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The bureaucracy will need to have a lot more technical people working directly for it if it wants to make the ‘renewables superpower’ dream happen.

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.

When Katy Gallagher was in opposition she was asking questions about training provided to public servants for Senate estimates hearings.

The Opposition leader sees the expansion of the APS as a waste when resources could be spent on the nation’s Defence priorities instead.

Jim Chalmers says people are at the heart of the big vision of the 2024-25 federal budget. The treasurer aspires to achieve a new generation of growth and prosperity that allows citizens to enjoy the way Australia’s economy and society are changing.

Having doled out a $300 energy bill rebate to all and sundry, Jim Chalmers was attacked from all sides. Does means testing actually help? Yeah, nah. Gotta make ur own luck.

As to be expected, the government has received a mixed review for the 2024 federal budget. This matters for the public service, who have the same obligation to listen to quality advice as a politician has to listen to quantity opinion.

Future Made in Australia seeks to insulate Australia against an increasingly uncertain international environment.

A sample of submissions on regulating lobbyists immediately raises questions about the unequal power of special interests over public policy.

A whopping $734.5 billion has been budgeted for general government sector spend in next financial year, according to the tome dedicated to agency resourcing.

Difficult as these initiatives will be, the public service has been given an opportunity to show it can rise to the challenge and deliver.

A former head of Treasury has rebuked the state of Australia’s tax system, saying Australia’s future prosperity is at risk.

There is little point in creating or revising laws if the core problem is not the law itself but a failure of authorities to do the job for which they get handsomely paid.

Australia’s biggest oligopolies are natural beneficiaries of inflation. They need to be de-incentivised before prices run away.