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Departmental media staff have an important job to do, but have been muzzled. Inside the public service, information spinners have stopped. Here’s how it happened

By Bernard Keane & Jennine Khalik

Engagement

Public affairs teams can range from a single person to massive teams of people. Their work and experience in government is very different to most…

Nope, freedom of political communication does not override the public service rules

By Stephen Easton

Federal

The High Court has ruled that federal public servants have no right to political expression that overrides their legal obligations to be impartial and uphold…

When former bureaucrats speak out: insight and resentment

By Jason Whittaker

News

A former ABS head attacks the agency's approach to privacy. An ex-Immigration spinner takes on his old stomping ground. When former bureaucrats speak out there's…

PR 'stuff-up': Michael Pezzullo defense falls flat, allegedly

By Jason Whittaker

News

A former Immigration Department communications manager says the secretary had a "foot in mouth" moment in referencing "alleged" Nazi crimes while defending detention centre operations.