New Chief Scientist named

Appointments, departures and movement in and around government.

9 November, 2020

NDIS service guarantee delayed for a year

A service guarantee meant to improve the NDIS for participants has been put off until 2021.

7 September, 2020

National geographical rollout of NDIS complete

Christmas Island and the Cocos Islands have joined the NDIS in a major milestone for the scheme.

1 July, 2020

Court rules NDIS can fund sex workers

Sex workers are a “reasonable and necessary” item to be funded by the NDIS, the Federal Court has ruled.

13 May, 2020

Whistleblower claims NDIS fraud squad ‘dysfunctional’

A whistleblower says the NDIS fraud task force is under resourced and dysfunctional.

20 February, 2020

Australia Day Honours for government pioneers

Australia Day honours have been awarded to leading figures in the government sector.

25 January, 2020

NDIS an ‘unbuilt plane taking off’

The NDIS has been compared to a half-built plane taking off.

18 November, 2019

Royal commission targets NDIS providers

NDIS providers have been ordered to hand over information and documents.

19 September, 2019

Advocates demand NDIS funding for sex support

Should the NDIS fund sex services? Disability advocates say yes.

5 September, 2019

Aged care inquisitor to review NDIS

Former senior public servant David Tune has been appointed to conduct a review of the NDIS.

15 August, 2019

New minister for fraud-plagued disability scheme

A new minister has been appointed to oversee the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

27 May, 2019

Victoria-Commonwealth relations at all-time low

Australia’s federal system of government has its pluses and minuses. Proponents say federalism is necessary in a country as large as Australia, while others say our population is too small and that state governments are an expensive and inefficient way of ensuring we are properly governed. It is generally agreed that the biggest disadvantage of […]

15 January, 2018

Statistician had the numbers to win APS equality award

The inaugural Australian Public Service Diversity and Gender Equality Awards have been held. Winner of the individual award was Justin Lokhorst, Director of Construction Statistics at the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The department/agency award was to the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), the network award to ATOMIC (the ATO’s Making Inclusion Count LGBTI employee network), […]

8 November, 2017

MyGov: “we listened and we got it” says minister after digital makeover

Users double over two years.

23 May, 2017