Premium Columnists Opportunity knocks for those with Secretary ambitions (but mind your head) Editors' Picks As the departing Foreign Affairs secretary Frances Adamson rides into the sunset to become the Governor of South Australia with her AC in hand, another
University of Queensland COVID-19 vaccine trial axed December 11, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal The University of Queensland and biotech company CSL have pulled the plug on further trials of their COVID-19 vaccine after antibodies in the vaccine were
Promoted A case study in public service media training November 9, 2020 By Steve Lewis In a year of unprecedented calamity and tumult, it has been gratifying to see the Commonwealth public service deliver first class service to so many
Dr Kerry Chant named NSW premier’s Public Servant of the Year November 5, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins New South Wales Public servants from across New South Wales have been recognised for their “exceptional work” at the 2020 Premier’s Awards ceremony on Wednesday evening. A mix
Premium Insights and analysis The plan to inoculate Australia: How governments will vaccinate more than 16-million people in less than a year November 2, 2020 By Matthew Elmas Features As the Australian government reveals its COVID-19 immunisation plans, a resurgence in coronavirus infections around the world is defining a new set of stakes in
Brendan Murphy named third most powerful person in Australia October 2, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet secretary Phil Gaetjens has topped AFR Magazine’s list of Australia’s most covertly powerful people for the third consecutive
Australia to secure Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine under new deal August 19, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal The federal government has inked a deal with UK-based drug company AstraZeneca that would see Australia receive Oxford University’s potential COVID-19 vaccine. All Australians would
Federal government had a COVID-19 response plan, ‘just not an aged care plan’, royal commission hears August 14, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal The federal government has been accused of showing “a degree of self-congratulation and even hubris” in the months leading up to the COVID-19 aged care
Premium Columnists Non-linearities, risk, policy and administration of our COVID management July 21, 2020 By Nicholas Gruen Editors' Picks The PM is again dichotomising the economy and health. The trade-offs are probably illusory, particularly considering the cherry-picking of risks and the fat-tailed non-linear likelihood
Brendan Murphy, Caroline Edwards on what moved Australia through COVID-19 June 16, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Chief medical officer Dr Brendan Murphy hopes to make the Department of Health the best workplace it can be when he commences in his new
Pandemic policies stopped 530 million COVID-19 infections, according to new research June 9, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Health The pandemic response measures implemented by six countries averted more than 500 million COVID-19 infections, according to researchers from the University of California, Berkeley. The
Date set for Brendan Murphy’s move to secretary role June 1, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Professor Brendan Murphy is set to commence in his new role as secretary of the Department of Health next month. As chief medical officer, Murphy
Premium Insights and analysis Brendan Murphy: pandemic policy advisor making a difference May 18, 2020 By The Mandarin Editors' Picks TEAM COVID-19 — PANDEMIC POLICY ADVISORS MAKING A DIFFERENCE Name: Professor Brendan Murphy Title: Chief medical officer for the Australian government and principal medical adviser
Premium Columnists The government dreams of an economic snap-back even as the dire evidence stares everyone in the face May 14, 2020 By Verona Burgess Editors' Picks THE OBSERVER: There are so many lessons that could be learnt from these fruitful few months of political detente. Perhaps some will be, writes Verona
