Cabinet meeting decisions to seal fate of some secretaries Community & Social A cabinet meeting convened by prime minister Anthony Albanese on Tuesday will confirm who stays and who goes at some government departments, with a new
Premium Columnists MoG and the APS recast & rebuild May 27, 2022 By Verona Burgess Editors' Picks We were right. The turkeys didn’t vote for Thanksgiving, especially in Canberra. The sun has risen on a new, more public-service friendly era of federal
Premium Insights and analysis Election 2022: Red Book, Blue Book — what’s the business? May 5, 2022 By Peter Strong Editors' Picks As we know, when an election hits Australia, the public service moves straight into caretaker mode. And as part of that, each department and agency
Election 2022: Equal pay an objective for Labor May 2, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Federal Legislation drafters will have a bit of work on their hands if Australians elect a Labor government, following opposition leader Anthony Albanese’s promise for the
Next government to be decided on May 21 April 11, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Federal Six weeks of electioneering and caretaker government have been ushered in by prime minister Scott Morrison, following his visit to governor-general David Hurley to call
Ukraine president to address Australian parliament March 31, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Foreign Affairs & Immigration Commonwealth parliamentarians will assemble in the house of representatives this afternoon to hear from Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The Ukrainian president has addressed the legislatures
Premium Insights and analysis Federal budget and where the defence spend will focus March 23, 2022 By Ian McPhedran Defence Next Tuesday’s federal budget is expected to include the promise of a major boost to defence spending as stage one of the biggest peacetime military
Trash talking is a dangerous game when it’s about national security February 21, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Editors' Picks COMMENT Trash talking opponents is quite at home during a weigh-in for heavyweight boxers, or with the larger-than-life characters bristling and shouting at each other
Premium Insights and analysis You thought 2021 was hard January 25, 2022 By Stephen Bartos Australian Capital Territory You thought 2021 was hard? For anyone working in the public service in Australia, 2022 will be even harder. A hint of some of the
Coalition closes ranks around Porter to block blind trust probe October 21, 2021 By Melissa Coade Federal The mystery surrounding who contributed to a blind legal trust established to help pay for former attorney-general Christian Porter’s defamation suit against the ABC will
