political appointments

The report found that 32% of all new AAT appointments were political during the prime ministerships of Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnball and Scott Morrison.

Rex Patrick asks ANAO to investigate a series of pre-election appointments of people with links to the Coalition parties to government bodies.

President-elect Joe Biden is set to introduce ethics rules that will ban incoming public servants from receiving compensation from their former employers for joining the government.

We really do need to rethink old practices and principles that are no longer appropriate, much less still embraced. This applies to both ministers and the officials who serve them, and to both sides of politics.