Opinion: distant goals, rather than immediate action, means new Closing the Gap is a squib Culture Even if there is more Indigenous involvement, the new Closing the Gap simply reproduces quantitative targets. This shows you what a con the document really…
Tom Burton: changing of the guard at the PMO, mercifully without fanfare Wednesday April 19, 2017 By Tom Burton Features Malcolm Turnbull's new chief of staff, Greg Moriarty, steps into office at a time of rising military tensions and as the Prime Minister struggles to…
Meals revealed for Abbott and Rudd, but Turnbull tray-table censored Monday January 18, 2016 By Stephen Easton News We know what Tony Abbott and Kevin Rudd ate on the government jet, but Malcolm Turnbull's preferences have been censored. It's a strange FOI ruling.
Bad boss? Bureaucrats defend 'bully' Rudd Wednesday June 17, 2015 By Harley Dennett News Nicola Roxon, health minister in the Rudd government, says her boss was abusive to public servants and dismissive of their work. Top officials at the…
The Killing Season: rise of the public servant PM Wednesday June 10, 2015 By Harley Dennett News To everyday Australians, Kevin Rudd in 2007 was the prototypical image of a public servant: helpful, polite, across the detail of both policy and implementation.
Generations of reports that never save us from our future Wednesday March 11, 2015 By Vishal Beri Features The Intergenerational Report series has been citing the same problems for years. Yet the fixes on productivity and participation proposed by both sides of politics…
Wilkins out at A-G's, sixth secretary gone under Abbott Monday August 18, 2014 By David Donaldson News Attorney-General's Department secretary Roger Wilkins will leave the Commonwealth ranks, the sixth departmental head to go under the Abbott government.
