Former public servant to front Tasmanian court over child sex abuse charges News The public servant, who was stood down from his government job and charged by Tasmania Police in October last year. The man’s specific charges and…
Indigenous scholars struggle to be heard in the mainstream Monday April 12, 2021 By Apisalome Movono, Anna Carr, Emma Hughes, Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, Jeremy William Hapeta, Regina Scheyvens and Rochelle Stewart-Withers Australian Capital Territory Supporting Indigenous scholars and Indigenous scholarship is essential. The suggested approaches here would go some way to supporting this.
Premium Columnists Nationals love to push decentralisation Tuesday March 30, 2021 By Stephen Bartos Australian Capital Territory It's an article of faith in the National Party that public services should move away from capital cities. Every National Party leader in recent history…
If 80% of Australians care about climate action, why don’t they vote like it? Thursday March 25, 2021 By Rebecca Colvin and Frank Jotzo Australian Capital Territory Support for strong climate policies may depend on whether the policies will, or are perceived to, personally impact voters.
Premium The Select Committee When your minister is under a cloud – The Select Committee Thursday March 25, 2021 By Chris Johnson Australian Capital Territory When a minister has a big shadow hanging over them, how does it affect their departments? How do departmental leaders react and should anything be done…
Premium The Briefing The Briefing: calls for nation-wide cognitive disability screening of prisoners Friday March 19, 2021 By Chris Woods Australian Capital Territory In a landmark reform agenda, the Victorian Public Advocate has called for nation-wide cognitive disability screening for prisoners and a series of accompanying support services.
Donations for influence at the heart of Australian politics Thursday March 18, 2021 By Bernard Keane Australian Capital Territory Political parties need money. Donors need political favours. So they dance to the tune of millions of dollars.
Premium Insights and analysis Property prices: Australia does not have enough housing, and we’re all paying for it Friday March 5, 2021 By David Donaldson Australian Capital Territory Restrictive planning rules add hundreds of thousands of dollars to the average price of a property. This is driving high prices, long commutes and poverty.
Opinion: a deeper look into ministerial decisions on grants will help improve government Thursday February 25, 2021 By Sean Innis Australian Capital Territory The important role ministerial advisers play in government has evolved largely without design or structure.
Premium Insights and analysis Facebook’s move saw immediate effects on the public and private sectors. The stakes rise in surveillance capitalism Tuesday February 23, 2021 By Binoy Kampmark Australian Capital Territory It's clear the Australian government has failed to understand the reasons why entities such as Facebook and Google have become so powerful as to defy…
Premium The Briefing The Briefing: short-term agency bans aside, the Facebook war can only make it harder for public servants to fight misinformation Tuesday February 23, 2021 By Chris Woods Australian Capital Territory Facebook's ban on Australian news content, implemented in response to legislation establishing the federal government's mandatory media bargaining code, stands to make it harder for…
Why political staffers are vulnerable to sexual misconduct – and little is done to stop it Tuesday February 16, 2021 By Maria Maley Australian Capital Territory It is hard to know how common instances of bullying and sexual harassment by other staffers and their bosses in ministers’ offices and electorate offices…
Working in government should be empowering — not a punchline Monday February 15, 2021 By Adrian Brown Australian Capital Territory Ronald Reagan famously remarked that the nine most terrifying words in the English language are 'I’m from the government and I’m here to help.'…
There’s a reason not everyone loves citizen engagement Wednesday February 10, 2021 By Alice Whitehead Australian Capital Territory As soon as the subject appears on the horizon, a tangled web of defensive arguments and anecdotes will accumulate to obscure it.
Why is policy drafting such an overlooked skill? Tuesday February 9, 2021 By Lewis Eisen Australian Capital Territory Too many government organisations take their subject matter experts and task them with writing policies, standards, and procedures without ever providing them training on how…
