22+ hour, 25+ min ago   (225+ words) Introductory offer: Subscribe for 50% off unlimited access to The Mandarin. If the pandemic tolled the death knell for contemporary neoliberalism — the early 21st century version, which was not too different to crony capitalism, in which workers and consumers had to play…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (219+ words) Introductory offer: Subscribe for 50% off unlimited access to The Mandarin. Victoria’s integrity agencies aren’t just calling out government failures. According to the state’s ombud, the agencies themselves are failing, too. In a scolding keynote at the Australian Public Sector Anti-Corruption…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (205+ words) Introductory offer: Subscribe for 50% off unlimited access to The Mandarin. An Australia Post internal document titled ‘Post Office Network & Licensed Post Office Reimagined‘ and leaked to the committee in early June outlined a network-consolidation trial, including provisions to buy back…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (236+ words) Introductory offer: Subscribe for 50% off unlimited access to The Mandarin. Western Australia has proposed doubling the threshold for open tenders in a statutory review of the state’s procurement system. The Department of Treasury and Finance (DTF) propose to increase the…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (227+ words) Introductory offer: Subscribe for 50% off unlimited access to The Mandarin. Camille Kingston has been appointed secretary of the Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance. Kingston has been acting in the role since August, when Chris Barrett left the position to…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (193+ words) Introductory offer: Subscribe for 50% off unlimited access to The Mandarin. Senator Raff Ciccone has used an adjournment speech in the Senate to remind parliamentary colleagues to reflect on their behaviour when engaging with public servants’ evidence in social media posts....

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (231+ words) Introductory offer: Subscribe for 50% off unlimited access to The Mandarin. The Victorian government has tabled legislation to give key integrity bodies more power to pursue corruption in state building projects. Under the changes, the Royal Commission into the Integrity of…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (226+ words) Introductory offer: Subscribe for 50% off unlimited access to The Mandarin. The Western Australian government has settled a framework for the next round of public sector enterprise agreements. Under the updated wages policy, the government will negotiate 49 agreements with its roughly…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago   (237+ words) Introductory offer: Subscribe for 50% off unlimited access to The Mandarin. Independent Member for Curtin Kate Chaney has introduced a bill to establish a mandatory framework for automated decision-making (ADM) in government. Introduced today, the bill seeks to directly address ongoing…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (179+ words) Introductory offer: Subscribe for 50% off unlimited access to The Mandarin. The Australian parliament’s website has been altered to make it more difficult for stakeholders to see how many Senate estimates responses are outstanding from ministers and their departments. A change…...