National Disability Data Asset Council has inaugural meeting Federal The council is tasked with ensuring NDIS data is used ethically and correlating disaggregated patient data collected from the states.
27 million milestone stirs ‘population panic’ January 25, 2024 By Dan Holmes Community & Social ANU demographer Liz Allen believes some segments of the media are exploiting population growth to sow panic about migration.
Taskforce to consider whole of government response to disability royal commission September 29, 2023 By Anna Macdonald and Melissa Coade Community & Social Bill Shorten says responding to the disability royal commission’s 222 recommendations will not be a ‘tick and flick’ exercise.
Premium Columnists How bureaucrats and Morrison misled a government and created a lethal policy July 11, 2023 By Bernard Keane Community & Social DHS, along with their minister, Scott Morrison, worked hard to overcome advice that robodebt was illegal and misled cabinet into backing it.
Budget 2023: DFAT and Social Services biggest losers in APS numbers game May 9, 2023 By Peter Gearin Community & Social Agencies’ average staffing levels reveal an overall jump from 264,825 in 2022-23 to 272,924 in 2023-24.
Jodi Cassar: Helping people with disability during COVID-19 January 26, 2023 By Anna Macdonald Community & Social Public service medal recipient Jodi Cassar was recognised for her hard work as part of the COVID-19 taskforce.
Premium Case studies ‘You’d have to be blind and illiterate’: Robodebt commissioner demolishes SES ignorance defence January 24, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Community & Social The cultivated tin ear of the SES copped a whacking over its tolerance of illegality at the robodebt royal commission. Here’s what happened.
Royal commission to look at robodebt spin and defence of its (il)legality January 18, 2023 By Anna Macdonald Community & Social Media use, Administrative Appeals Tribunal decisions and robodebt criticism are topics of the upcoming session of the royal commission.
APS reform leads discussions at Secretaries Board meeting January 6, 2023 By Anna Macdonald Federal APS reform topped the agenda at the recent Secretaries Board meeting, with the government vowing to ensure Australia’s public service is “pro-integrity” and a “dynamic place to work”.
Shorten unwinds Fortress Centrelink mindset with conspicuous community outreach December 21, 2022 By Julian Bajkowski Community & Social Government services minister Bill Shorten is re-humanising Services Australia, with officers now travelling out to meet with people in need.
What your boss gets paid: The APS secretaries’ salaries list November 22, 2022 By Anna Macdonald APS Secretary Salaries 2022 The Mandarin ranks each APS secretary’s salary by two measures: total remuneration and base salary.
New laws flagged to enshrine ‘right to disconnect’ October 19, 2022 By Julian Bajkowski Federal A key parliamentary committee wants new ‘flexible work’ protections, including an enforceable right pull the plug on workplaces during unpaid hours.
Social Services finally junks 197k outstanding robodebt reviews October 11, 2022 By Julian Bajkowski Community & Social Final bureaucratic plug pulled on infamous fake debt creation scheme as Social Services chiefs are forced to clean up their own mess.
ABS to consult on religious classifications September 7, 2022 By Dan Holmes Community & Social Consultation begins on a major review of the Australian Standard Classification of Religious Groups and the associated Religious Affiliation Standard.
The timeline of secrecy August 22, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Editors' Picks Eyeballs are now scouring online records to determine precisely when it became okay to not disclose you’ve been sworn in as a minister.