Foreign Affairs & Immigration

Australia’s ‘secret prisoner’ denounces lack of mental health assistance from his government employer

Australian Capital Territory

Post traumatic stress, or sharing state secrets? An account claiming to be Witness J comes forward in a series of tweets that will deeply concern…

Services exports are our great potential in an increasingly complex and contested world: Frances Adamson

By The Mandarin

Economy & Industry

Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Frances Adamson delivers the 2019 Stan Kelly Lecture.

The leak that wasn’t: department admits ‘erroneous’ referral to federal police

By Stephen Easton

Communications & Technology

The Department of Home Affairs has issued an intriguing statement acknowledging it made an "erroneous" referral to the Australian Federal Police earlier this year. It…

Australia’s incredible shrinking Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

By Melissa Conley Tyler & Mitchell Vandewerdt-Holman

Editors' Picks

It seems like every week the government is looking to cut spending somewhere in the budget as it chases after a surplus. How do individual…

Minister calls out Commonwealth secretary-general for inviting world leaders to Aus

By Shannon Jenkins

Federal

Foreign Minister Marise Payne has scolded the secretary-general of the Commonwealth for inviting international leaders to a cricket match in Adelaide without Australia’s knowledge.

There’s no airport border ‘crisis’, only management failure of the Home Affairs department

By Regina Jefferies & Daniel Ghezelbash

Editors' Picks

In the past five years, more than 95,000 people who arrived by plane have lodged a claim for asylum in Australia, new statistics show. Labor’s…

Treading softly in power diplomacy

By Natalia Grincheva

Culture

Museums have emerged as new and effective actors of cultural soft power, including outside the West in countries like China and Russia.

WA targets ‘enormous opportunities’ with Asian engagement strategy

By Shannon Jenkins

Economy & Industry

The Western Australian government hopes to “diversify” the economy with its first Asian Engagement Strategy. The plan centres on tourism, energy, primary industry, mining and…

Why is there no APS college? ASIO head Duncan Lewis says public service needs its own school

By Stephen Easton

Defence

Retiring ASIO head Duncan Lewis says the Australian Public Service "could do better" by offering a lot more education and training to prepare its leaders,…

Home Affairs leaders know they must build staff morale, but see slight uplift ‘from a low base’

By Stephen Easton

Federal

Senior executives at the Department of Home Affairs know they need to do a lot of work to build morale and confidence in their leadership…

Comcare charges Defence over serious workplace injuries; still faces calls to go after Home Affairs

By Stephen Easton

Federal

The Department of Defence faces three new charges over workplace health and safety breaches after an investigation by Comcare, but some lawyers continue to wonder…

Frances Adamson: trust, cooperation and inclusion are fundamental to policy and delivery

By Stephen Easton

Features

Addressing the growing crisis of faith in democracy and public institutions is not easy but it is a key responsibility of public servants, says Department…

Inquiries launched into service delivery, privitisation and the Big Four accountants

By Shannon Jenkins

Federal

Two new parliamentary inquiries will look into the privatisation, outsourcing and service delivery of various government programs that have implications on public servants and the…

Yes, Peter Dutton has a lot of power, but a strong Home Affairs is actually a good thing for Australia

By Jacinta Carroll

Editors' Picks

It’s been two years since the government announced it would establish a Home Affairs portfolio, and just over 18 months since it came into…

Sports anti-doping agency recognised with DFAT and IPEA in Public Sector Innovation Awards

By Stephen Easton

Australian Capital Territory

What do a virtual-reality system that lets Australian athletes experience being drug-tested and efforts to educate politicians on appropriate use of public money have in…

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Australia’s ‘secret prisoner’ denounces lack of mental health assistance from his government employer

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Services exports are our great potential in an increasingly complex and contested world: Frances Adamson

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Home Affairs leaders know they must build staff morale, but see slight uplift ‘from a low base’

Comcare charges Defence over serious workplace injuries; still faces calls to go after Home Affairs

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Inquiries launched into service delivery, privitisation and the Big Four accountants

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Sports anti-doping agency recognised with DFAT and IPEA in Public Sector Innovation Awards