22+ hour, 36+ 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…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (146+ words) Introductory offer: Subscribe for 50% off unlimited access to The Mandarin. Finance has agreed with KPMG Australia to extend its ban on bidding for government work until October 31. An initial ban on bidding for government work was due to end on…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (181+ words) Introductory offer: Subscribe for 50% off unlimited access to The Mandarin. The Parliamentary Workplace Support Service has told the Senate it believes finding the exact number of confidentiality notices issued by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Commission is an “unreasonable diversion of…...

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…...

6+ day, 14+ 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, 22+ hour ago   (216+ words) Introductory offer: Subscribe for 50% off unlimited access to The Mandarin. Intelligence Agencies / Police / Crime The Australian Federal Police has published a plan to safeguard the use of AI in national law enforcement. The AFP’s first AI strategy promises that the…...

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, 18+ hour ago   (180+ words) Introductory offer: Subscribe for 50% off unlimited access to The Mandarin. The US and Iran’s cat-and-mouse game with maritime mines in the Strait of Hormuz has cast a spotlight on Australia’s underinvestment in equipment to protect key shipping lanes and ports…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (186+ words) Introductory offer: Subscribe for 50% off unlimited access to The Mandarin. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has told a parliamentary committee it is considering a fourth line of investigation into KPMG Australia after the firm admitted that practitioners breached audit…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (237+ words) Introductory offer: Subscribe for 50% off unlimited access to The Mandarin. Defence & Veterans’ Affairs Intelligence Agencies / Police / Crime The Commonwealth government has released details of a pending inquiry into military sexual violence recommended by the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran…...