Mark Daley introduces legislation for an independent victims commissioner with new powers, replacing the advisory board and reshaping oversight.

Racial literacy, cultural safety, and truth-telling aren’t wish-list items, says the race commissioner, they’re baseline requirements.

Enterprise change doesn’t begin with strategy -- it starts with quiet dissent. So who really leads reform in the public sector?

Integrity review? Yes. Transparency? Not yet. Briggs’ report waits for the right political weather to be deemed fit for daylight.

A who’s who of economic minds limber up in Leigh’s side tent ahead of the main reform gig. Red herring: This Dan Andrews is from the OECD.

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South Africa got the minerals deal. Australia got the photo-op. That’s what happens when strategy lags diplomacy.

Public sector organisations continue to search for ways to integrate AI without needing to undergo disruptive system overhauls.

Ombud Iain Anderson found agency failure to implement key robodebt recovery policies resulted in almost 1,000 unlawful payment cancellations.

No GST change on the agenda, but Andrew Leigh says bring your (other) best ideas to Chalmers’ economic roundtable.

Disaster-mitigation jobs go in Minns-era cull, with more than 1,500 roles axed in a fortnight. Unions demand transparency over 'vanity' savings.

Steven Ducat is a member of the ChAFTA Forum committee and founder of the SPD Asia group. He is an Australian who has lived ...