Who exactly is our new treasurer, Jim Chalmers? Editors' Picks Dr Jim Chalmers is Australia’s 41st treasurer. The Queenslander is the first Labor treasurer since Chris Bowen left office in 2013, and the burden on
Premium Insights and analysis Criticising the public service is no longer a vote winner May 23, 2022 By Chris Johnson Editors' Picks Australians have overwhelmingly rejected a coal-toting, disaster holidaying, blame-shifting prime minister, and public servants emphatically let it be known that they’re tired of being election
Premium Insights and analysis Election 2022: Historically speaking, public service heads always roll when a government changes May 19, 2022 By Chris Johnson Editors' Picks If the polls are correct (and that’s always a big ‘if’ these days) and Labor wins government on the weekend, we can be sure there
Premium Insights and analysis Election 2022: National security no longer bipartisan May 18, 2022 By Ian McPhedran Defence National security was a largely bipartisan issue before this election campaign, with rare exceptions such as boat people and the occasional brawl over defence spending.
Premium Insights and analysis What looms for the APS after a year like this? December 8, 2021 By Bernard Keane Editors' Picks For the Australian Public Service, 2021 has thrown up a number of challenging issues — issues big enough that 2022 looms as an important inflection
Tony Abbott to hold talks in India over trade and economic relations December 2, 2021 By Jackson Graham Economy & Industry Former prime minister Tony Abbott is set to travel to India to advance the subcontinent’s economic and trade relations with Australia. Abbott, Australia’s special trade
Premium Insights and analysis Has Tony Smith really been ‘our finest speaker’? November 5, 2021 By Hugh McClure Editors' Picks Politicians from across the political divide have heaped praise on speaker of the house of representatives Tony Smith over recent days. The praise follows Smith’s
Former PM Tony Abbott accuses China of bullying from Taiwan October 8, 2021 By Jackson Graham Federal Former prime minister Tony Abbott has lashed China as a bully and says the “struggle between liberty and tyranny” is the starkest in the world
Australia sends Tony Abbott on trade trip to India August 2, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Former prime minister Tony Abbott will head to India on behalf of the federal government this month, where he will work to strengthen Australia’s economic
That’s a bit juicy, let’s share it May 19, 2021 By The Mandarin Editors' Picks Today we launch our new column Juicy Bits, aimed at sharing with The Mandarin’s Juice readers some well-sourced tips and rumours – and maybe even a perspective or
Where does the respect start? March 23, 2021 By Chris Johnson Editors' Picks EDITORIAL Julia Gillard’s powerful 2012 misogyny speech is being referred to a lot right now during the current heightened discourse on gender equality and respect
Premium Interviews ‘All progress is an illusion’. Cheryl Kernot’s unique perspective on bipartisanship in Australia September 10, 2020 By Scott Hamilton and Stuart Kells Editors' Picks Having led the Australian Democrats, before turning to Labor and then standing as an Independent, Cheryl Kernot has great stories to tell and great insights
Premium Columnists What to wear to the theatre of the absurd September 4, 2020 By Verona Burgess Career Advice Life under COVID-19 is becoming like one of those top-and-tail books for toddlers, where each page is cut in half and you flip them back
Tony Abbott rumoured to be UK’s new trade envoy August 26, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Former prime minister Tony Abbott has reportedly been appointed joint president of the United Kingdom government’s Board of Trade. Abbott would “champion exports and inward
