Labor says Coalition cuts to Services Australia caused welfare inaccuracies Economy & Industry The recently elected Labor government has accused the former Coalition government of mismanaging the accuracy of welfare payments, as it says the accuracy of JobSeeker
All records should be preserved, including encrypted messaging: committee report April 19, 2022 By Tom Ravlic A powerful parliamentary committee has urged government departments to ensure all records created for official government business be preserved as commonwealth records. The Parliamentary Joint
Protection and tax the focus of government’s cryptocurrency review March 21, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Federal There are three key areas on which the federal government is consulting over a regulatory framework to help provide Australians buying cryptocurrency with some level
Premium Insights and analysis Russian military convoy reminds of highway of death March 11, 2022 By Ian McPhedran Images of a 60km long convoy of Russian military vehicles stalled along the road to Kyiv have invoked memories of the “highway of death” that
APS reserve staff called to help process flood support, national disaster to be declared March 9, 2022 By Jackson Graham Federal Hundreds of the Australian Public Service’s ‘reserve staff’ will help process flood support claims while the federal government prepares to declare flood-affected areas a national
The world’s biggest vertical farm yet will fertilize crops with fish poop January 20, 2022 By Vanessa Bates Ramirez Four and a half years ago I visited a vertical farming research facility in the Netherlands to learn the basics about growing food indoors without sun or
Premium The Select Committee The year that was and the year ahead – The Select Committee (part 2) December 14, 2021 By Chris Johnson Today we conclude our two-part series from The Mandarin’s brains trust – The Select Committee – in which panel members have expressed their views about
Movers & Shakers: New national data commissioner, education department leader December 3, 2021 By Jackson Graham Federal The latest senior public sector appointments from across the country. Senior Executive Service Band 2 The Department of Veterans’ Affairs has promoted Nicole Ingram to
APS workers staying in service longer, retiring later November 15, 2021 By Jackson Graham Federal Workers are staying longer in the Australian Public Service and retiring later, with government-enforced staffing caps and an ageing population contributing to the trend. Some
Resourcing Australia’s public infrastructure is an opportunity, not a crisis November 8, 2021 By Martin Loosemore, Emma Lee and Jo Barraket Infrastructure Australia’s latest report claims Australia is facing a public infrastructure workforce crisis. However, we ask whether the infrastructure industry can show more imagination and
Premium Trends and research Record number of young Chinese seek civil service careers October 28, 2021 By James Palmer A record 2 million applicants have registered for the Chinese civil service examinations next month, the first stage in a conventional career as a government
Premium Insights and analysis No harm in giving away other people’s money, to ‘quote’ Machiavelli October 28, 2021 By Tom Ravlic Niccolo Machiavelli often gets a bad rap and can at times be observed to be used in less than complimentary contexts, given his exploitation of
Narrabri gas project emails a display of ‘FOI system not working’, advocacy group says October 27, 2021 By Jackson Graham Federal A NSW department initially requested the federal government remove the Narrabri Gas Project from a list of developments it wanted to fast track, emails revealed
Some workers exiting lockdown at risk of social anxiety October 15, 2021 By Joy Braddish Some Australian workers returning to the office following challenging lockdowns will struggle to communicate feelings of anxiety that might be triggered after many months of
