Department of Defence charged with WHS breaches, faces up to $4.5m in fines
The Department of Defence faces three charges of breaching the Commonwealth Work Health and Safety Act over the death of soldier Jason Challis during a… Read More
Defence
Greg Moriarty: collaboration is the key to reform a ‘change-resistant bureaucracy’
The Department of Defence secretary believes collaboration will be the single most important vector for improving the Australian Public Service. Read More
Concern over Defence’s projects of concern regime
Defence is not applying its special process for troubled projects with "rigour", and is more interested in maintaining relationships with industry, argues ANAO. Read More
Michael Pezzullo’s seven gathering storms: national security in the 2020s
Top Home Affairs official, Michael Pezzullo, says he has seen "a dark kaleidoscope of future stormy possibilities" which threaten a great cost on the nation, but Australia has seen and dealt with these types of challenges before. Read More
International Women’s Day: Marise Payne says female leaders make the world more peaceful
For International Women’s Day, Senator Marise Payne spoke to a packed Great Hall at Parliament House this week on women in public sector leadership, drawing… Read More
Human Services a template for domestic violence support: Marise Payne
Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne has challenged all Australian Public Service bosses to put in place support for staff experiencing domestic violence, using the… Read More
Machine-speed, human-inspired: the innovation pitch that rejects all the stereotypes of government
The Air Force is pitching a new innovation plan and asking industry to help it create a combined human-machine workforce of augmented intelligence: the creativity and flexibility of humans, and the tempo and accuracy of machines. Read More
Will 2019 be the year of the watchdog?
One of the most compelling areas of public administration demanding attention this year is the role of regulation and oversight across government, says Verona Burgess. Read More
New competition launched to spruik one of government’s hardest-to-fill jobs
Imagine HR as an extreme sport -- that's what it's like to fill Navy's Collins Class submarines and keep those few with the right aptitude who are also willing to spend months on board each year for decades of their life. Read More
Final barrier for women in Defence?
With a stroke of the Governor General's pen, the end of legal gender-based restrictions on women in the Australian Defence Force will soon be official. Read More
Using AI to support better government decision making – the right way
The wealth of data available to government today can be overwhelming. But is it useful? And if so, how do you generate useful analytic insights to support decision making? Read More
Frances Adamson: space diplomacy is now ‘core business’ for Australia
The head of DFAT gives a diplomatic perspective on the recent establishment of the Australian Space Agency while addressing the UN, including the future of multilateral space diplomacy and the creation of rules-based order for the final frontier. Read More
Morrison gets serious about ‘malicious’ Russian interference
Cyberspace is not the Wild West, the Australian government assures. Nonetheless, it's joined an international posse for the cyber equivalent of pistols at high noon. Read More
Defence’s $14 billion-a-year deputy secretary appointed from industry
Tony Fraser, currently the managing director of Airbus in the Asia Pacific, has been announced as the Department of Defence's next head of the Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group. Read More
Fairer and less Kafkaesque: Elizabeth Cosson takes command of DVA’s five-year plan
The new secretary of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Elizabeth Cosson, has spent some of her first few months in the job putting out fires by apologising to aggrieved veterans and promising to deliver fairer outcomes in future. Read More