Government push to boost forestry jobs, harvesting the ‘ultimate renewable resource’ Economy & Industry A simplified process to access government carbon funding under the Emissions Reduction Fund will mean more jobs for plantation and farm forestry projects.
Premium Insights and analysis Wage freezes not helping recruitment and retention Monday October 25, 2021 By Bernard Keane Australian Capital Territory The APS faces a tough labour market with one tied behind their back thanks to the persisting stupidity of wage freezes and pay caps.
Premium Insights and analysis To renew democracy, let’s start by bringing meaning to the ministerial oath of office Wednesday October 13, 2021 By Sean Innis Australian Capital Territory Ministers who argue ‘the people did not vote us out’ as a defence for not following the practices of good government are failing their oath…
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 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.
Premium Insights and analysis Soft corruption and weak administration — the match made in hell Wednesday October 6, 2021 By Bernard Keane Australian Capital Territory Soft corruption — private advantage at the expense of the public interest — is always about clever exploitation of the rules rather than breaking them.
Premium Insights and analysis Introducing ‘The politicisation of the public service’ series Tuesday October 5, 2021 By Bernard Keane Australian Capital Territory The politicisation of the APS and state-level bureaucracies is a crucial part of the endemic state of soft corruption that now characterises contemporary politics.
More deaths as cold creeps into Australian homes Tuesday September 28, 2021 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Housing advocates warn that the poor thermal performance of homes in South Australia is associated with more than 600 deaths each year.
Existing regulatory controls sufficient to protect environment from onshore gas projects, report says Thursday September 23, 2021 By Melissa Coade Energy & Environment A new report says no additional environmental safeguards are required to mitigate the risks of onshore gas-extraction projects in Australia.
Premium Insights and analysis Does Australia need nine governments? Wednesday September 22, 2021 By Christopher Kelly Australian Capital Territory Streamlining nine bickering governments is all upside with no downsides. But solving it requires each state to voluntarily yield its sovereignty.
Premium Insights and analysis Not good strategic policy to build nuclear submarines in Adelaide Friday September 17, 2021 By Stephen Bartos Editors' Picks It is a political choice, about creating jobs in Adelaide, not a good strategic choice. It would deliver a more reliable product if we were…
Questions asked over South Australia’s specialist workers’ quarantine requirements Wednesday September 15, 2021 By Tom Ravlic News Specialist workers coming into South Australia from New South Wales were not required to complete a full fortnight of quarantine.
Premium The Select Committee Empathy training for public sector leaders — is it a good idea? Tuesday September 14, 2021 By Chris Johnson Australian Capital Territory Is empathy training worthwhile and should it be mandatory for public sector leaders? If so, what shape should it take? …
Vaccination passports plan facing resistance Thursday September 9, 2021 By Chris Johnson Australian Capital Territory Federal government plans for vaccination passports to start being issued from next month are facing hiccups in some states and territories.
