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The best of Australian literature, history and poetry has been celebrated at the annual Prime Minister’s Literary Awards held at Sydney Opera House and via livestream.
The Awards have been presented in six categories – children's literature,…
The third annual Status of Women Report Card (the report card) was released on Saturday 8 March 2025 for International Women’s Day.The report card supports Working for Women: A Strategy for Gender Equality,which outlines the Australian Government's…
Guiding recommendation: Ensure pandemic support measures include all residents, regardless of visa status, prioritise cohorts at greater risk, and include them in the design and delivery of targeted supports.The COVID‑19 pandemic…
The 2024 independent review of Australia’s National Intelligence Community (NIC) will prepare findings and recommendations on the NIC and related issues below in a classified report for the Government, along with an unclassified version of that…
PM&C remains committed to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. We work to ensure Departmental activities are child safe and to continuously improve our implementation of the Commonwealth Child Safe Framework (the…
PM&C is committed to achieving gender equity which includes ensuring our staff receive equal pay for equal work, regardless of gender. To review whether the department is meeting this commitment, we analyse gendered remuneration annually using…
Dear Colleagues,2023 is an important year for the APS. This year you will see changes that affect your everyday work. A conversation is already underway through service-wide bargaining regarding common conditions across the APS. In addition, we want…
Documents of the Behaviour Economics Team of the Australian Government (BETA) that outline or guide officers in the application of ethics and ethical decision-making in relation to the functions of and operations carried out by BETA…
The Drafter’s Guide used to assist senior officials in preparing cabinet submissions.
1.1 The Guidance on Caretaker Conventions is intended to explain the longstanding conventions and practices of the caretaker period and to provide advice for the appropriate handling of business by Australian Government agencies…
Signed copies of these instruments are available in the attached PDF.Leigh, Andrew KeithAPPOINTMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARYI, DAVID JOHN HURLEY, Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia, pursuant to section 64 of the Constitution, hereby…
Date: Wednesday 29 May 2024Host: Professor Catherine Bennett, Panel Member, Commonwealth Government COVID-19 Response InquiryParticipants: This roundtable brought together a range of participants…
Date: Tuesday 21 May 2024Host: Professor Catherine Bennett, Panel Member, Commonwealth Government COVID-19 Response InquiryParticipants: This roundtable brought together a range of participants from…
Flags are flown in the half-mast position as a sign of mourning.
To bring the flag to the half-mast position, the flag must first be raised to the top of the mast (the ‘peak’), then immediately lowered slowly to the half-mast position. This…
Caption: Australian Army Captain Dean Varian, Operations Officer of Australia's Federation Guard places a poppy for his great uncle Theo on the Roll of Honour at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT, 1 October 2019. Photo Credit: Department of…
The Secretaries Board met today at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to discuss the following matters.Address by the Prime Minister, the Hon Anthony Albanese MPThe Board received an update from the Prime Minister, the Hon Anthony…
The Secretaries Board met at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) and discussed the following matters.APS Integrity TaskforceProfessor Glyn Davis AC, Secretary of PM&C, noted the substantial program of work underway to…
Date: Thursday 4 July 2024Hosts: Ms Robyn Kruk AO, Panel Chair, Commonwealth Government COVID-19 Response InquiryParticipants: This roundtable brought together a range of members…
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The Gender Balance on Australian Government Boards Report, prepared annually by the Australian Government Office for Women, outlines performance against the Australian Government’s gender diversity target for Government boards…
Finance has developed an Integrity Metrics Register to support its quarterly Integrity Dashboard. The Register describes the integrity indicator, its data source and the basis for its inclusion.MetricDescriptionExamplesIntegrity indicators and…
Building on our already strong foundations, we will continue to prioritise inclusion and diversity through the Inclusion and Diversity Action Plan. Actions will be undertaken in consultation with relevant stakeholders including Employee Networks and…
Purpose of Strategic Leadership GroupThe Secretaries Board requires sufficient time for members to participate in strategic, forward-looking discussions on significant public policy or administration matters. To enable this to occur…
ContextVarious Commonwealth agencies within Australia’s national security community fund activities through third-party organisations to inform public debate, provide expert input to policy processes, and/or strengthen partnerships…