Grattan Institute panel discusses policy priorities for next government Community & Social Acting CEO of the Grattan Institute Danielle Wood believes policy discussion during this election campaign has been ‘light on the ground’ and she’s saying so.
Premium Expert briefings Election 2022: Think you’ve got those incoming briefs ready? Have another think May 18, 2022 By Bernard Keane Editors' Picks By now every department should have finalised, or be finalising, their incoming government briefs. Some old lags will be onto their third or fourth election
Premium Insights and analysis Election 2022: Red and Blue books that really aren’t May 16, 2022 By Stephen Bartos Editors' Picks Red Book? Blue Book? There are no such things. Incoming government briefings are printed on standard white paper with black ink. There might, perhaps, be
Premium Insights and analysis Election 2022: Red Book, Blue Book considerations for Treasury and Finance May 9, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Editors' Picks An incoming government following the May 21 election will be greeted with concerning economic news and some grim forecasts from Treasury and the Department of
Premium Insights and analysis Election 2022: Preparing those briefings for an incoming minister May 6, 2022 By Stephen Bartos Editors' Picks There are three types of briefing prepared for a new minister after an election. One is reasonably simple: those times when a government is returned,
Premium Insights and analysis Election 2022: Red Book, Blue Book — what’s the business? May 5, 2022 By Peter Strong Editors' Picks As we know, when an election hits Australia, the public service moves straight into caretaker mode. And as part of that, each department and agency
Premium Insights and analysis Red Book, Blue Book — the importance of incoming government briefs May 3, 2022 By Ian McPhedran Editors' Picks For several months, small teams of officials in all Australian government departments have been drafting the top-secret ‘Red’ and ‘Blue’ Books of incoming government briefs
Public servants hastily polish up the blue books as new Morrison ministry takes shape May 22, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal Federal public servants were told the caretaker period ended on Monday and now many are wondering who their new Coalition minister will be, while some
Australia must move on from its outdated environment laws May 9, 2019 By Suzanne Milthorpe Energy & Environment It is interesting to ponder how officials in the Department of the Environment and Energy are grappling with the opposition’s promise to “fundamentally change our
