New national agency to deal with bushfire crisis

A new national agency will work with states and territories to help communities affected by bushfires.

6 January, 2020

‘Quick sprint’ to reform promised for Public Service

The APS must adapt to prevent current weaknesses becoming ‘critical failures’.

13 December, 2019

Australia to get digital platforms watchdog

The federal government will set up a Digital Platforms Branch with investigative powers.

12 December, 2019

UK report warns against rushed restructures

Rushing through departmental restructures can be a costly mistake, a UK report warns.

9 December, 2019

Overhaul of APS sees cuts to govt depts

Federal government departments will be reduced from 18 to 14, with several departments to merge.

5 December, 2019

PM flags ‘step-change’ in future vision for APS

The Prime Minister has unveiled his future vision for the public service with six key ‘guideposts’.

19 August, 2019

PM flags shake-up of public service, appoints new secretary

The Prime Minister has flagged plans to reform the public service and announced two new top appointments.

25 July, 2019

Meet your new public service minister, Scott Morrison

The PM says there will be some “congestion busting” after appointing himself as the new Minister for the Public Service.

27 May, 2019

Voters return Coalition government

The Morrison government has won another term in office after Australians voted to return the Coalition to power.

19 May, 2019

Mixed response to ‘shared’ migration plan

Experts are divided over the Prime Minister’s plan for a bottom-up population plan involving state and local governments.

21 November, 2018

Morrison wins Liberal leadership, Frydenberg elected deputy

Scott Morrison has been elected leader of the Liberal party and 30th Prime Minister of Australia, capping off a tumultuous week in federal government.

24 August, 2018

‘Policy inaction’ leading to homelessness rise

A national strategy tackling the myriad issues contributing to Australia’s worsening homelessness should be included in the next national agreement between the Commonwealth and states, an expert says.

28 May, 2018

GST distribution report delayed

Treasurer Scott Morrison has announced a delay of more than three months in the release of the Productivity Commission’s inquiry into how the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is distributed to the states. The distribution system, known as horizontal fiscal equalisation (HFE) has been widely criticised for giving too much to some states and too […]

4 January, 2018

New State Treasurers club to confront Feds

The Treasurers of Australia’s states and territories have formed a new Board of Treasurers, which pointedly excludes Federal Government Treasurer Scott Morrison. The new body is an initiative of NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet, who said that the states and territories need to derive substantially more value than they are currently getting from the existing Council […]

27 October, 2017