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To restore trust in government, we need to reinvent how the public service works

  • Written by: Rod Glover, Professor and Director, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
To restore trust in government, we need to reinvent how the public service worksThe public service has been slow to adopt innovation in Australia – and this is a problem when it comes to effective government in the 21st century. Shutterstock

Around the world, the most informed and effective public servants are changing the way they develop policy and services. Australian public servants are eager to do the same, but...

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it’s time whistleblowers had better protection

  • Written by: A J Brown, Professor of Public Policy & Law, Centre for Governance & Public Policy, Griffith University

Never has the case for law reform to properly protect public-interest whistleblowers been so stark.

Today, the public hearings into press freedom begin, following the “seismic” raids on media organisations in early June.

A broader Senate inquiry into protecting public whistleblowing is hot on its heels. This builds on a 2017...

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Australia has too few home-grown experts on the Chinese Communist Party. That's a problem

  • Written by: Euan Graham, Executive Director, La Trobe Asia, La Trobe University

Concerns are growing about Chinese influence on Australian universities. Some universities are reviewing research partnerships with Chinese state-owned companies after the ABC’s Four Corners revealed links to technology being used by the Chinese Government to carry out mass human rights abuses against the Uygur ethnic minorities in Xinjiang.

T...

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helping former Colombian guerrilla fighters to become citizen scientists

  • Written by: Jaime Gongora, Associate Professor, Animal and Wildlife Genetics and Genomics, University of Sydney
helping former Colombian guerrilla fighters to become citizen scientistsEx-combatants learned to survey birds, plants and other wildlife.Jamie Gongora, Author provided

Colombia is the second most biodiverse country in the world with more than 56,000 recorded species, some 9,000 of which are unique. However protecting and researching this natural treasure has been extraordinarily difficult during Colombia’s nearly...

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  1. Here's why there should be no gestational limits for abortion
  2. you're probably worse at it than you realise
  3. Australia urgently needs real sustainable agriculture policy
  4. Dutton directive gives journalists more breathing space, but not whistleblowers
  5. If you have a low ATAR, you could earn more doing a VET course than a uni degree – if you're a man
  6. Here's how tech giants profit from invading our privacy, and how we can start taking it back
  7. Chinese propaganda goes tech-savvy to reach a new generation
  8. Why women are more likely to have dodgy hip implants or other medical devices
  9. Environmental destruction is a war crime, but it's almost impossible to fall foul of the laws
  10. Lessons from Queensland on alcohol, violence and the night-time economy
  11. It's not in the 'national interest' for the backbench to shut up about China
  12. Government tells police to lay off journalists in investigating leaks
  13. Governor Lowe points to even lower rates
  14. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the High Court's free speech ruling
  15. The meat-eating bladderwort traps aquatic animals at lightning speed
  16. what does this mean, and what are the challenges?
  17. Why is the Australian energy regulator suing wind farms – and why now?
  18. What is sepsis and how can it be treated?
  19. Millions of Muslims prepare to perform the hajj amid calls for a boycott
  20. Grandmother's case raises question whether NZ should adopt defence of 'diminished responsibility'
  21. Ooshies – a cautionary toy story about cashing in on childhood innocence
  22. Vegan food's sustainability claims need to give the full picture
  23. Are Trump's tariffs legal under the WTO? It seems not, and they are overturning 70 years of global leadership
  24. As Australia looks to join a coalition in Iran, the risks are many
  25. One in 10 Aussie kids care for someone with a disability or drug dependence – they need help at school
  26. why do I sometimes forget what I was just going to say?
  27. Vital Signs. Blame Trump, not China for the looming trade and currency war
  28. WA's take on assisted dying has many similarities with the Victorian law – and some important differences
  29. If we want liveable cities in 2060 we'll have to work together to transform urban systems
  30. revisiting the Dark Man – a journey into Queensland's shadow country
  31. Morrison can learn a lot from the public servants, but will he listen?
  32. land clearing and farming contribute a third of the world's greenhouse gases
  33. Cricket Australia’s new gender rules give much-needed clarity to athletes and clubs
  34. Morrison looking at details for commitment to protect shipping
  35. New ASIO head, Mike Burgess, is moving from one security agency to another
  36. what are CPAC's aims in Australia?
  37. Don't count on freezing ovarian tissue to delay menopause or stop your biological clock
  38. Pacific Undertow is a playful exercise in artistic rule-breaking
  39. don't just blame the internet, it's to do with a dwindling middle class
  40. corner store revival can rebuild neighbourhood ties
  41. Viruses aren't all nasty – some can actually protect our health
  42. Australian metadata laws put confidential interviews at risk, with no protections for research
  43. New survey reveals which religions New Zealanders trust most – and least – after Christchurch shootings
  44. 8chan's demise is a win against hate, but could drive extremists to the dark web
  45. The most influential American author of her generation, Toni Morrison's writing was radically ambiguous
  46. According to TV, heart attack victims are rich, white men who clutch their hearts and collapse. Here's why that's a worry
  47. Will the High Court ruling on public servant’s tweets have a 'powerful chill' on free speech?
  48. A new Australian film set in an immigration detention centre is a jarring mix of violence, satire and humanism
  49. Most migrants on bridging visas aren't 'scammers', they're well within their rights
  50. Meet the 'Hercules parrot' from prehistoric New Zealand – the biggest ever discovered

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