DFAT is boosting staff at its passport processing and call centres after being overwhelmed by a record number of applications.
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Work begins on Australia’s biggest wind farm
Construction has started on Queensland’s mega MacIntyre Wind Farm precinct.
Queensland to bring outdated public record laws into the digital age
Queensland will review its 20-year-old public record keeping laws to recognise digital and societal change.
Auditor finds risk of ‘snooping’ in Covid-19 contact tracing system
An audit has identified significant weaknesses in privacy safeguards in WA’s Covid-19 contact tracing system.
Management style at WA housing authority enabled corruption: inquiry
The management style at WA’s former housing department enabled a senior public servant to defraud the state of millions of dollars, an inquiry has heard.
UK expert offers perspectives on infrastructure reform
Australia faces similar infrastructure challenges to the UK but is less ready to embrace reform, a visiting expert says.
Politicisation of Victorian public service to be investigated
The Victorian Ombudsman is seeking submissions on the politicisation of public sector appointments.
More than half of Queensland councils at risk of financial unsustainability
Queensland councils are recovering from the financial toll of Covid-19, but more than half remain at risk of not being financially sustainable.
Commissioner questions ability of bureaucrats to deliver reform
The NSW Ageing and Disability Commissioner has cast doubt on the ability of public servants to deliver the sweeping changes the government is promising to the aged care system.
Labor promises robodebt Royal Commission
Labor will establish a Royal Commission into the robodebt debacle if it wins office at the upcoming federal election.