NSW councils will establish independent committees to improve financial management and prevent fraud and corruption under a new statutory framework released for public consultation. Minister for…

Amid an ongoing clash of constitutional powers in Western Australia, the corruption watchdog says the privileges committee can vet a swag of its evidence but…

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,…

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…

The solitary confinement of young Victorians in prisons and youth justice systems is “distressing” and “simply wrong”, according to the Victorian Ombudsman. Ombudsman Deborah Glass…

Centre Alliance senator Rex Patrick has called on the Australian Federal Police to explain whether a raid on the home of a spy agency officer…

Brisbane's Forensic Disability Service has come into the spotlight after the state Ombudsman found one of its detainees had been permanently secluded and controlled with…

The fight between Western Australia's top bureaucrat and a state parliamentary committee will continue at the Supreme Court, with Premier Mark McGowan continuing to back…

The Australian Information Commissioner has called for better staff training to prevent data breaches, following a new report.

Representatives from universities and security agencies will band together to form a new foreign-interference taskforce. The taskforce will be comprised 50% from the university sector…

The civil unrest in Hong Kong, where the Beijing-backed government is in a standoff with pro-democracy protesters, is showing no signs of ending. Hong Kong…

In many cases, the financial services principles that our laws are meant to uphold have become so burdened with exceptions and qualifications that it is…

Following the High Court’s decision to allow a public servant’s dismissal over tweets criticising the country’s asylum seeker policy, Australia must reconsider the true roles…