DFAT spend on childrens' schooling grows 34 per cent
The department is paying $5 million a year more on the subsidy than it was two years ago.
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DFAT staffer sacked after $9000 credit card spend
The department says four staff members racked up $11,000 in inappropriate spends last year.
Government pushing ahead with digital ID system
The plan offers the potential of a nationally-consistent tool for Australians to prove their identities online.
Regional Victorian town pushes to become DFAT base
Wangaratta puts its hand up to become the new home of Australian foreign policy.
Kaspersky ban shows US doesn't get cybersecurity
Donald Trump's presidential election victory had nothing to do with hackers.
Courts staff enlist public's support in bargaining dispute
Federal Courts staff have heaped more pressure on their bosses with an open letter to clients.
Comcare accused of unconscionable conduct in appeal
Administrative Appeals Tribunal deputy president Gary Humphries has slammed Comcare's behaviour and tactics.
Canberra verbiage: to EL2 or not to EL2
Are there equivalent verbs elsewhere on the APS classification scale?
Our banks have lost their way
If we fix the banking system, we'll improve productivity and living standards.
Britain's lost empire, or India's?
The history of British imperialism still holds lessons for public administrators.
Fix the women, not the culture?
Gender parity is not always necessary. Nor is it always enough.
Does Comcare allow the government to discriminate freely?
A legislative ambiguity may be wrongly crimping public servants' discrimination claims.
Can our growing inequality be reversed?
There is no shortage of policy 'fixes', but few governments are brave enough to try them.
The art of listening
When do those proposing different ideas cease to be able to talk to each other?
Secrecy now shrouds decentralisation mess
As the bureaucracy nears its deadline, the policy makes even less sense.
Pushing the limits of whistleblowing laws
Legal protections won't prevent colleagues from making work hell for a 'snitch'.
A Canberra fiasco poised to repeat
For 12 years, the ACT government has failed to deliver a basic amenity for one of its suburbs.
Civil rites and wrongs
It's time to take religion out of civil marriage ceremonies.
Digital Transformation Minister Angus Taylor pitches Canberra's tech capital potential in Singapore
Angus Taylor will be selling Canberra's status as an emerging tech capital during a visit to Singapore this week.
90 ABS staff pulled off projects for postal survey
There are fears work on the bureau's transformation program and the 2021 census could be delayed.