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Opinion: Sports rorts shows need for public sector re-think

By Laurie Patton

Features

We really do need to rethink old practices and principles that are no longer appropriate, much less still embraced. This applies to both ministers and…

PM&C boss defends sports rorts investigation, rejects ANAO findings

By Shannon Jenkins

Federal

The head of the Australian Public Service has spoken out to justify his investigation into the former sports minister Bridget McKenzie's handling of a Commonwealth…

Senate push to release Gaetjens report loses 35-36

By Shannon Jenkins

Federal

A Senate committee into the sports rorts will begin on Thursday with evidence from the national auditor-general Grant Hehir. Gaetjens will also be called.

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As the government blusters and self-justifies, it’s the public servants who get mandatory integrity training

By Verona Burgess

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Somebody very senior in the Australian Public Service needs to spell out explicitly and publicly that it is never okay for ministers to use federal…

Gaetjens to speak on sports rorts ‘in due course’

By Shannon Jenkins

Federal

The head of the Australian Public Service will make a public statement regarding his investigation into former Nationals deputy Bridget McKenzie's handling of a sports…

Ministerial reshuffle: Veterans’ Affairs, Resources portfolios move into cabinet, Littleproud takes Agriculture

By The Mandarin

Defence

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has accepted the ministerial appointment recommendations of the leader of his Coalition partner, the Nationals' Michael McCormack, to reshuffle several major…

Gaetjens signals McKenzie’s departure, but not an end to meddling ministers

By Shannon Jenkins

Federal

Scott Morrison's top mandarin has handed over his report on the sports rorts scandal, prompting the resignation of agriculture minister Bridget McKenzie. While McKenzie accepted…

The Sport Australia board should resign in protest

By Scott Hamilton

Features

Our big country is full of big things. The Big Banana. The Big Pineapple. The Big Prawn. Big grants programs with large whiteboards, colourful spreadsheets…

Staff movements at agency tied to controversial sports grants scheme

By Shannon Jenkins

Federal

The Australian Sports Commission has appointed a new boss amid investigations into how Senator Bridget McKenzie handled the agency’s grants program. Former Ernst & Young…

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The embers of devastation are yet to fade. As public sector leaders know, spin can’t obscure the situation on the ground

By Verona Burgess

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If there’s a Canberra bubble, the entire south coast of NSW is part of it. Both the Prime Minister and his chief bureaucrat have lost…

Politicians not bureaucrats are the ones in touch, Scott Morrison claims in sports affair

By Michelle Grattan

Federal

As the suspense over Bridget McKenzie’s future continues, Scott Morrison on Wednesday argued that in allocating public money, it’s politicians rather than officials who understand…

Why we need strong ethical standards for ministers – and better ways of enforcing them

By Howard Whitton

Features

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has asked the head of his department to investigate whether Bridget McKenzie violated ministerial standards when she dispensed sports grants to…

Gaetjens leads probe into sports rorts

By Shannon Jenkins

Federal

Canberra’s top mandarin will investigate whether former sports minister Bridget McKenzie breached ministerial standards in her handling of a $100m sports grants program which favoured…

So the government gave sports grants to marginal seats. What happens now?

By Maria O'Sullivan

Features

When Australians pay their income tax, they assume the money is going to areas of the community that need it, rather than being used by…

Minister defied agency to give grants to marginal seats, audit found

By Shannon Jenkins

Federal

The federal government used grants from a sports infrastructure program to target key electorates in the months leading up to the election, the Australian National…