Premium Columnists Robotax? More like a robo-beatup that misleads readers and duds taxpayers Economy & Industry The media campaign against ‘robotax’ is about looking after people who haven’t paid their taxes. The comparison with robodebt is offensive.
The summer of our discontent: APS pay battle to drag out to February 2024 November 13, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Australian Capital Territory Not everything in the public service works at the pace of politics. That includes pay rises. And the backpay bill is sure gonna hurt.
Gallagher senate preselection threat amid APS pay dispute November 7, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Career Advice Applying a union mindset to ministerial office doesn’t always produce the desired result. Let’s just call it fear and loathing in Belconnen.
Premium Insights and analysis Confronting Lidia Thorpe’s complaints about modern Australia amid the Voice debate August 22, 2023 By Melissa Coade Culture There is something undeniably admirable and Australian about the uncompromising defiance of Lidia Thorpe and the hurt the senator carries.
Community faith in APS to pursue public interest policies trumps confidence in consultants August 10, 2023 By Melissa Coade Community & Social New findings show nearly half of the community trusts the public service more than consultant firms to provide advice to government.
Commitment to Australia’s future lost in endless climate change rhetoric, politicians say February 16, 2023 By Melissa Coade Energy & Environment Climate Integrity Summit laments the needless complexity of climate policy and decades of state capture that have dragged government action.
Premium Insights and analysis Bandt: More Greens in power will be good for public service and the nation August 4, 2022 By Melissa Coade Economy & Industry Australia’s major political parties have been seduced by neoliberalism, says Adam Bandt, and that means a much longer and winding path to achieving social equality.
Premium Insights and analysis It wouldn’t hurt for the government to manage parliament like it were in minority July 29, 2022 By Stephen Bartos Editors' Picks Australia’s first (and so far only) viable carbon-pricing scheme was introduced by a minority government under Julia Gillard, along with a raft of other useful legislation and government programs.
Australia condemns Myanmar military junta executions July 27, 2022 By Melissa Coade Federal Penny Wong has joined international peers in condemning the reported military execution of pro-democracy members of Mynamar’s political opposition.
Premium Insights and analysis Goldilocks and the ‘right’ size emissions target July 26, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Editors' Picks How do you get a mechanism in place that permits an increase in an emission-reduction target without having to send legislation back to get amended every time a need to lift the target becomes apparent?
Electorate staff: political campaigners or public servants? July 21, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Federal Claims that recommendations to restrict electorate staff from participating in campaigns to re-elect their employer will raise questions about where a new generation of political campaigners will come from.
Premium Insights and analysis Let’s talk about mandates in the new parliament July 19, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Editors' Picks Using the argument that one party got fewer first preference votes than another and that dictates a mandate for a parliamentary term is intellectually bankrupt.
Premium Insights and analysis What does it mean when the prime minister wants to cut back on crossbench staffing? June 29, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Editors' Picks There’s a range of implications for taking the garden shears to crossbench funding for parliamentary staff.
Premium Insights and analysis Climate change shaping to be a huge policy priority and lots of work June 28, 2022 By Stephen Bartos Editors' Picks The public service will need to drop the complacency about climate change that prevailed under the previous government.
PSsst! Even stationery isn’t stationary May 27, 2022 By The Mandarin Editors' Picks Get out your pens and pencils, women-first focus for first lady of public service, we’re not in Kansas anymore Toto, and more. PSsst! Here’s what we’ve heard.