‘The longest we have ever seen’: ADF, SES and St Johns to help Victorian paramedics Health Australian Defence Force, State Emergency Service and St Johns personnel will drive Victorian ambulances for the first time, given the pandemic load.
Movers & Shakers: New defence executives and senior diplomats Friday October 8, 2021 By Jackson Graham Federal Four senior diplomats get overseas gigs; new chair for agency changing social attitudes; charity chief resigns, and more.
Regional property owners in Victoria ready for fire season Friday October 8, 2021 By Melissa Coade Community & Social A permit system will allow city-dwellers with properties in regional Victoria to receive written local council approval to prepare for the summer fire season.
Federal Court recognises new native title claim Friday October 8, 2021 By Jackson Graham Federal The federal court has resolved a native title determination from the Koa people for 865,000 hectares of land and waters near Winton, Queensland.
Brittany Higgins accepts prestigious fellowship Friday October 8, 2021 By Melissa Coade Australian Capital Territory ANU’s global institute for women’s leadership has announced that former parliamentary staffer Brittany Higgins will be its first visiting fellow.
‘Not happy with the vaccine rates’: Victorian pop-up clinics for people with disability Friday October 8, 2021 By Jackson Graham Federal Victoria will open 10 pop-up vaccination clinics for people with disability as minister Luke Donnellan says he's dissatisfied with inoculation levels for the vulnerable. …
Premium Insights and analysis Solutions to the public service’s politicisation Friday October 8, 2021 By Bernard Keane Australian Capital Territory Adopting New Zealand's Public Service Commission model would go much of the way to depoliticising the most prominent aspect of politicisation.
Premium Columnists Woe betide a public servant on the wrong side of a sudden pivot Friday October 8, 2021 By Verona Burgess Editors' Picks If events of the past week in NSW can remind federal public servants of anything, it should be that circumstances can change in the blink…
NSW makes sweeping changes to reopening plan Thursday October 7, 2021 By Jackson Graham Health NSW has significantly altered its reopening plan to increase visitors allowed in homes, weddings and funerals, and for all students to return to classrooms earlier. …
Premium Insights and analysis Still much to play out in the vaccine swap deals Thursday October 7, 2021 By Hugh McClure Editors' Picks The swapping of vaccines in December for vaccines in September gave a sugar hit to NSW’s exit from lockdown, but the hit will come crashing…
Total secrecy disallowed for Collaery trial Thursday October 7, 2021 By Melissa Coade Australian Capital Territory Former ACT attorney-general Bernard Collaery is charged with sharing protected intelligence about Timor-Leste to the ABC and conspiring with a former ASIS intelligence officer.
French ambassador to return to Australia ‘with two missions’ after AUKUS row Thursday October 7, 2021 By Jackson Graham Federal The French foreign minister confirmed in French parliament that the ambassador to Australia, Jean-Pierre Thebault, would return to Australia.
Premium Insights and analysis Treating the symptoms and addressing the excesses Thursday October 7, 2021 By Bernard Keane Australian Capital Territory For some, the APS is just another vested interest trying to distort policy like corporations, lobbyists, think tanks and consultants.
Federal goal for cashless card welfare recipients to ‘stabilise their lives’ Thursday October 7, 2021 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Families and social services minister Anne Ruston has underscored self-reliance and empowerment as the basis of a new cashless debit card.
State rolling out millions of rapid antigen tests after trial at public authority Thursday October 7, 2021 By Jackson Graham Health Victoria is purchasing 2.2 million rapid antigen tests to be used in hospitals and community healthcare services first.
