The black hole of public inquiries

Public inquiries are often set up to kick difficult issues into touch and their conclusions are ignored when they are finally delivered.

Supporting technology in Australia’s public sector

There is no silver bullet to improve government technology, but new funding measures will help modernise its systems and services and position the public service for a world of increasing digitalisation and technological competition.

Bad times call for bold measures

Australia’s political class should recognise the systematic discrimination women face in politics and take radical measures to fix it.

The partisan battlefield of the gender wars

Despite hopes it might be otherwise, the new round of the gender wars has become as rugged and nasty as their cousins, the culture and history wars.

Apathy – Why?

The current government sets its sights no higher than remaining in office after the next election, but Australia needs a more fundamental rethink of its political system and policies.

Budget rules erode Australian government’s capacity to embrace technology

Digital technology is intrinsic to government operations and service delivery and the government’s interactions with citizens. The government has to learn to be a smart and savvy manager of technology in a world of accelerating technological competition while overcoming its own fragility and emaciation.

What are words worth?

Can Scott Morrison’s bluff rhetorical style cut through the rising tide of anger about the mistreatment of women in Parliament House?

Parliament needs a code of conduct with sanctions, not more inquiries into sexual harassment

We already know what to do to stop sexual harassment from ruining lives and careers of women working at Parliament. We just need to do it.

Effective governance paved the way for a strong COVID response

Clinical engagement and good governance were critical factors in NSW Health’s agile response to the pandemic.

Nurturing the deep roots of democracy

The widely accepted story that democracy was a brilliant, even miraculous, invention of 5th-century BCE Athens, and that the West is the heir to that moment in time, has obscured the universal hard work that’s required to make democracy work well.

The revelations of a Prime Minister’s home

The recent purchase of former prime minister Gough Whitlam’s home in Cabramatta, south-west Sydney to create a heritage site will interest Australians who are passionate about politics, leadership and social history.

Order in the House

Order in the House is a new podcast created by four university students from Sydney which aims to inform millennial Australians about political ideologies and events in an engaging and relatable way,