Public sector union orders up intellectual assault on Andrews government’s austerity economics Thursday October 24, 2019 By Stephen Easton Economy & Industry The Victorian government’s decision to put the brakes on pay rises and agency budgets is “inexplicable” after the state’s impressive economic performance in recent years,…
ATO responds to press freedom campaign Wednesday October 23, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins Federal The ATO has released a statement letting everyone know it “strongly disagrees” with the allegation that it can take money directly out of people’s accounts…
‘Crucial accountability agency’ faces review after push from mining lobby Wednesday October 23, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins Economy & Industry The New South Wales Independent Planning Commission will be reviewed following an administration hiccup and mounting pressure from mining lobby groups. Planning and Public Spaces…
PM&C releases strategy to empower Indigenous businesses Wednesday October 23, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social The Indigenous Procurement Strategy, released this week, has been developed in response to a recommendation from the Commonwealth government’s Indigenous Procurement Policy, and will be…
Nothin’ suss: Defence denies ‘nepotism’ accusation in limited-tender procurement deal Wednesday October 23, 2019 By Stephen Easton Defence The Department of Defence says there was nothing wrong with a procurement official's decision to bypass a competitive tender process and award a contract to…
Who wants to be a whistleblower? Public servants keep quiet fearing reprisals and the ‘un-Australian’ tag Wednesday October 23, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal The anti-corruption commissioners in Darwin and Adelaide are both worried that public servants are too reluctant to tell them about misconduct and maladministration, while in…
Australia has plenty of gas, but our bills are ridiculous. The market is broken Wednesday October 23, 2019 By Samantha Hepburn Editors' Picks The rate of liquified natural gas exports from Australia has skyrocketed over the past two decades. Why then, would we need to ship it in?…
DTA to launch cloud marketplace in 2020 Tuesday October 22, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology The Digital Transformation Agency has invited feedback on its plans to launch a cloud services marketplace. The proposal outlined in the DTA's discussion paper aims…
Bureaucratic secrecy under fire in Tas, SA Tuesday October 22, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins News Reluctant public servants and lack of trained Freedom of Information officers have been blamed for poor transparency in two states.
APS must reveal gifts and benefits from January, but only those accepted by agency heads Tuesday October 22, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal Australian Public Service websites have to include quarterly lists of gifts and benefits received by their leaders from early next year, under a policy put…
Commissioning NSW hopes to straighten out the tangled web of government insourcing Tuesday October 22, 2019 By Stephen Easton Economy & Industry Public servants engaging the machinery of government to handle service delivery should follow clear processes just as they do when outsourcing services, according to the…
The future of service delivery isn’t in websites or apps — planning for personal AIs Tuesday October 22, 2019 By Pia Andrews Communications & Technology The next wave of dramatic service-channel change is happening right now, and again, people are largely seeing it as a future issue, not for now.
Council makes comeback, wins coveted award Monday October 21, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social Shellharbour City Council has been named the most progressive in New South Wales. The council received Local Government NSW's A R Bluett Memorial Award at…
