Multi-million dollar defence project to be scrutinised Defence The parliamentary standing committee on public works has announced it will scrutinise a $111.2 million defence proposal to upgrade RAAF Base Townsville, Townsville Field Training
Premium Insights and analysis There’s 101 reasons why it’s not okay to slut-shame a dance squadron April 16, 2021 By Melissa Coade Defence What the fuss about the 101 Doll Squadron dancehall performers who appeared at the commissioning of an Australian naval ship can teach us about problematic
Will Defence and Home Affairs bureaucrats be honest when briefing their new ministers? March 25, 2021 By Bernard Keane People and Capability News Public servants in the two biggest departments, Defence and Home Affairs, will be hastily preparing ministerial briefs over the next two days on the suspicion
Linda Reynolds’ future as defence minister is in her own hands March 1, 2021 By Michelle Grattan Career Matters Defence Minister Linda Reynolds faces an agonising question. Should she say to Scott Morrison she doesn’t feel up to staying in what is one of
Promoted A public sector reserve: an involuntary audible discharge? January 22, 2021 By John Glenn Thought bubble or brain f*#t?. The recent article published here proposing that, like Defence, the public sector establish a reserve of public servants that can
An Australian Public Service reserve? January 13, 2021 By Marcus Hellyer Defence Last month, I looked at Defence’s growing external workforce, in particular its 6,500 or so contractors, who provide ‘skills that would normally be maintained in
Cutting-edge simulation facility planned for Townsville December 16, 2020 By David Burke Defence The impact of COVID-19 and Australia’s rapidly evolving strategic environment have highlighted the requirement to invest in a sovereign defence industry. The Australian government clearly
Afghanistan inquiry: 13 soldiers receive administrative action notices November 27, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Defence Thirteen people have been issued with administrative action notices following the release of the report into alleged war crimes committed by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan
Premium The Briefing The Briefing: everything in Budget 2020, what the punters thought, and how it ranks in the global use of renewables as post-COVID stimulus October 7, 2020 By Chris Woods Communications & Technology Crux of the issue Roughly seven months after COVID-19 plunged the world into a pandemic and eventual recession, Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg have unveiled
Morrison pledges $1.5 billion in manufacturing plan to be co-designed with government October 1, 2020 By Matthew Elmas News Prime Minister Scott Morrison is urging government agencies to get behind a 10-year manufacturing strategy that will support co-investment between the public and private sectors
More than 100 jobs to be cut from four Department of Defence offices August 27, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Defence The Department of Defence will slash up to 111 jobs from its aerospace, intelligence and surveillance, and maritime and weapon divisions. The Community and Public
Partner Content There are other factors at play for Australia’s cyber security strategy August 25, 2020 By Dr. David Schmidtchen The federal government released Australia’s Cyber Security Strategy 2020 to the usual bouquets and brickbats. The focus on critical infrastructure was welcomed but the strategy
‘More lethal and long-range capabilities’: Government invests $270b in defence July 1, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Defence The federal government will invest $270 billion into capability upgrades for the Australian Defence Force over the next 10 years as part of a new
Defence first Commonwealth entity to be successfully prosecuted under current work safety laws March 11, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Defence The Department of Defence has become the first Australian government entity to be successfully prosecuted for breaching work safety laws, after a cadet sustained serious
