Since 1990, the Australian Public Service has become more top-heavy, with a growing and male-dominated senior executive service and a corresponding reduction in the lower employment bands, writes Dr James Whelan, the public service program research director at the Centre for Policy Development
September, 2011
Beecher: govt funding could stem loss of serious newspapers
What kind of democracy would we live in if it didn’t include the work of a thousand-or-so newspaper reporters and editors?
Singapore gets a new president
There’s something rather surreal about an election in which the four candidates are all called “Tan”, but that was the situation in last weekend’s presidential election in Singapore.
Crikey Says: Headline-making stuff
A collection of what Michelle Grattan described as “the worst collection of front page pictures in recent memory.”
A win for anti-wind farm campaigners in Victoria
The Victorian government has introduced new policies on wind farms, including the ability for households to veto wind turbines located within two kilometres of their homes, reports Larvatus Prodeo.
Grand Central Terminal: beauty in stillness and motion
As part of an NYT series about everyday experiences, Alastair Macaulay visited Grand Central Terminal and watched, mesmerized, as every five minutes brought a new cinema-like feeling of pace, tone and direction.
Journalism as marketing and brand choice
The ABC’s Mark Scott recently spoke about how media consumers favour outlets that reflect their ideologies. Companies need to resist this because news should never be a commodity used to strengthen a brand, says Mr Denmore.
Saif al-Islam decided his own fate, and chose poorly
Muammar Gaddaf’s son, Saif al-Islam, was touted in some circles as the “best hope” Libya had. But instead of pursuing his principles al-Islam chose to stand by his ruthless father, writes Eliza Griswold.
film reviews 
Priest — sloppy sin-ema
A sombre-faced Paul Bettany channels the dramatic intensity of Wilson the volleyball in his starring role as a vampire-slaying missionary in Priest, a scattered-brained monster movie with a faux religious twist, writes Luke Buckmaster.
Malaysia Solution lost at sea
Crikey media wrap: The federal government’s refugee swap deal with Malaysia is in tatters after the High Court yesterday ruled the scheme unlawful.
theatre reviews A Number — The Theatre Husk, Melbourne
Playwright Caryl Churchill sweeps the audience along on an unconventional story about cloning. A Number delves into a complex plot about identity and second chances, writes Siobhan Argent.
The Power Index: meet the megaphones, Janet Albrechtsen at #8
Janet Albrechtsen is a right-wing rage machine. She slams the ABC as a “Soviet-style workers’ collective” and attacks asylum seekers who complain about their “positively five-star” detention centre accommodation. When a mental health lobby group asked her to stop using the term schizophrenic as an insult, she fired off a column accusing them of being […]
