Young people remain ill-equipped to participate in Australian democracy Australian Capital Territory The latest figures show the previous survey's results were no mere aberration and that student performance in civics and citizenship has remained low.
Nudging public towards flexible work could help solve Melbourne’s transport issues, according to Infrastructure Victoria Thursday January 21, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins News Infrastructure Victoria has suggested that Victoria follow the lead of New South Wales by adopting staggered start times and rotating days in the office for…
States partner with commonwealth to boost recycling infrastructure Wednesday January 20, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Energy & Environment The South Australian and Victorian governments will increase the capacity and capability of recycling infrastructure in their states by funding new projects under a deal…
Disaster season is here — do you have a Resilience Action Plan? Here’s how the small town of Tarnagulla built theirs Monday January 18, 2021 By Mittul Vahanvati Editors' Picks Heatwaves, floods, bushfires: disaster season is upon us again. We can’t prevent hazards or climate change-related extreme weather events but we can prepare…
Opinion: As Trump exits the White House, he leaves Trumpism behind in Australia Monday January 18, 2021 By Mark Kenny Australian Capital Territory Through recent natural disasters, global upheavals and a pandemic, Australia’s political centre has largely held. Australians may have disagreed at times, but they have also…
Date set for Victorian Public Service return to offices Thursday January 14, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Health Victorian Public Service employees will begin returning to their offices next week, after the state recorded no new locally acquired COVID-19 cases for the eight…
Premium Insights and analysis Victoria’s climate change adaptation work evolves traditional governance roles with place-based approaches Wednesday January 13, 2021 By Chris Woods Editors' Picks New strategies will focus on challenges across institutions, sectors, services, networks, communities and infrastructure that can be best met at a regional level rather than…
Vic hotel quarantine inquiry report takes aim at DHHS Tuesday December 22, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Health The Victorian hotel quarantine system inquiry’s final report has highlighted major issues with governance structures and accountability during the program, particularly within the Department of…
Parliamentary report calls for improvements to Victoria’s COVID-19 contact tracing system Monday December 14, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Health In a new, 260-page report, the committee has outlined 47 findings and 19 recommendations to the state government.
Vic government website crashes as public scrambles to apply for travel vouchers Friday December 11, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Economy & Industry Under the $28 million Regional Travel Voucher Scheme, announced in the state budget, the government plans to give away 120,000 travel vouchers to encourage families…
Victorian councils failing to provide workplaces that are free from sexual harassment, audit finds Wednesday December 9, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Culture More than one in four Victorian local government staff and councillors have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace, the state auditor-general has found.
Getting regional development right Tuesday December 8, 2020 By Chloe Ward, Emma Shortis, Sebastian Fastenrath, Marian Schoen, Bruce Wilson and Leo Goedegebuure Economy & Industry A new strategic approach to revitalising Victoria’s Gippsland is centred on place-based leadership and could be applied around Australia’s regions.
Premium Insights and analysis For public servants, the future of the national cabinet means adapting to centralised power and engineering accountability Monday December 7, 2020 By Chris Woods Australian Capital Territory The establishment of the national cabinet as first a crisis, and ultimately permanent, body has presented the most radical change to Australia's intergovernmental cooperation structures…
What can be learnt from Australia’s electoral system Friday December 4, 2020 By Pavitra Raja Australian Capital Territory The Australian electoral system works. Even Former US President Barack Obama is a fan. Here are four things that other nations can learn from it.
Premium Columnists Quarantine constitutionally a commonwealth power and responsibility Thursday December 3, 2020 By Stephen Bartos Editors' Picks One of the mysteries of Australia’s pandemic response is why states and territories were sucked in to taking responsibility for quarantine, writes Stephen Bartos.
