Premium Insights and analysis The Briefing: Commonwealth, state and territory public servants receive varying levels of vaccine support, obligations and communication Australian Capital Territory Crux of the matter Australian governments have demonstrated varying levels of support, obligations and communication for public servants throughout the country’s vaccine roll-out, with only
Perth casino inspector quizzed over mystery report, conflict of interest May 28, 2021 By Melissa Coade News A retired bureaucrat has been asked by the Perth Casino Royal Commission why a report he did not author, and that made the way for
WA parliament considers laws to enshrine safe access to abortion May 27, 2021 By Melissa Coade News The Western Australian government has made a second attempt to introduce laws that will ensure women have safe and private access to abortion health services
States step up for COVID-19 vaccine rollout May 24, 2021 By Melissa Coade Health The states are taking the lead on expediting the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines across Australia, with NSW, South Australia, Queensland and Western Australia ramping up
WA sets sights on low carbon economy as it winds up energy taskforce May 21, 2021 By Melissa Coade Economy & Industry A taskforce established to respond to the ‘rapid transformation’ of the Western Australian energy sector has been finalised, with an energy policy group to continue
DFAT to support WA’s COVID-19 aid package for India, Nepal and Sri Lanka May 21, 2021 By Melissa Coade Foreign Affairs & Immigration Western Australia will be sending 18 ventilators and more than 10 million masks as part of an aid package to assist some of the worst
We found a secret history of megadroughts written in tree rings. The wheatbelt’s future may be drier than we think May 18, 2021 By Alison O'Donnell, Edward Cook and Pauline Grierson Editors' Picks Drought over the last two decades has dealt a heavy blow to the wheatbelt of Western Australia, the country’s most productive grain-growing region. Since 2000,
McGowan backs crisis fund as India hits more than 350,000 positive COVID-19 cases per day May 18, 2021 By Melissa Coade Foreign Affairs & Immigration The Western Australian government has announced that local community organisations working with partners to provide on-the-ground support responding to India’s COVID-19 crisis are eligible for
Indonesian supermarkets to stock WA fresh produce May 17, 2021 By Melissa Coade Economy & Industry West Australian fruit, including a variety of table grapes, Bravo apples and premium onions, will hit the shelves of a high-end Indonesian supermarket in June
Premium Insights and analysis Domestic politics and diplomacy in an election year May 17, 2021 By Andrew Hunter Australian Capital Territory The incursion of domestic politics on Australia’s international relations is more evident now than at any point since the White Australia policy. With a federal
WA regional governments invited to take part in collaborative climate change program May 11, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Energy & Environment The Western Australian government has called on regional local governments to submit their proposals for a collaborative program that aims to address and prevent climate
Indigenous rights and Argyle diamonds: good intentions, bad policy and the burden of history May 11, 2021 By Stuart Kells Culture The world-famous Argyle diamond mine, in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia, was the dividend from a painstaking search for tiny mineral clues. Led
APS suffers from ‘command and control’ dynamic and outsourcing, expert says May 10, 2021 By Melissa Coade Australian Capital Territory The gradual flow of traditional public service work to consultants has eroded skills and expertise within government departments and agencies, ANU’s Professor Glyn Davis says,
Commonwealth gives WA $1.3 billion infrastructure boost May 4, 2021 By Melissa Coade Federal A federal package for Western Australia has been unveiled by the government for a suite of new infrastructure projects to be announced in next week’s