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Progress at last: Environment department begins to update non-compliant FOI log after 10 months

By Stephen Easton

Energy & Environment

The Department of the Environment and Energy has added the first new entries to its freedom-of-information disclosure log since December, 2018, shortly after The Mandarin reported…

What should politicians be reading at parliamentary book club? Our experts make their picks

By Jane Howard

Editors' Picks

Books Create Australia has opened up nominations for their inaugural parliamentary book club. Anyone can nominate an Australian book written in the last five years…

myHealth pilots begin in Qld, brand confusion looms in NSW

By Stephen Easton

News

Pilots of the myHealth records project beginning in Queensland encourage collaboration across state and federal boundaries and the health system. But potential brand confusion looms…

Applications open for tough gig as new e-health chief

By Stephen Easton

News

Public service CEO wanted: must be able to pull the federal government's shambolic efforts to create universal electronic health records out of the fire.

Aged care complaints at arms length from department

By Stephen Easton

Jurisdiction

Complaints about aged care services will now be entirely handled and investigated by an independent commission, as recommended by the Productivity Commission in its far-reaching…

HIV, drug policy and the problem of blaming the customer

By Harley Dennett

Features

NSW's crowd-pleasing act of belligerence on World AIDS Day showcased why the push to dump unhelpful bureaucratic ways is urgent — even in areas where…