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Coronavirus communications: crises offer the chance to try new things and ask for forgiveness later

Career Advice

Emergency management comms specialist Natalie Staaks speaks about getting the right information out in a crisis: "if you wait until you’re 100% sure of the…

Revealed: how Australian politicians would bridge the trust divide

By Mark Evans

Editors' Picks

We hear a lot from citizens about the failings of Australian democracy and the need for reform. But how do politicians view the growing trust…

We want to learn about climate change from weather presenters, not politicians

By David Holmes & Stephanie Hall

Editors' Picks

One of the great paradoxes of climate change communication in Australia is that politicians command the most attention on the issue, yet are among the…

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The media loves a good bureaucrat beat-up. Don’t be a victim: these are the mistakes public servants make with journalists

By Harley Dennett

Engagement

When the clock is ticking towards a publication deadline you need to ask yourself: is my department undertaking the most valuable effort it can in…

Revenge of the robodebt contractors: Centrelink fends off further claims with risky media strategy

By Stephen Easton

Communications & Technology

Centrelink continues to duck, weave, and occasionally throw a defensive jab as former contractors speak out about their experiences of working on the robodebt system,…

Investigative journalism, the 'watchdog reporting' of news, has adapted to the austere media environment of the digital age

By Andrea Carson

Communications & Technology

Despite the recent Australian Federal Police raids on News Corp and ABC journalists, highlighting the political and legal pressures reporters face in the post-September 11…

Surprise appointment: NT Police Commissioner to lead AFP

By Stephen Easton

Australian Capital Territory

The Northern Territory's most senior police officer, Reece Kerhsaw, will become the next commissioner of the Australian Federal Police when Andrew Colvin steps down at…

Re-elected Prime Minister's public message to department heads

By Stephen Easton

Federal

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…

Almost 1000 data breaches in a year, and citizens don't know who to trust with privacy

By Stephen Easton

Communications & Technology

There were 964 data breaches reported to the federal regulator in the first year of mandatory reporting rules and “malicious or criminal attacks” were behind…

Dr Martin Parkinson: Brexit, multilateralism and how the media impacts policy work

By Martin Parkinson

Career Advice

The secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet was interviewed by the UK government's Civil Service Quarterly about what a post-Brexit UK can…

Media outlets boycott forum of governments in wake of ABC ban

By The Mandarin

Foreign Affairs & Immigration

While government officials might privately daydream about banning certain media outlets or journalists from covering their activities, the prospect suddenly became very real in wake…

Kyle Sandilands' former HR boss becomes NSW public service commissioner

By Stephen Easton

Career Advice

After being the HR boss for the company that has controversial radio host Kyle Sandilands on the payroll, surely a few hundred thousand public servants…

When it comes to trust, a good offence is your worst defence

By Matthew Beard

Features

Centrelink bosses think they stayed within the law but they "rode roughshod" over conventional attitudes to privacy, writes ethicist Matthew Beard. Governments should pick their…

Losing oxygen to leakers and the media, Centrelink's comms fall back to 'the facts'

By Stephen Easton

Communications & Technology

The Department of Human Services rejects speculation that 90% of Centrelink's automated assessments of past welfare entitlements are wrong, as more staff speak out against…

Census response rate estimated over 96%, but is there any trust left?

By Stephen Easton

News

News outlets have stopped listening to the ABS message. Despite IT issues and talk of a boycott, the 2016 Census may have had a pretty…

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Coronavirus communications: crises offer the chance to try new things and ask for forgiveness later

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Revealed: how Australian politicians would bridge the trust divide

We want to learn about climate change from weather presenters, not politicians

The media loves a good bureaucrat beat-up. Don’t be a victim: these are the mistakes public servants make with journalists

Revenge of the robodebt contractors: Centrelink fends off further claims with risky media strategy

Investigative journalism, the 'watchdog reporting' of news, has adapted to the austere media environment of the digital age

Surprise appointment: NT Police Commissioner to lead AFP

Re-elected Prime Minister's public message to department heads

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Almost 1000 data breaches in a year, and citizens don't know who to trust with privacy

Dr Martin Parkinson: Brexit, multilateralism and how the media impacts policy work

Media outlets boycott forum of governments in wake of ABC ban

Kyle Sandilands' former HR boss becomes NSW public service commissioner

When it comes to trust, a good offence is your worst defence

Losing oxygen to leakers and the media, Centrelink's comms fall back to 'the facts'

Census response rate estimated over 96%, but is there any trust left?