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APS staff working from offices while rest of Australia stays home

By Shannon Jenkins

Federal

Mixed messages regarding working arrangements during the coronavirus pandemic have left Australian Public Service employees, their union, and even politicians confused and concerned.

Defence wraps up bushfire operation

By Shannon Jenkins

Defence

Defence personnel have officially finished supporting state and local authorities with bushfire emergency and recovery tasks. Operation Bushfire Assist formally ceased on March 26.

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Herculean effort by public servants but accountability in short supply

By Verona Burgess

Federal

Most of the government's social restrictions and social welfare measures carry a high risk of being strangled in their own red tape even as the…

National COVID-19 Coordination Commission established

By Shannon Jenkins

Federal

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced a National COVID-19 Coordination Commission.

COVID-19: Morrison announces latest restrictions

By Shannon Jenkins

Federal

The Prime Minister has announced greater restrictions on businesses and non-essential services in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

Services Australia to receive extra 5000 workers

By Shannon Jenkins

Federal

Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the boost in staff numbers on Sunday, as part of the government’s second stimulus package worth $66 billion.

Sports rorts: Gaetjens requests Senate appearance be delayed

By Shannon Jenkins

Federal

The secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet has pulled out of his scheduled appearance before the Senate inquiry into the controversial…

Sports rorts: McKenzie denies changing list of successful clubs during caretaker period

By Shannon Jenkins

Federal

The former sports minister has taken to her website to deny she had altered a list of clubs approved for funding under the Commonwealth’s sports…

Gaetjens did not know about emails between PM’s and McKenzie’s offices, inquiry heard

By Shannon Jenkins

Federal

Penny Wong has grilled Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet staff over how much they knew about correspondence between the offices of the Prime…

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As the government blusters and self-justifies, it’s the public servants who get mandatory integrity training

By Verona Burgess

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Somebody very senior in the Australian Public Service needs to spell out explicitly and publicly that it is never okay for ministers to use federal…

Despite its Pacific ‘step-up’, Australia is still not listening to the region, new research shows

By Leanne Smith

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New research shows people in three of Australia’s closest Pacific neighbours — the Solomon Islands, Fiji and Vanuatu — are concerned Australia does not know…

Gaetjens signals McKenzie’s departure, but not an end to meddling ministers

By Shannon Jenkins

Federal

Scott Morrison's top mandarin has handed over his report on the sports rorts scandal, prompting the resignation of agriculture minister Bridget McKenzie. While McKenzie accepted…

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The embers of devastation are yet to fade. As public sector leaders know, spin can’t obscure the situation on the ground

By Verona Burgess

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If there’s a Canberra bubble, the entire south coast of NSW is part of it. Both the Prime Minister and his chief bureaucrat have lost…

Commonwealth and states share bushfire clean-up effort

By Shannon Jenkins

Federal

The federal and New South Wales governments will go halves in the costs for the clean-up of residential and commercial properties destroyed by the bushfires…

Politicians not bureaucrats are the ones in touch, Scott Morrison claims in sports affair

By Michelle Grattan

Federal

As the suspense over Bridget McKenzie’s future continues, Scott Morrison on Wednesday argued that in allocating public money, it’s politicians rather than officials who understand…