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Journalist and author Rick Morton’s fourth book, ‘Mean streak’, has been released. But publishing his story about the robodebt saga – a masterclass in institutional harm against the public – hasn’t shed the weight of the truth. Melissa Coade 25 October, 2024. Intelligence Agencies / Police / …
Culture | The Mandarin
Oct 2, 2024 · Niki Savva on Australian democracy and the political trust paradigm. Read the latest news and analysis on culture topics in the government and its agencies.
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Oct 28, 2024 · New Zealand public service workforce flatlines. The biggest FTE losses have been at Stats NZ, The Ministry of Social Development, the Ministry of Primary Industries, and the Ministry of Pacific Affairs. Dan Holmes 30 October, 2024. Government & Democracy. Workplace.
Key Queensland public service leaders turfed
Nov 3, 2024 · Key Queensland public service leaders turfed. Queensland directors-general Mike Kaiser, Jasmina Joldić, Deidre Mulkeirn and Mike Walsh have lost their jobs. Dan Holmes 04 November, 2024. David Rosengren is Queensland's new director-general of Health. (AAP Image/Darren England)
NACC finds no corruption in Paladin investigation
Paladin was paid more than half a billion dollars to manage services in Australia’s Manus Island detention centre between 2017 and 2019. The former senior executive, pseudonymously referred to as Anne Brown, received more than $194,000 from Paladin for “management and consulting services” in 2017. Brown told the NACC she had used these ...
Indigenous Affairs: finding a way forward for community and …
Nov 9, 2017 · Indigenous Affairs: finding a way forward for community and public servants. One of Australia’s most senior Indigenous public servants says it’s time for internal agitation. A ‘tinge of discomfort’ is to be expected as Indigenous and public sector leaders find new ways of working together, building trust and sharing power.
Ken Henry: ‘Humans are species specialists at plunder’ - The …
Ken Henry: ‘Humans are species specialists at plunder’. Ken Henry said policymakers need to reconsider the relationship between economic growth, nature and wellbeing. Ken Henry. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) Former Treasury secretary Ken Henry wants to see big changes in the Australian economy, starting with more money for the environment.
Five myths poisoning Australia’s migration debate - The Mandarin
Myth 4: Migration is driving up housing prices. Much recent angst about the net overseas migration surge and high international student numbers reflects a myth that excessive immigration is to blame for Australia’s housing crisis. Two simple facts make it clear that migration is not to blame for soaring housing costs.
Sparks set to fly over AI power hunger, NBN ownership
Long-suffering Australian telecommunications consumers, both corporate and consumer, could soon be set for a rerun of the wincingly debilitating broadband wars of the early noughties, with Labor apparently girding for a fight over public ownership of the National Broadband Network and the Coalition spot-welding its electoral trailer to nuclear ...