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First Indigenous woman to represent Australia as ambassador takes gender equality role

By Shannon Jenkins

Community & Social

Julie-Ann Guivarra has been appointed as Australia’s ambassador for gender equality. Guivarra is a senior career officer within the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade…

More women on government boards in 2019 than ever before

By Shannon Jenkins

Federal

The rate of women on Commonwealth government boards was at its highest in 2019, according to a new report from the Office for Women. In…

Lowy Institute: Lack of women in Australia’s international relations sector harms national interest

By Shannon Jenkins

Defence

A scathing review from the Lowy Institute says there is a "severe gender imbalance" across the international relations sector, despite evidence of gender-balanced workforces functioning…

International Women's Day: Marise Payne says female leaders make the world more peaceful

By The Mandarin

Australian Capital Territory

For International Women’s Day, Senator Marise Payne spoke to a packed Great Hall at Parliament House this week on women in public sector leadership, drawing…

Human Services a template for domestic violence support: Marise Payne

By The Mandarin

Community & Social

Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne has challenged all Australian Public Service bosses to put in place support for staff experiencing domestic violence, using the…

Australia's foreign spies could use force for operational reasons under proposed changes

By The Mandarin

Federal

Officers of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service and their agents would be allowed to use force for the good of their mission, not just to…

ASIC probes Centrelink corporate welfare bludger

By Julian Bajkowski

News

Financial exploitation of welfare recipients through the Department of Human Services’ Centrepay automatic deductions facility is again under the regulatory spotlight after ASIC confirmed it…

Agency heads don fluoro to make Big Issue of homelessness

By The Mandarin

Community & Social

Public sector leaders do their fair share of off-duty charity work. That tradition continues next week as "guest sellers" of The Big Issue magazine to…

Tax nudge helps myGov crack 5 million users

By The Mandarin

News

As soon as it became necessary to use myGov to file online tax returns this year, Australians began signing up to the single-login portal for…