Premium Insights and analysis 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.
Premium Interviews Adrian Collette’s big vision for Revive and the arts February 16, 2024 By Melissa Coade Culture The boss of Creative Australia has another turn at steering the ambitious new agency tasked with leading the nation’s cultural policy agenda.
Public servants off to WA to start employment services reform work September 26, 2023 By Melissa Coade Economy & Industry The employment workforce reforms will fix the Local Jobs Program so that it serves more people looking for work, and meets community needs.
Responsive, agile workforce heart of employment white paper vision for economy September 25, 2023 By Melissa Coade Community & Social An inclusive labour market focusing on needs for net zero, a growing care economy and the emerging tech industry are key points.
Premium Columnists Tax-dodging wage thief BHP makes strong case for Burke’s IR reforms September 20, 2023 By Bernard Keane Economy & Industry BHP has made $180b in profits over a decade while mining workers had real wage falls. Now it’s complaining about paying workers fairly.
‘Full respect’: Minister lauds hard-working public servants ahead of major IR reforms September 1, 2023 By Melissa Coade Economy & Industry Unveiling the Labor’s second tranche of industrial relations, Tony Burke paid tribute to the overtime and dedication of the APS.
Curtains up on cultural body Creative Australia August 25, 2023 By Anna Macdonald Culture During the official launch, much was made of recognising the economic value of the creative industry.
Tripartism is cool again, says DEWR secretary Natalie James August 7, 2023 By Anna Macdonald Career Advice Natalie James says tripartism leads to more sustainable reform, particularly when it comes to workplace relations.
Half the people depicted on Australian banknotes are women but it’s a superficial measure of equality May 31, 2023 By Melissa Coade Economy & Industry A review of all the world’s banknotes sees Australia as one of the most balanced in terms of who is represented on the local currency.
Boost for Australian cultural institutions with another May Budget line item revealed April 6, 2023 By Melissa Coade Culture Labor has announced $535.3 million over four years to be distributed among nine National Collecting Institutions.
Revered Trove rescued in $33m pre-Budget funding package April 3, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Culture The National Library is handed a financial lifeline to keep its much-loved Trove digital document repository running for another four years.
Australia’s cultural institutions especially vulnerable to efficiency dividends: looking back at 35 years of cuts March 31, 2023 By Frank Bongiorno, Joshua Black and Michelle Arrow Editors' Picks Years of cost-cutting measures have left Australia’s national galleries, libraries, archives and museums in dire straits.
Timeline for the new Creative Australia cultural bodies released February 2, 2023 By Anna Macdonald Culture The dates the government hopes to have the new Creative Australia bodies up and running have been revealed.
Creative Australia established under federal cultural policy revamp January 31, 2023 By Anna Macdonald Culture The Australia Council of the Arts has been renamed Creative Australia and will be the government’s principal arts investment, advisory body.
Ministers pop by departments to thank public servants December 7, 2022 By Anna Macdonald Economy & Industry Attorney-general Mark Dreyfus and Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, minister Tony Burke express appreciation to staff.
