Policing v mental health support: Time for a paradigm shift in the ACT Australian Capital Territory Our police officers should be allowed to focus their efforts on real policing, not drug or mental-health related crises.
APS headcount grows in 2023, full-time employees make up 80%+ of the workforce November 29, 2023 By Melissa Coade Federal The 2023 State of the Service report shows most mandarins are women aged between 45 and 54 years who work full-time.
ASD issues highest-level warning over ownCloud exploitation November 29, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology Malicious actors are mounting epic spray-and-pray sprees; fresh Netscaler critical advisory for Australia lands minutes later, says the ASD.
Criminals target government with record cyber attacks November 29, 2023 By Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson Communications & Technology APS attacks rose from 30,000 between March and May to 48,000 between June and August, says BlackBerry’s Global Threat Intelligence Report.
Premium Insights and analysis David McBride and our retreat from the lessons of Nuremberg November 29, 2023 By Maeve McGregor Editors' Picks The trial of war crimes whistleblower David McBride shows how very far the dial of democracy has shifted in Australia.
Premium Case studies Will GovERP demise open door for locals? November 29, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology The ERP space is heavily contested. So will locals actually get a look-in and will it matter this time around?
Auditor-General report review prompts calls to tighten Victoria’s gambling and liquor laws November 29, 2023 By Melissa Coade Community & Social A clampdown on gambling and alcohol-related harms may be on the cards following a review of reports produced in 2017, 2019 and 2021.
Government operations strategy guns for 2030 net zero target November 29, 2023 By Melissa Coade Energy & Environment The government has rallied the APS to play a leading role in decarbonising Australia’s economy and will present its strategy to the UN.
CPSU rebels demand APS wage vote be held after union election, wants caretaker period November 28, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Community & Social CPSU challenger group Members United warns of the manufacturing of consent and the danger of rushing into a dud deal.
APS shared services declared a dud, GovERP axed November 28, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology Labor has walked away from technology centralisation orthodoxy, with Finance taking a step back from directly controlling or dictating agency tech choices.
Premium Insights and analysis Hypocritical Pezzullo brought undone by the media he railed at November 28, 2023 By Bernard Keane Editors' Picks Goodbye to Mike Pezzullo — the hard-line bureaucrat who railed at leakers while himself leaking. Now that hypocrisy has caught up with him.
Cash splash for detainee monitoring eases union tensions November 28, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Community & Social Indefinite detention for immigration detainees was never cheap. Now it’s illegal, and even more expensive.
Serious questions (and a few answers) surface over APS wage deal sign-on bonus November 28, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Careers More cash, strange silence. It turns out superannuation actually is payable on the APSC’s sign-on bonus. So what gives? Did someone screw up?
‘Full restoration’: A-G names appointees to lead Australia’s privacy and FOI regimes November 28, 2023 By Melissa Coade Culture Dreyfus: standalone commissioner roles mark a serious commitment by Labor to FOI and privacy, data protection, AI policy and governance.
Premium Columnists Workings of government compromised by overly keen interest in transparency: A-G November 28, 2023 By Binoy Kampmark Editors' Picks Secrecy laws have a massive impact on press freedom and whistleblowers. That’s an essential fact the government has chosen to resist.