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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 federal government has boosted its investment in the digital acumen and talent of the former New South Wales government that spawned Service NSW and the whole-of-government data strategy that ...

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