20+ hour, 32+ 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, 19+ hour ago   (164+ words) Introductory offer: Subscribe for 50% off unlimited access to The Mandarin. Australia’s chief revenue officer, Commissioner of Taxation Rob Heferen, has put politicians and markets on notice that the level of taxation debt in Australia, last pegged at $115 billion, is expected…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (139+ words) Introductory offer: Subscribe for 50% off unlimited access to The Mandarin. The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) has appointed two deputy CEOs. Leigh Sanderson will manage legal, actuaries, governance and reviews and Janine Mohamed will be first nations deputy. The NDIA…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (188+ words) Introductory offer: Subscribe for 50% off unlimited access to The Mandarin. Utilities / Transport / Aviation There’s a saying in Sydney that you know there are very real problems on the giant Transport for New South Wales network of roads, rail, buses, and…...

4+ day, 17+ 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…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (211+ words) Introductory offer: Subscribe for 50% off unlimited access to The Mandarin. Health & Aged Care As agencies don yellow for R U OK? Day today, the organisation’s workplace program manager wants public sector workplaces to think beyond the cupcakes. Julie-Anne Whitfield said…...

4+ day, 19+ 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   (202+ words) Introductory offer: Subscribe for 50% off unlimited access to The Mandarin. A former defence bureaucrat has taken to social media, urging current public servants to answer questions “openly and simply” in committee hearings to earn and keep greater respect. Founder of…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (231+ words) Introductory offer: Subscribe for 50% off unlimited access to The Mandarin. Utilities / Transport / Aviation If the accumulating evidence of climate change were accepted globally and nationally, Australia would be well on its journey towards a net-zero economy by mid-century. Instead, we…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (208+ words) Introductory offer: Subscribe for 50% off unlimited access to The Mandarin. Integrity advocate Kate Jenkins says rigorous questioning at Senate estimates is not the same thing as bullying. Conflating the two concepts, she believes, risks weakening one of parliament’s few important…...