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When a review of Commonwealth funding of “strategic policy work”, together with the government’s response, was released just before Christmas, the...
The Iron Ore Lady, Gina Rinehart, wants to reduce taxes and government spending to help the less fortunate. As part of her Grand Program, she’d...
“The first thing we’ll do is sack those 36000 public servants in Canberra” – David Littleproud, leader of Australia’s National Party. Donald...
What's to be made of an Issues paper from the Public Service Commission, grandly titled "APS reform agenda stage 2 integrity reforms", now out for...
It may be that in his post-Public Service life Mr Mike Pezzullo has been watching lots of classic films. When asked about the recent stripping of...
Senior political office is a hazardous place where job security can be fortuitous. A few jump before things sour although the temptations to hang...
As the Department of Home Affairs totters towards its seventh birthday, Mike Pezzullo, a former secretary of the Department, has attempted to...
It’s hard to imagine how the government could have made a bigger mess of questions about gender identity and sexual orientation for the 2026...
When the former Prime Minister, Paul Keating, recently claimed that Australia was losing its “strategic autonomy” and turning into “the 51st...
Collecting, sifting and presenting information on national security is not the toughest job in the world although it can be tricky. There are now...
Attempts have been made to tidy things up but too much reliance has been place on administrative measures rather than the solidity of new or...
Allan Behm has been about a bit. For 30 years he had important jobs in the federal public service where for a time he was pleased to be head of the...