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…

A top national security and foreign affairs adviser has been named the next cabinet secretary, bumping up the number of vacancies in Australian…

Keeping mum is business as usual for the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) but its director-general has decided there are also benefits to popping up…

A scathing review from the Lowy Institute says there is a "severe gender imbalance" across the international relations sector, despite evidence of gender-balanced workforces functioning…

Prime Minister Scott Morrison brought department heads out in front of the media cameras on Thursday and told them not to get in the way…

A lack of public support for foreign aid makes it hard to increase the budget. Could renaming and reframing it help?…

The Liberals are shellshocked and unnerved after the Victorian rout and both the fact and implications of Julia Banks' desertion.

While Australia’s foreign aid budget has shriveled to the smallest share of national income ever in the past five years, the Department of Foreign Affairs…

As last month’s attacks in Indonesia remind us, ISIS has proven to be a resilient threat, with far-reaching influence that hasn’t disappeared with the collapse…

The federal government is facing multiple problems with its own security, including alarming claims from Parliament House whistleblowers just in time for Senate estimates. The…

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade turned 30 on July 14 and its job is only getting harder, but secretary Frances Adamson is confident…

An unpredictable US administration and a volatile domestic political environment suggest it is time for countries like Australia to have well formed contingencies in case…

Australia's policy interests with the United States are already stabilising, despite what the commentariat suggest about state of the alliance, says former Ambassador to Washington…

Reports that a big group of senior diplomats unexpectedly walked out of the US State Department because they can't work for Trump seem to be…