The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has reported a 42% increase in incidents involving harassment, nuisance, offensive and threatening communications against parliamentarians this financial year. A ...

The Department of Health and Aged Care (DHAC) is reminding older Australians and care providers that it’s time to get a COVID booster ahead of the festive season. As part of a pre-holiday effort to ...

Laura Harris is now executive director of aged care policy and communication at the Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority. The Department of Education has appointed Geoffrey Kimber as ...

Federal Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth. (AAP Image/Pool, Aaron Francis) De-identified Australian disability data from the Commonwealth, state and territory governments has been released in ...

Brigid Monagle has shaken things up 12 months into her term as Victorian Public Sector commissioner, with 2024 featuring an appearance before the Yoorrook Justice Commission, a refreshed state of the ...

A ministerial direction comes into effect today that allows the government to throttle visa processing and limit the number of international students a university can enrol. The order replaces the ...

All governments clear the decks close to an election. After all, why distract the voting public with real policy work when there’s simple soundbite rhetoric to regurgitate? Here’s The Mandarin’s cheat ...

Former Australian Border Force (ABF) commissioner and comptroller-general of Customs Michael Outram has shared some advice for future leaders of high-stakes organisations. Outram retired from a ...

Communications Minister Michelle Rowland has reminded the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) of its regulatory responsibility for public safety and community protection. The minister ...

A NSW government department has been convicted and fined for safety failures that resulted in a prison officer suffering brutal injuries during a six-hour ambush and siege. Two correctional officers, ...

The APS employment policy has been updated so that public service promotion reviews must examine the meritorious nature of an entire selection process. The changes, which give the Merit Protection ...

The federal government reappointed Cathy Foley Australia’s chief scientist. Former small business minister Craig Emerson was appointed to lead a review of the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct. Kim ...