The Commonwealth Integrity Commission proposed by the Morrison government yesterday received mild support. It is highly unlikely to become a reality, but shows where the federal Coalition stands on integrity reform. Read More
The high risk of political corruption is the main reason for special ICAC-style oversight, but governments must be allowed to govern, says former WA Premier Geoff Gallop. Doing so in the public interest, he argues, is a lot more complex than it sounds. Read More
The Attorney-General is wrong to claim the rights of public servants, ABC journalists and others would be violated by the National Integrity Commission proposed in federal parliament this week, according to its chief architect, Professor AJ Brown. Read More
The federal government has rejected the idea of a powerful federal anti-corruption commission over concerns about the rights of Commonwealth employees and contractors, but is running out of time and space to counter with its own proposal. Read More
With the Morrison government losing its lower-house majority, Attorney-General Christian Porter is ready to discuss ways to strengthen the Commonwealth public sector integrity system. Read More
New gender equality targets ask federal entities to give at least a quarter of all briefs for senior barristers -- either by number or by monetary value -- to women. When junior barristers are needed, the goal is at least 30% of briefs. Read More
Roman Quaedvlieg might never return to his post as Australian Border Force commissioner, but there's always avenues of appeal if the Attorney-General decides to sack him. Verona Burgess explains why it's rarely simply to get rid of a statutory officer. Read More
It is still not clear whether Australian Border Force commissioner Roman Quaedvlieg will ever join the new department, despite a series of new facts on that issue emerging over the course of two separate hearings. Read More
The NDIS now has a board with strong corporate credentials, albeit without lived experience of disability. But it won't matter much since it's still ministers calling the shots. Luke Bo’sher explores the NDIA's governance trap. Read More
Social Services Minister Christian Porter hails his new welfare investment approach as "close to revolutionary". But how much is it a shift from the hardline approach? Read More
The NDIA is to get a major boost of resources and greater ministerial scrutiny, after being overwhelmed by the rollout of its new MyPlace portal for NDIS users. Read More
PWC was commissioned to review the rollout of the National Disability Insurance Authority's MyPlace portal. The report calls for an upgrade of the NDIA operating capacity, the appointment of a COO and a full community and stakeholder engagement program Read More
The federal government said Australia's charities regulator was dead, buried and cremated. After wandering around zombie-like for two years, it will now be fully resurrected. Though red tape remains a concern. Read More
The head of Western Australia's Attorney-General's Department has quit the bureaucracy and taken up the job of chief of staff to Social Services Minister Christian Porter. Read More
Bureaucrats across four jurisdictions must work fast to solve a policy problem put in the too-hard basket by successive governments: affordable housing. They were under pressure from the start. Read More
