Fancy yourself a FAS? Immigration needs four division heads News Four division heads are needed for the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, while two band 3 senior executive roles are open elsewhere in the…
Immigration welcomes digital services divison, farewells biometrics boss Tuesday January 12, 2016 By Stephen Easton Foreign Affairs & Immigration The slow, incremental digital services revolution in the federal government is so important that one department has dedicated a new division to it.
Erika Feller on mass migration and the risk to good democracy Friday October 30, 2015 By The Mandarin Foreign Affairs & Immigration Writing ahead of the Democracy in Transition conference in Melbourne, former DFAT diplomat and UNHCR assistant high commissioner Erika Feller questions whether Australia's democratic system…
The opportunities and challenges of superdiversity Wednesday June 17, 2015 By Jenny Phillimore Features Migration has long been an important feature of Australian life, with cities like Melbourne becoming "superdiverse" as people from over 200 countries make it their…
Agile leadership trumps long service in new Border Protection team Wednesday May 27, 2015 By Stephen Easton News Leadership in the new Department of Immigration and Border Protection — same name; new flavour — requires diverse experience rather than long service, its secretary…
Pezzullo inspired by powerful post-war mandarins for Immigration's new way Wednesday April 22, 2015 By Stephen Easton Features Immigration and Border Protection secretary Michael Pezzullo spoke last night at the ANU on his portfolio's new direction, the machinery-of-government changes and why mandarins should…
Feathers ruffled: how hawks took over the Immigration nest Monday February 9, 2015 By Stephen Easton Editors' Picks There's disquiet in the Department of Immigration and Border Protection in Canberra since the latter part of the new name became its top priority. Is…
