Department of Home Affairs

Katy Gallagher signals $27.9 bil in savings and reprioritisations in next week’s federal budget to show ‘responsible economic management’.

Apex administrators and peak central agencies have been left looking pale and stale after a statistical error forced a correction to CALD tallies.

APSC data reveals which public service agencies had the most CALD employees last year, and which had the fewest.

Home Affairs has rejected seven Human Rights Commission recommendations about the conditions at Yongah Hill Detention Centre.

Sir Matthew Rycroft has met with senior mandarins responsible for Australia’s security and justice portfolios as part of an annual dialogue.

Former mega-department secretary Mike Pezzullo has broken his silence on the limits of “bureaucratic influence”.

Stephanie Foster fielded tough questions from senators Shoebridge and Patterson on the government’s migration reforms.

The Home Affairs new boss makes her pitch to prospective public servants who have the mettle to work for Australia.

Ministers and departments are playing hot potato with the issue of whose responsibility it is to preserve the integrity of the Australia Day honours system.

The status of an ATO employee convicted of corruption and accepting bribes raises fresh questions as to where the buck stops — or starts — at the revenue agency.

The man pleaded guilty to corrupt conduct as a commonwealth officer, including taking a bribe of $150,000 to reduce tax debts.