Peter Dutton to control national security super department
George Brandis, Julie Bishop, Michael Keenan and Marise Payne are all understood to oppose the idea.
George Brandis, Julie Bishop, Michael Keenan and Marise Payne are all understood to oppose the idea.
The controversial program aiming to get remote, Indigenous people into work lacks funds, union says.
Australia's offshore immigration detention program has cost the federal government at least $5 billion since 2012
A new super agency could be disruptive, costly and result in less effective outcomes for the public.
The bill for legal action against the rulers of a breakaway principality in Western Australia has been revealed.
The next wave of government reform will have to focus on data management.
Private operators could soon take over large parts of Australia's immigration visa system.
Public Service Commissioner blames unions and protracted bargaining for top-heavy pay growth.
Major Australian government agencies are regularly buying off-the-shelf phone hacking tools.
Vast swathes of visa system would gradually move to private companies in changes floated by department.
ATO will waive some fines for late lodgement of tax information after latest online systems failure.
How to get good workers back into good workplaces faster.
Australia is behind Oman and Malaysia on a new world ranking of cyber security cooperation.
NBN Co. told the Senate detailing food and wine costs for corporate events would be a waste of resources.
Moving pesticides authority and other government agencies proved controversial for Barnaby Joyce.
Officials won't reveal who signed Justin Jedlica into Parliament House for privacy reasons.
Electronic security systems are being added alongside new steel fencing.
Lawyers say more than 100 people have registered for the action, which could be worth $12 million.
Work to move the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority to Armidale is continuing.
The Finance Department is reforming the claims system after a scathing review.
You can even do a "suburb face-off" by comparing data from your own locality with that of your friends' suburbs.
The ATO says public confidence in its work will take another hit from Wednesday's outage.
Employees of the Spanish government in Australia are striking over a nine year pay freeze.
Outages have hit the Tax Office's IT system on Wednesday.
Just "routine business processes", claims the Child Support Agency.
The $165 million Plutus tax scandal has "tarnished" the reputation of Australian Taxation Office, the commissioner of taxation Chris Jordan has conceded, saying the wealth allegedly accumulated by members of the syndicate was "staggering".
More 'disrupters' quit as public service takeover of DTA continues.
Get-tough approach to public servants' compo claims pays off.
The head of the federal government's Australian Border Force has left active duty following an external investigation.
Federal ICAC? Don't want it, don't need it, says the public service authority.
You won't see public servants' bias when they know you're watching.
An unrestrained deep state under a pliant US president is the stuff of nightmare.
Our leaders and institutions are taking us on a bumpy path, heading nowhere useful.
Until we know more about senior bureaucrats' conflicts of interest, we are inviting corruption.
We don't really know to how to use big data and protect personal information at the same time.
The bureaucracy's IR policy is among the most serious problems in public administration today.
South Australia's finest appear to suffer the most from this affliction.
Journalist Phillip Thomson asks whether our work stations are sending us to an early grave.
Can clothes get you promoted?
Forget the yoga mats. Reporter Phillip Thomson finds out how to do yoga at a desk.
Will the office of tomorrow be one of treadmill desks, or are we doomed to a future of cubicle farms? Phillip Thomson investigates.
Flamboyant and fabulously well-paid, but is he the right man?
Even the ability to redirect funds has little effect in battles over 'bias'.
Thousands more govt jobs are likely to be lost in coming years.
Which parts of the bureaucracy are likely to start hiring?
This 'good news' federal budget contains a sting for Canberra.
The Treasury has weakened the entire public service's integrity.
An industrial tribunal will care little for the broadcaster's political woes.
We can't afford to miscalculate the costs of runaway climate change.