The head of the agency in charge of regulating Australia’s energy market has stepped down. Chief executive of the Australian Energy Market Commission, Anne Pearson,…

The Australian Tax Office's Chief Operating Officer Jacqui Curtis has been appointed the first head of profession in the Australian Public Service.

What is the ‘policy problem’ and what’s to be done about it? Find out, and how to make changes stick, at the Mandarin Live session…

The Department of Home Affairs has issued an intriguing statement acknowledging it made an "erroneous" referral to the Australian Federal Police earlier this year. It…

The panel led by David Thodey and charged with reviewing financial relations between New South Wales and the Commonwealth has released its first discussion paper.

Following revelations of a failing water management system in 2017, regulators have been fighting back against water theft with new tools. This includes a combination…

It seems like every week the government is looking to cut spending somewhere in the budget as it chases after a surplus. How do individual…

Information commissioner Angelene Falk has fired a warning shot at the Australian Public Service over transparency with the announcement that she is investigating the Department…

The City of Casey council in south-eastern Melbourne is the latest to face allegations of serious corruption that will be aired in a public inquiry.

Outstanding fines from more than 120,000 people could earn Victoria somewhere between $328 million and $700 million in revenue, if only it could access them.

Western Australia’s corruption watchdog has praised the state police force for taking steps to improve the way it treats Indigenous Australians. The Corruption and Crime…

The Murray-Darling Basin Authority is under investigation for publishing a draft report the minister says was “incorrect” but cannot explain how. Murray-Darling Inspector-General Mick Keelty…

Tax commissioner Chris Jordan is sticking to his guns after being accused of abusing parliamentary privilege in Senate estimates by using the high-profile hearings to…

The Department of Home Affairs is seeking an off-the-shelf solution to tackle credit card fraud. The department says it wants a solution that can help secure…