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Remembering nearly 100 years of loud political history at MOAD

Community & Social

Shouts of ‘Shame, resign!’ and ‘Hear, hear!’ as a group of old-timers gathered to reminisce about the important role of the Old Parliament House building.

Cabinet record transfer bungle ruled an admin error, PM&C records management expertise found wanting

By Melissa Coade

Federal

A review into how records due to be sent to the National Archives of Australia went ‘missing’ has been cleared as an administrative error.

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Released cabinet papers from a time APS advice was taken seriously, says Hill

By Melissa Coade

Editors' Picks

Former defence minister Robert Hill reflects on a cabinet that considered major policies relating to Australia’s involvement in the Iraq war, the Murray Darling River system, live sheep exports, and the Millennium drought.

OPINION: Being ‘feared and revered’ as a woman in this world hasn’t been enough for millennia

By Melissa Coade

Community & Social

The latest curation of objects dedicated to “feminine power through the Ages” and on display in Canberra has Melissa Coade riled up.

Uncertainty rules for public servants over Australia Day leave

By Anna Macdonald

Community & Social

Will public servants across Australia be forced to take January 26 as a holiday or can they request an alternative leave day?

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How history can help dissect the horizontal and vertical roles of the public service in responsible government

By Melissa Coade

Careers

Mike Pezzullo says clear structural hierarchy is important for the bureaucracy to play its part in the rub of responsible government.

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Why Putin’s military strategy in Ukraine has been a flop for the strongman

By Melissa Coade

Defence

War studies expert Sir Lawrence Freedman has reminded us that it is difficult to use military power effectively.

Moriarty says Australia faces most challenging strategic environment since WWII

By Anna Macdonald

Defence

The defence secretary and defence forces chief use their 2021-22 Annual Report to describe the global landscape as ‘increasingly complex’.

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NAA head Simon Froude goes on the record

By Melissa Coade

Culture

The director-general of the National Archives of Australia discusses his transformation mandate for the institution, and unpacks what modern-day best practice management of official records looks like.

King, country and constitutional monarchy – recollecting the impact of 1975 on Australia’s political psyche

By Melissa Coade

Community & Social

The political neutrality of a sovereign head of state in a constitutional monarchy also goes to the core of the Westminster system that operates in Australia.

MoAD damaged for second time in 10 months after alleged trespassing

By Anna Macdonald

Australian Capital Territory

The Museum of Australian Democracy (MoAD), previously Old Parliament House, was allegedly broken into by a Watson man early Tuesday morning.

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Spy boss a self-confessed latecomer to feminism

By Melissa Coade

Career Matters

ASD director-general Rachel Noble said her mother’s feminist resolve to forge her own path as a military nurse helped her realise why feminism is needed.

Australia’s rabbit plague started with 24 rabbits

By Dan Holmes

Energy & Environment

Genomic data and historical DNA trace the genealogy of Australia’s rabbits to the southwest of England, in 1859.

The worst year to be alive in? The year 536

By Miles Pattenden

Editors' Picks

Welcome to 536, what historians and scientists believe was the ‘worst year to be alive’.

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How technology and a pandemic shook the foundations for future of work

By Melissa Coade

Communications & Technology

Demographer Bernard Salt shares his predictions for the next decade of what employees can expect. ‘Working from anywhere’ is the new mantra.

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Remembering nearly 100 years of loud political history at MOAD

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Cabinet record transfer bungle ruled an admin error, PM&C records management expertise found wanting

Released cabinet papers from a time APS advice was taken seriously, says Hill

OPINION: Being ‘feared and revered’ as a woman in this world hasn’t been enough for millennia

Uncertainty rules for public servants over Australia Day leave

How history can help dissect the horizontal and vertical roles of the public service in responsible government

Why Putin’s military strategy in Ukraine has been a flop for the strongman

Moriarty says Australia faces most challenging strategic environment since WWII

NAA head Simon Froude goes on the record

King, country and constitutional monarchy – recollecting the impact of 1975 on Australia’s political psyche

MoAD damaged for second time in 10 months after alleged trespassing

Spy boss a self-confessed latecomer to feminism

Australia’s rabbit plague started with 24 rabbits

The worst year to be alive in? The year 536

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