Government focus is on getting the right fit Editors' Picks Anthony Albanese’s federal government has focussed on the job it needed to focus on and has made the decisions that needed to be made –
Five tips for the APS in helping ministers deal with an independent crossbench May 27, 2022 By Brenton Prosser Career Advice Even by recent standards, the cries of ‘a vote for an independent is a vote for chaos’, seemed more prominent in the last weeks of
Premium Interviews Politics isn’t for everyone – but more women are finding their way into power May 25, 2022 By Melissa Coade Community & Social For many women, the past four years of Australian politics, or maybe even the last few weeks of campaigning, have prompted the thought ‘I can
Election 2022: I’m Julia and I’m here to help May 20, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Federal An Adelaide café has turned into a campaign stop for opposition leader Anthony Albanese as he caught up with former prime minister Julia Gillard the
Premium Insights and analysis Election 2022: Historically speaking, public service heads always roll when a government changes May 19, 2022 By Chris Johnson Editors' Picks If the polls are correct (and that’s always a big ‘if’ these days) and Labor wins government on the weekend, we can be sure there
PSsst! Who’s the big cheese? May 17, 2022 By The Mandarin Editors' Picks Big gun on the way In the mad rush to the polls, both leaders have extremely busy schedules, but expect a little extra something from
PSsst! Blue books sparking red faces May 11, 2022 By The Mandarin Editors' Picks Give us a break! Three months after The Mandarin published a story about how APS employees could switch out public holiday leave for another day
Premium Insights and analysis Satisfaction with democracy at its lowest since the Whitlam dismissal January 27, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Editors' Picks How great a part will growing distrust in the major political parties, some public sector agencies and media outlets play in the upcoming federal election
Premium Insights and analysis What looms for the APS after a year like this? December 8, 2021 By Bernard Keane Editors' Picks For the Australian Public Service, 2021 has thrown up a number of challenging issues — issues big enough that 2022 looms as an important inflection
Brittany Higgins accepts prestigious fellowship October 8, 2021 By Melissa Coade Australian Capital Territory The global institute for women’s leadership (GIWL) at ANU has announced that former parliamentary staffer Brittany Higgins will be its first visiting fellow. Higgins, who
Premium Columnists Is it time to mandate political candidates to come from the community they seek to represent? October 1, 2021 By Hugh McClure Editors' Picks Kristina Keneally’s preselection to contest the federal division of Fowler for the ALP has angered many over the past weeks. Commentators have lined up to
Premium Columnists What it means to ‘demean’ in the workplace: ex MPs come clean on sexism in parliament July 9, 2021 By Virginia Haussegger Editors' Picks What does it mean to ‘seriously demean’ women in the workplace? It’s not a trick question. Rather it’s a new legal mind-bender that employers and
Where does the respect start? March 23, 2021 By Chris Johnson Editors' Picks EDITORIAL Julia Gillard’s powerful 2012 misogyny speech is being referred to a lot right now during the current heightened discourse on gender equality and respect
Premium Insights and analysis Australia should learn from NZ on gender equality, Gillard says February 24, 2021 By David Donaldson New Zealand Only two countries have had three female heads of government: Finland and New Zealand. Even these are relatively recent achievements. Finnish PM Sanna Marin has
