In 2018 alone, Anti-Slavery Australia helped over 123 people who had been trafficked to or from Australia, or had faced slavery-like conditions while in Australia. Read More
While the federal government's policy goal of stronger English language skills among migrants has been controversial, its main service delivery department is proud of its ability to speak to people in their first language. As a way to mark Harmony Week, the Department of Human Services highlights the role of its 540 multilingual staff. Read More
For all the sound and fury in parliament, late changes mean the contentious medivac bill does not threaten the minority government’s control of the nation’s… Read More
The Auditor General has criticised Home Affairs for dragging its feet on citizenship processing, but the department refuses to concede. Read More
The trouble Roman Quaedvlieg is causing for his former political master is testament to why it's a good idea to look after public servants you want to dump. Read More
Commonwealth Ombudsman Michael Manthorpe has told his former Immigration colleagues to have yet another go at fixing detention review processes after an administrative error led to a man being detained for almost four years while holding a valid visa. Read More
Productivity Commission chairman Peter Harris chose an address to the European Australian Business Council to explain the independent advisory body's views on Australia's place in the global economy. Read More
As usual there were plenty of dust-ups between the Dorothy Dixers on the first day of the Senate's supplementary estimates hearings yesterday. Here's a run-down of some of the clashes, claims and counter-claims. Read More
As the public service head of the incoming Home Affairs portfolio, Michael Pezzullo will have to overcome more than just a bureaucratic turf war in order to achieve results. Michelle Grattan reports there is 'palpable hostility' between ministers responsible for the rule of law. Read More
A single Defence Department was brought together in the 1970s. Later, Foreign and Affairs and Trade were merged, never to be separated again. Now Australia needs a Department of Home Affairs to confront global forces of evil, according to its secretary-designate. Read More
Workplace health and safety was a big theme of the latest Senate inquiry into offshore detention. The committee criticised the complex administrative arrangements that have left Comcare out in the cold, and called for a WHS Act review to make it clear where the regulator stands. Read More
In a break with convention, the federal government has appointed a career public servant directly from the senior ranks of the immigration and border protection portfolio as the next Commonwealth Ombudsman. Read More
Big developments in technology at DIBP are making business processes more efficient. This has flow-on effects on workforce structure and accountabilities, explains CIO Randall Brugeaud. Read More
Digital transformation in a major department is a huge job. Have a risk management plan, but don't lie awake thinking of everything that could go wrong, says Immigration and Border Protection's CIO. Read More
Neo-nationalism is colliding with the new social world at a staggering pace. Malcolm Turnbull might have hoped to share a common understanding with the new US President, but has never been shy to give as good as he gets. Read More
