Australian Digital Identity ‘alpha’ launch by August: Digital Transformation Office

User centric rebuild of national online credentials.

20 December, 2016

Role of Solicitor-General has been damaged and the government must work to fix it

Trust destroyed.

25 October, 2016

Social media campaign aims to topple Arts Minister George Brandis

#Freethearts wants Turnbull to hand back Australia Council funding.

17 September, 2015

Spies, cops get $1.2 billion boost to fight online extremism

ASIS, Attorney General’s and Crime Commission to hit anti-social media.

13 May, 2015

Brandis launches online terror tip-off service

Public recruited into countering extremist propaganda

9 February, 2015

The enemy within

The post-Snowden reality for surveillance agencies.

2 February, 2015

Federal Attorney General’s Department head to leave

No replacement named for Roger Wilkins

15 August, 2014

High Court school chaplains decision set to choke council money from Canberra

It may not have come as a surprise, but the Williams case MkII decision is exactly the legal nightmare local governments have unsuccessfully been fighting to avoid for years.

19 June, 2014

Coalition recasts federal public service structure

By Julian Bajkowski Furniture removalists and stationers in Canberra are set for a busy Christmas after Prime Minister Tony Abbott revealed his much anticipated carve-up of ministerial and departmental functions. The big themes in the changesare simplification and clarity, and there is plenty on the move. The bureaucratic shake-up will hit dozens of departments agencies […]

18 September, 2013

Liberals support for referendum shatters

By Julian Bajkowski Bitter factional infighting has torn apart public Coalition support for a Constitutional change that would guarantee federal funds can flow directly to more than 500 local governments after key hard-right elements publicly railed against the case for a ‘yes’ vote in a torrid Senate debate. After more than a year of publicly […]

19 June, 2013