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Australia’s got a Solomon Islands headache (again)

Election 2022: Historically speaking, public service heads always roll when a government changes

Election 2022: National security no longer bipartisan

What an incoming government can do about Australia’s real security threat — dislocation from the region

Election 2022: Water policy left high and dry

Election 2022: Red and Blue books that really aren’t

Tax office tech boss reveals unique challenges of innovating in the public service

New Philippine president Marcos is no Duterte on foreign policy

Election 2022: Red Book, Blue Book considerations for Treasury and Finance

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Election 2022: Add seven new secretaries and a couple of senior agency heads?

Criticising the public service is no longer a vote winner

Election 2022: Historically speaking, public service heads always roll when a government changes

Does a modern public servant need to chalk-up career runs in the private sector?

Election 2022: Think you’ve got those incoming briefs ready? Have another think

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Consultants are entrenched, so what will Labor do?

Change begins with addressing sexist culture in parliament, says ERA

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