A confidential staff survey of the building watchdog found it was racked by “contagious negative morale” and a “culture typified by active mistrust”.
Glenn Sterle’s comment was condemned as “unacceptable” by a colleague,while the Coalition says it undermines Labor’s commitment to improve the culture of Parliament.
At a fiery Senate estimates hearing,the ABC boss defended reporter Louise Milligan over a speech she gave and pushed back on Coalition efforts to reveal highly paid staff.
Few remember Ian Wood,the eccentric Liberal senator who continually crossed the floor,including to establish the Senate estimates committee system.
At Senate estimates,the acting deputy secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet said the book “certainly appears” to reveal cabinet materials.
At Senate estimates,David Hurley’s official secretary said it was up to the Morrison government to publicise the ex-PM’s five extra departments.
Labor’s finance spokeswoman,Katy Gallagher,wants her party to call a royal commission into Australia’s pandemic response should it win government.
Economists say a rate rise is coming,but the Reserve Bank will closely monitor its effects on households and the economy.
The Reserve Bank holds 80 tonnes of gold beneath the Bank of England in London. An official is being sent to check it is all there.
Attorney-General Michaelia Cash has defended her appointment of six former Liberal MPs or staffers to the body that reviews government decisions.
Bureaucrats had initially dodged questions over who asked for Hansard to be edited to delete references to a $10 cut to the price of medicines that did not make it into the budget.