Risky driving: it starts earlier than you think Culture The good news is our road toll is reducing. The bad news is that many young drivers are still engaging in risky driving practices –
Evangelical churches believe men should control women. That’s why they breed domestic violence December 9, 2019 By Vicki Lowik & Annabel Taylor Community & Social Jane* was a member of Australia’s evangelical Christian community, and throughout her marriage, she heard many sermons on honouring a husband’s authority. These sermons focused
PM wants help for older public servants to stay in the workforce December 9, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins Career Advice Scott Morrison has told Australian Public Service Commissioner Peter Woolcott the impending whole-of-APS workforce strategy should explore how the APS and its leaders can support
ATO awards recognise the ‘best of’ its staff, and a schoolyard rap video December 9, 2019 By The Mandarin Federal The Australian Taxation Office has handed out its annual internal awards to outstanding staff and invited a group of schoolkids in to receive their own
Public servants receive support for blowing the whistle December 9, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins New South Wales Whistleblowers across Australia have been praised for speaking out against corruption in their government departments. Firstly public servants have been lauded for coming forward in
PM&C suddenly downgrades Scott Morrison’s brand new ‘Priorities and Delivery Unit’ December 9, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet only recently established a brand new team, as part of Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s efforts to put
Labor concerned over job cuts to Service NSW December 6, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins New South Wales The New South Wales government will be slashing jobs from its Department of Customer Service in an attempt to shave more than $100 million off
The Facebook of government: watch the ‘vision’ of what Services Australia will deliver December 6, 2019 By Stephen Easton Communications & Technology The Digital Transformation Agency has finally published a flashy promotional video showing the government’s “vision” of Services Australia, a week after Minister for Government Services Stuart
What is the Department of Agriculture’s role in the Murray-Darling? Not even Mick Keelty knows December 6, 2019 By Stephen Easton Economy & Industry The Inspector-General of Murray-Darling Basin Water Resources, Mick Keelty, has delivered a withering assessment of the Department of Agriculture’s role in the water-sharing agreement, suggesting
Roughly 57,000 public servants underpaid $20m in super over a decade December 6, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins News A taskforce has been set up to help sort out an error that has left thousands of public servants in the Northern Territory without millions
Out of the blue: PM shows the Secretaries Board who’s boss December 6, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Just last week the Australian Public Service Commissioner Peter Woolcott told journalists the Secretaries Board had been busy advising Scott Morrison on his response to
Four departments and five secretaries cut while one returns, as PM reshapes the public service December 5, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal Prime Minister Scott Morrison has unveiled a massive Australian Public Service shake-up, which will see five secretaries out of their jobs, after a morning of
Who’s who in the zoo: barring outside picks, here’s the list of top mandarins that PM Scott Morrison gets to choose who stays December 5, 2019 By The Mandarin Federal The Morrison government plans to reduce the total number of departments from 18 to 14, which means not all of the current top mandarins will
How to deliver great policy advice December 5, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Leaders from across the public sector, the private sector, and academia have come together to discuss the ins and outs of delivering great policy advice.
