Premium Insights and analysis Three issues with Senate estimates questions on notice homework Editors' Picks It’s almost time for senators to put their game face on and quiz public servants about how departments are run and money is spent.
Premium Case studies The endless quest for transparency and accountability May 17, 2024 By Tom Ravlic Editors' Picks When Katy Gallagher was in opposition she was asking questions about training provided to public servants for Senate estimates hearings.
NIAA called out over 144 late answers April 16, 2024 By Tom Ravlic Culture Agencies had overdue questions but the National Indigenous Australians Agency stood out because it submitted much of its homework late.
Poor pay for in-house tech staff bites APS chiefs in real-time March 6, 2024 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology APS chiefs told software developers won’t subsidise government with discounted labour, as the yawning technology pay gap erupts on livestream.
Secretary’s strict after-hours email policy was influenced by executive coach February 20, 2024 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Natalie James encourages all APS to think about their personal boundaries for properly disconnecting after-hours, to return refreshed.
Premium Insights and analysis PwC-busting senators give regulators homework on global links February 19, 2024 By Tom Ravlic Economy & Industry ASIC asked if international regulators can inform which global PwC partners had access to confidential tax policy information.
Finance attributes PEMS outage to disconnection for unpaid bill February 16, 2024 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology PEMS’s pre-paid two-factor authentication locked out the entire user base thanks to an invoicing glitch. Insert coin to continue playing…
Parliamentary expenses management audit criticised in estimates February 14, 2024 By Dan Holmes Community & Social PEMS has been slammed for over-allocating funds, slow reporting, and the time it accidentally sent $28,630 to nine politicians.
Pollies vs bureaucrats: The most interesting stoushes of 2023 December 21, 2023 By Tom Ravlic Editors' Picks Here are the themes that dominated the past year in senate committees and estimates. Did someone say t-shirts and a hotties list?…
The Big Four’s revelations in senate estimates December 18, 2023 By Tom Ravlic Culture Richard Colbeck pissed off with the ATO. PwC scolded for its ‘crap’ internal processes. It was a big year for consultancy accountability.
Premium Insights and analysis Hypocritical Pezzullo brought undone by the media he railed at November 28, 2023 By Bernard Keane Editors' Picks Goodbye to Mike Pezzullo — the hard-line bureaucrat who railed at leakers while himself leaking. Now that hypocrisy has caught up with him.
Premium Insights and analysis Tax-legislation changes approved without analysis of practical outcomes November 17, 2023 By Tom Ravlic Economy & Industry Senate estimates did not discuss how the dob-in-an-allegedly-naughty-tax-practitioner provisions of the new law might operate in practice.
Bragg 1, Longo 1: ASIC chair fronts parliamentary committee November 6, 2023 By Tom Ravlic Economy & Industry Joe Longo has now fronted a hearing held by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services; senator Andrew Bragg wasn’t there.
Bragg accuses ASIC of indifference to parliamentary oversight October 30, 2023 By Tom Ravlic Federal The absence of ASIC chair Joe Longo from senate estimates last week has caused Coalition senator Andrew Bragg some angst.
NIAA working to implement ANAO recommendations by EOFY October 28, 2023 By Anna Macdonald Culture An official tells senate estimates the National Indigenous Australians Agency is working on all seven recommendations.
