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Play book lands for AI-era engagements, warning auditors to watch for black-box risk, over-reliance, and dodgy data summarisation.
The RBA’s quiet retreat from surcharging confirms what many suspected -- markets move faster than nudges, and the banks know it.
Adam Fennessy, new IPAA ACT president and head of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, wants to see the professional member organisation playing a leading role in promoting the ...
Canada’s public sector is facing its largest retrenchment since 1995, with AI and attrition not being enough to save 40,000 jobs.
The Federal Court has ruled in favour of the government in a landmark case that could have created a legal obligation to act on climate change. Lawyers for the Guda Maluyligal leaders, Paul Kabai and ...
Supreme Court sides with Trump on controversial mass layoffs; Education Department hollowed out as states brace for more responsibility.
Glyn Davis and Steven Kennedy ponder if AI will dilute or deepen the public service’s grip on policy quality. Spoiler: the routines are shifting.
The audit gods giveth again. ANAO unveils its hit list for 2025-26, with Defence, Finance, Tax and AI governance firmly in the frame.
ICAC hears of inflated roadworks deals, luxury car seizures, and gold-for-contracts claims in latest Transport for NSW corruption probe.
Was 1975 really unprecedented? Legal experts recall earlier sackings that didn’t make it into the books -- or the national memory.
Participants in the upcoming mass census test will be able to use their MyGov accounts for alerts and connections to the online forms.
Transparent incoming government briefs would improve policy debate, according to former Finance deputy secretary Stephen Bartos.