DFAT is boosting staff at its passport processing and call centres after being overwhelmed by a record number of applications.
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What is 4IR and why does government need to adapt?
The fourth industrial revolution is here and governments need to keep pace if they want to maintain trust, a technology conference has heard.
Turnbull orders Cyber Security cohesion, hacking paybacks
MacGibbon gets powerful new Special Advisor role.
The greatest procurement treaty you’ve never heard of
WTO agreement on government procurement.
ANALYSIS: The most important procurement agreement you’ve never heard of
Australia is about to enter a global government procurement agreement. Did you know?
Australia recalls ambassador over Indonesian executions
Ministerial contacts also suspended amid “ghastly” circus of death.
Reforms primed to accelerate under new APS chief Thawley
Echoes of Max-the-Axe as Howard’s former adviser returns
Abbott names new chiefs for Health and Attorney General’s departments
But hunt on for new Immigration and Border Protection boss.
DFAT biometrics panel spans across agency borders
By Paul Hemsley The federal government is looking to deepen its use of facial and voice recognition technology for producing and issuing travel documents through the Australian Passport Office (APO)….
DFAT supports stranded government employees overseas
By Paul Hemsley During the industrial relations dispute between Qantas and its employees, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT) assisted government and non-government employees stranded overseas. As a result of…