Would a Shorten Labor government bring another night of the long knives? Verona Burgess thinks some executives could be seen as turn-coats, but wiser heads…

Now the Quaedvlieg matter has become so difficult that it has been handed to Attorney-General Christian Porter to make the call on his future. Questions have been…

The Commonwealth's departmental heads have been increasingly drawn to the transformation of the Australian Public Service: what it should be, where it should go, and…

Many will be eager to hear Gillian Triggs' side of the controversial efforts by the then-Abbott government to delegitimise both her and the commission following…

Giving the top job to a former spy chief would upset a lot of Australia's neighbours, but it's a distinct possibility. All six have previous…

Some public servants need little encouragement to fight FOI tooth and nail — but should they? Two departments handled the release of their "blue books"…

How to best provide legal services to the public sector is a question being struggled with by governments everywhere. In determining structural questions such as…