Minister at centre of historical rape allegation should ‘out himself’, Turnbull says Tuesday March 2, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Over the weekend Turnbull revealed that the woman had told him of the allegations in 2019. The woman had also reached out to Labor senator…
MPs reveal they knew of historical rape allegations as Morrison faces calls for independent inquiry Monday March 1, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Federal The alleged incident occurred years before the man entered politics, the letter said, and the woman was 16 at the time. She took her own…
Brittany Higgins: so many nagging questions left unanswered — and likely to remain so Friday February 26, 2021 By Kishor Napier-Raman Career Matters More than a week since news of the incident broke, we’ve got nothing but dishonest deflection from the government — and a lot of unanswered…
Fourth woman speaks up about Brittany Higgins’ alleged perpetrator Tuesday February 23, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Federal The latest woman to speak up told the ABC that by the time the alleged incident occurred, she was 'just so used to sexual harassment'…
A terrible little secret in a building whose walls have ears and where gossip is gold Friday February 19, 2021 By Verona Burgess Career Matters The clock is ticking down to Senate estimates on the Brittany Higgins matter, says Verona Burgess.
PM&C official to review complaints process following sexual assault allegations Tuesday February 16, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Culture Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the appointment at a press conference on Tuesday morning, describing the incident as a 'wake-up call'.
Sports rorts: McKenzie denies taking the fall for PM Monday February 15, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Former sports minister Bridget McKenzie has rejected suggestions that the prime minister asked her to “take the fall” for the controversial sports grants program, and…
Morrison says reaching net zero emissions by 2050 preferable, but doesn’t commit to target Tuesday February 2, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Energy & Environment The PM said that when we get there will depend on the advances made in science and technology needed to commercially transform Australia and the…
Morrison and Malaysian counterpart to increase trade under elevated partnership Thursday January 28, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Australia and Malaysia will remove trade barriers, increase collaboration between law-enforcement agencies, and ink a new cyber security deal as part of a decision to…
Australians want Morrison to publicly call out Craig Kelly and Trump, think tank finds Tuesday January 19, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Most Australians think Prime Minister Scott Morrison has a duty to publicly denounce colleagues who post misinformation online.
Premium Columnists The pandemic that saved the skin of the Australian Public Service – for now Friday December 11, 2020 By Verona Burgess Editors' Picks COVID-19 has not only made a real prime minister out of Scott Morrison but may also have done the federal bureaucracy a big favour in…
Public servants getting on with it in relation to China Wednesday December 9, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Editors' Picks While it's been an enormous job for public servants from across various departments to overcome the China-Australia challenges, it's one they have risen to, as…
Premium Case studies Lessons from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank for an Australia China strategy Wednesday December 9, 2020 By David Morris Editors' Picks Inevitably there will be red lines on values and interests that Australia will never likely compromise with China on, but, as David Morris outlines, there…
Premium Insights and analysis When it comes to China, the public sector has to pick up the pieces Tuesday December 8, 2020 By Chris Johnson Editors' Picks Amid all the setbacks, progress is being made on many fronts thanks to the efforts of dedicated public servants on both sides.
Opinion: Australia and China have something to celebrate, not squabble over Monday December 7, 2020 By Max Whitten Editors' Picks It's beyond comprehension the PM would call for a global enquiry into the origins of COVID-19. Who is advising the PM? It is hard to…
