Foreign spies and gangsters: Why Australia needs a national security strategy Defence Of all the Five Eyes nations, Australia is the only one without a publicly articulated national security strategy.
WeChat net positive for Australian democracy August 11, 2022 By Dan Holmes Defence New analysis finds the WeChat app bridges gaps in the provision of public services and information to migrant communities.
Premium Insights and analysis Australian agencies turn technology against people trafficking August 1, 2022 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Mark Dreyfus says the Attorney-General’s department, the AFP and other agencies are working hard to break the cycle of human trafficking.
Welfare fraud sting leads to child abuse material charges July 20, 2022 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Criminal charges have been laid against a Sydney-based public servant following evidence uncovered by integrity investigation Operation Bonito.
PSsst! Suspicious minds June 30, 2022 By The Mandarin Editors' Picks A hunk a hunk of burning love, trading places, on the Canavan caravan, and more. PSsst! Here’s what we’ve heard.
Public servants monitoring financial intelligence on Russia June 28, 2022 By Melissa Coade Economy & Industry AUSTRAC has mobilised a dedicated team of mandarins to assist DFAT’s Australian Sanctions Office, AFP, and other commonwealth partners with detecting economic sanctions evasion.
Premium Insights and analysis Machinery of government change management under the spotlight June 27, 2022 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Let’s address the elephant in the room. There’s a MOG slog in store for the APS but few government agencies want to talk about it.
Premium Columnists Where the department secretary chips are falling June 24, 2022 By Verona Burgess Editors' Picks Onwards and upwards, then, to the new era of 16 portfolio departments and one extra secretary, so 17 secretaries altogether.
Raids conducted as ATO continues its GST fraud crackdown June 20, 2022 By Anna Macdonald Economy & Industry Warrants for GST fraud were executed against 19 people across each state as part of coordinated action by the ATO-led Serious Financial Crime Taskforce.
Dodgy pharmacist sentenced after fraud tip-off to health hotline June 20, 2022 By Melissa Coade Federal A former pharmacist found guilty of rorting the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme with false claims worth millions will spend at least four years in prison.
Premium Columnists How Operation Ironside approached the digitisation of crime June 15, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Editors' Picks The FBI ran the ANoM app while the AFP decrypted the messages of ‘Ndrangheta and mafia communications.
CSIRO fraudster sentenced to prison June 13, 2022 By Melissa Coade Australian Capital Territory A 48-year-old former public servant has been sentenced to at least 12 months in prison for fraud with a CSIRO credit card.
Premium Insights and analysis A bit of AAO perspective, please June 3, 2022 By Stephen Bartos Editors' Picks For public servants, if you are in a government department that has been moved then the AAO is major. Otherwise, it’s no big deal.
Public servants do the heavy lifting to make the MOG cogs turn in government June 2, 2022 By Melissa Coade Federal The APSC says it’s business-as-usual for public servants, who are delivering government services as normal during the government transition.
AFP switches back to A-G department, ASIO stays in Home Affairs June 2, 2022 By Anna Macdonald Federal The Australian Federal Police Association welcomes the move, saying that being in Home Affairs ‘weakened the integrity’ of the AFP.