Australia’s free speech failure, public servants in national debate Friday August 16, 2019 By James Mortensen Editors' Picks Following the High Court’s decision to allow a public servant’s dismissal over tweets criticising the country’s asylum seeker policy, Australia must reconsider the true roles… Read more
Dutton directive gives journalists more breathing space, but not whistleblowers Monday August 12, 2019 By Denis Muller Editors' Picks In light of the ministerial direction issued to the Australian Federal Police by the Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton on August 9, it would be… Read more
Premium Columnists The APS needs to radically and quickly overhaul what 'service delivery' means to them. That should start with genuinely listening to their front-line people Friday August 2, 2019 By Verona Burgess Features Much of the APS needs to lose the attitude that policy is the apex of public administration and service delivery is done by lesser mortals,… Read more
Yes, Peter Dutton has a lot of power, but a strong Home Affairs is actually a good thing for Australia Thursday August 1, 2019 By Jacinta Carroll Editors' Picks It’s been two years since the government announced it would establish a Home Affairs portfolio, and just over 18 months since it came into… Read more
Surprise appointment: NT Police Commissioner to lead AFP Thursday July 25, 2019 By Stephen Easton Australian Capital Territory The Northern Territory's most senior police officer, Reece Kerhsaw, will become the next commissioner of the Australian Federal Police when Andrew Colvin steps down at… Read more
Australian Federal Police commissioner confirms he will step aside this year Monday July 15, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal Andrew Colvin is calling an end to his 30-year career with the Australian Federal Police when his contract is up on October 1. The commissioner… Read more
Public servants hastily polish up the blue books as new Morrison ministry takes shape Wednesday May 22, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal A who's-who of the members in contention for Coalition ministerial positions in the days after the 2019 federal election. Read more
What key quality should Australia’s next PM have? Thursday May 9, 2019 By Jayani Nadarajalingam Editors' Picks There are many characteristics of political leadership – strength, courage, wisdom, vision, judgment, responsiveness. All are elusive, difficult to describe in the abstract, and turn… Read more
Labor declares 'great respect' for ASIO and ASIS after Paul Keating calls for a clean-out Monday May 6, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal Former prime minister Paul Keating does, and he sparked a kerfuffle last night by saying senior foreign intelligence and domestic security officers should be turfed… Read more
Commonwealth tips millions into mental health for police and emergency workers Thursday April 4, 2019 By The Mandarin Australian Capital Territory The Commonwealth has committed almost $5.8 million to mental health initiatives for traumatised police and emergency services personnel, over half of which comes from the… Read more
Why Michael Pezzullo is not a fan of KPIs, or right-wing extremists Tuesday April 2, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal Department of Home Affairs secretary Michael Pezzullo made it very clear he has no intention of setting new performance targets for processing citizenship applications, as… Read more
Au pairs inquiry: calls for a federal ICAC, and better record-keeping at Home Affairs Thursday September 20, 2018 By Stephen Easton Federal The Department of Home Affairs has not escaped criticism from the opposition-dominated Senate committee that investigated its minster, Peter Dutton, while a leading public sector… Read more
Quaedvlieg seeks his right of reply to parliamentary sledging Wednesday September 12, 2018 By Stephen Easton Federal Any citizen or resident who gets picked on in parliament has the right to ask for their side of the story to go into Hansard,… Read more
Hell hath no fury like a senior public servant scorned Tuesday September 11, 2018 By Bernard Keane Editors' Picks The trouble Roman Quaedvlieg is causing for his former political master is testament to why it's a good idea to look after public servants you… Read more
Au pairs inquiry: Senate committee sitting on second Quaedvlieg letter Friday September 7, 2018 By Stephen Easton News Former Australian Border Force commissioner Roman Quaedvlieg waited to see his former colleagues respond to opposition senators looking for evidence of “the inappropriate exercise of… Read more
