Keywords: Public Servants
-
AUSTRALIA
- Sarah Kanowski
- 30 October 2008
9 Comments
Where Obama waxed lyrical about kings and pioneers, Rudd rhymed clumsily about Iced Vo Vos and getting on with the job. Australians don't do magnificence, and our national 'shyness' is nowhere clearer than in our political rhetoric.
READ MORE 
-
AUSTRALIA
- Michele Freeman
- 04 July 2008
5 Comments
Average personal debt is at record levels, yet many Australians say work interferes with their capacity to maintain community connections and friendships. Despite a culture that rewards overwork, part-time work can help create time for
ourselves and our communities.
READ MORE
-
AUSTRALIA
- Moira Rayner
- 18 June 2008
2 Comments
Bodies such as the NSW Crime Commission and Victoria's Office of Police Integrity have proven either ineffective or vulnerable to influence themselves. Ultimately, we the people are responsible for keeping these bodies accountable.
READ MORE
-
INFORMATION
- Graham Holmes
- 13 June 2008
READ MORE
-
RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 12 June 2008
15 Comments
Since public service is often seen as a sheltered workshop for bludgers, Kevin Rudd won sympathy for demanding heroic work practices. Overwork is morally unjustifiable because it makes instrumental goals central, and fails to respect deeper human values.
READ MORE
-
AUSTRALIA
All is not well between the Prime Minister and the Public Service, as evidenced by the leak of Cabinet documents related to Fuelwatch. Such a leak may have been avoided had Rudd removed notoriously Howard-compliant departmental heads upon taking office.
READ MORE
-
AUSTRALIA
- John Warhurst
- 13 May 2008
1 Comment
This evening's Budget may be the most significant political event of the year. A budget is a particular challenge for a Labor government, given popular skepticism about the party's economic credentials. If Labor wins general acclaim it will have cemented its hold on government.
READ MORE
-
ARTS AND CULTURE
- Andrew Hamilton
- 10 April 2008
1 Comment
The Australian Catholic Church and public life are the poorer for the passing of John Button and Archbishop Frank Little earlier this week. They both knew much about winning, but more about losing, and treated all they met with great respect.
READ MORE
-
RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 09 January 2008
3 Comments
We
are now entering a new phase in Aboriginal policy. It is not just about
protecting the children, and the latter phase will challenge taxpayers.
Real jobs and real services don't come cheap in remote Australia,
regardless of the community's racial identity. From 22 August 2007.
READ MORE
-
RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 29 November 2007
The power of the State can be exercised capriciously and unaccountably when the “Don’t ask; don’t tell” approach to government is immune from parliamentary, judicial or public scrutiny. It is the task of lawyers to make it more difficult for politicians to take this approach.
READ MORE
-
AUSTRALIA
- James Massola
- 07 November 2007
2 Comments
With two and a bit weeks to go until the election, there is still
plenty of time for a knock-out blow to be landed by either side. Two local issues emerging above all others in the nation's capital. Both will have implications for the rest of the country.
READ MORE
-
RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 19 September 2007
4 Comments
The Howard Government must be given credit for increasing the size of our migration program, including the refugee and humanitarian component. But the deliberations of civil society should provide a fair go for all refugees, including those who arrive by boat without a visa.
READ MORE