Chief of the Defence Force (CDF) General Angus Campbell has railed against the suggestion that current or former Defence personnel who died by suicide let down the service because they failed to show the fitness and resilience their training conditioned them to have. Campbell was in Sydney on Thursday as
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Senior Executive Service Band 1 Nisette Anderson Timothy Neal has been promoted to assistant secretary for government cyber and protective security at the Department of Home Affairs. Home Affairs has also moved Lavinia Mitchell to assistant secretary for humanitarian and child wellbeing policy and capability. Alexander Goldie has moved from
A former employee of the Western Sydney Airport (WSA) has been charged with soliciting a bribe for a contract to provide services at the airport worth an estimated $5 million. The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) alleges the employee solicited $200,000 from the prospective supplier during the procurement process. The Australian
Sally Capp has announced she will not seek another term as Melbourne lord mayor. In a statement issued to social media, she said it had been an honour and a privilege to represent the people of Melbourne. “I have decided that at 56, having spent my 50s so far at
Every action in human affairs has consequences. Also, every action is preceded by circumstances and forces that predetermine or are conducive to the action. These rather trivial observations have important implications for public policy. First, it behoves every member of the policy community and every politician to consider carefully the
According to NDIS minister Bill Shorten, new laws introduced in parliament will give the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission more powers to protect participants from illegal and unethical conduct. The minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) tabled the bill on Wednesday, noting that amendments have been designed to
The 39th annual W.S. Lonnie Awards, celebrating annual reporting achievements of government agencies in Western Australia, has seen Main Roads WA make away with a memorial trophy and shield for the second year in a row. Judges’ comments reveal that Main Roads WA was ahead of the pack in the
Home affairs secretary Stephanie Foster has poured cold water on allegations she was verbally abused by minister Clare O’Neil. O’Neil has been under pressure from members of the opposition and crossbench about rumours Foster left her office in tears after a reprimand from the minister. During an estimates hearing on
It’s only taken two decades, but Australia is officially on the path to having a national, government-regulated, digital identity scheme to replace the hoarding of vast amounts of personally and financially sensitive data by banks, insurers, utilities and agencies now being routinely hacked. The Albanese government finally secured the required
Australia’s perennially challenged defence industry is now growing strongly, adding 4,000 jobs and growing 4.1% to $10.6 billion in gross value added (GVA) to the national economy over the past financial year. Those are the good news numbers from the second annual release of the Australian Defence Industry Account’s experimental
The first New Zealand coalition Budget will include savage cuts to the country’s public services, with all ministries asked to find savings of at least 6.5%.This is despite finance minister Nicola Willis including “improving public services” as a priority in her Budget Policy Statement, which was announced on Wednesday. A
The Australian National University (ANU) will host a world-first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander gender justice centre. Wiyi Yani U Thangani Institute for First Nations Gender Justice was announced by ANU last week, with the government committing $3 million on Wednesday. The institute will build on the First Nations gender justice
Chief of the Defence Force (CDF) General Angus Campbell has railed against the suggestion that current or former Defence personnel who died by suicide let down the service because they failed to show the fitness and resilience their training conditioned them to have. Campbell was in Sydney on Thursday as
Senior Executive Service Band 1 Nisette Anderson Timothy Neal has been promoted to assistant secretary for government cyber and protective security at the Department of Home Affairs. Home Affairs has also moved Lavinia Mitchell to assistant secretary for humanitarian and child wellbeing policy and capability. Alexander Goldie has moved from
A former employee of the Western Sydney Airport (WSA) has been charged with soliciting a bribe for a contract to provide services at the airport worth an estimated $5 million. The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) alleges the employee solicited $200,000 from the prospective supplier during the procurement process. The Australian
Sally Capp has announced she will not seek another term as Melbourne lord mayor. In a statement issued to social media, she said it had been an honour and a privilege to represent the people of Melbourne. “I have decided that at 56, having spent my 50s so far at
Every action in human affairs has consequences. Also, every action is preceded by circumstances and forces that predetermine or are conducive to the action. These rather trivial observations have important implications for public policy. First, it behoves every member of the policy community and every politician to consider carefully the
According to NDIS minister Bill Shorten, new laws introduced in parliament will give the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission more powers to protect participants from illegal and unethical conduct. The minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) tabled the bill on Wednesday, noting that amendments have been designed to
The 39th annual W.S. Lonnie Awards, celebrating annual reporting achievements of government agencies in Western Australia, has seen Main Roads WA make away with a memorial trophy and shield for the second year in a row. Judges’ comments reveal that Main Roads WA was ahead of the pack in the
Home affairs secretary Stephanie Foster has poured cold water on allegations she was verbally abused by minister Clare O’Neil. O’Neil has been under pressure from members of the opposition and crossbench about rumours Foster left her office in tears after a reprimand from the minister. During an estimates hearing on
It’s only taken two decades, but Australia is officially on the path to having a national, government-regulated, digital identity scheme to replace the hoarding of vast amounts of personally and financially sensitive data by banks, insurers, utilities and agencies now being routinely hacked. The Albanese government finally secured the required
Australia’s perennially challenged defence industry is now growing strongly, adding 4,000 jobs and growing 4.1% to $10.6 billion in gross value added (GVA) to the national economy over the past financial year. Those are the good news numbers from the second annual release of the Australian Defence Industry Account’s experimental
The first New Zealand coalition Budget will include savage cuts to the country’s public services, with all ministries asked to find savings of at least 6.5%.This is despite finance minister Nicola Willis including “improving public services” as a priority in her Budget Policy Statement, which was announced on Wednesday. A
The Australian National University (ANU) will host a world-first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander gender justice centre. Wiyi Yani U Thangani Institute for First Nations Gender Justice was announced by ANU last week, with the government committing $3 million on Wednesday. The institute will build on the First Nations gender justice