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The APS has more work to do to address Robodebt revelations: Review of Mean Streak by Rick Morton

The APS has more work to do to address Robodebt revelations: Review of Mean Streak by Rick Morton
yesterday 3

Pearls and Irritations

Andrew Podger

Albanese squibs on APS independence: Can the crossbench force genuine reform?

Albanese squibs on APS independence: Can the crossbench force genuine reform?
23.01.2025 6

Pearls and Irritations

Andrew Podger

Finding a fair and productive level of inequality: A review of Battlers and Billionaires by Andrew Leigh

When I met Andrew Leigh before his ‘Meet the Authors’ discussion of this new edition of his book, I had to ask him, ‘how on earth do you do...

19.12.2024 4

Pearls and Irritations

Andrew Podger

Why the Productivity Commission is kidding itself on childcare

A more robust analysis by the commission might have yielded different priorities or recommendations for childcare. The Productivity Commission’s...

05.12.2024 10

Pearls and Irritations

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COVID 19 Response Inquiry Report: A comprehensive review despite its limited terms of reference

My recent review of the book, Australia’s Pandemic Exceptionalism, by Steven Hamilton and Richard Holden (H&H) highlighted its ‘convincing, frank...

26.11.2024 3

Pearls and Irritations

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Health Department: Listen to these lessons from our COVID 19 experience

A review of Steven Hamilton and Richard Holden, Australia’s Pandemic Exceptionalism: How we crushed the curve but lost the race, UNSW Press I...

24.11.2024 2

Pearls and Irritations

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‘Fairness and balance’ in P&I reporting on the Middle East

Discussion about the Middle East is difficult. Conflicting views are deeply held and even reasonable people struggle to speak, and to listen,...

18.11.2024 6

Pearls and Irritations

Andrew Podger

The APSC’s Robodebt code of conduct inquiry: too little, too late and not convincing

Those thousands of Australians so terribly damaged by Robodebt are unlikely to be satisfied by the Robodebt Centralised Code of Conduct Inquiry...

23.09.2024 1

Pearls and Irritations

Andrew Podger

NSW dilutes protection against politicisation

NSW, like Victoria before it, is demonstrating once again that the dangers of politicisation do not lie with just one side of politics. NSW, like...

01.09.2024 1

Pearls and Irritations

Andrew Podger

APS integrity reforms could have a big impact

There is reason to believe that genuine integrity reform – even just insistence on obeying the law – would have a big impact. Not just on the...

01.08.2024 1

Pearls and Irritations

Andrew Podger

A serious reform package that should attract wide support

The proposals set out in the discussion paper released last week are intended to offer a coherent and comprehensive package to improve the...

10.07.2024 1

Pearls and Irritations

Andrew Podger