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Statement
Independent Review of Commonwealth funding for strategic policy work

Media Statement - Independent Review of Commonwealth funding for strategic policy work

Statement
Government

Statement – Independent review into the transfer of 2003 Cabinet records to the National Archives of Australia

decorative
Honoured Australians

Australia Day 2024 Honours

Statement from the Secretary
Secretary

Statement on the resignation of the Auditor-General for Australia, Mr Grant Hehir

A juvenile Tasmanian devil looks directly at the camera, standing in a soft field of native grass.
Government

Australia’s gift to the new King and Queen of Denmark

Media Release
Accountability and reporting

Transfer of 2003 Cabinet records to the National Archives of Australia

Places of Pride banner at the War Memorial
Honours and symbols

Places of Pride, the National Register of War Memorials

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and The Rt Hon Chris Hipkin at lecturns in Brisbane
Government, International policy and national security

Visit to Brisbane by New Zealand Prime Minister The Rt Hon Chris Hipkins

Vale. The Honourable John Kerin AO 1937-2023
Government

State Funeral Service for the Honourable John Kerin AO

Statement from the Secretary
Secretary

Peter Woolcott AO – retirement

Dig in and nominate now for the 2022 General Jeffery Soil Health Award
Domestic policy

Dig in and nominate now for the 2022 General Jeffery Soil Health Award

The National Office for Child Safety is calling for feedback on a new advisory group

The National Office for Child Safety is calling for feedback on a new advisory group