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
Coalition parties
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
It’s difficult not to feel at least a skerrick of sympathy for Brendan Nelson.
Errington: How will the Libs react to defeat?
If, as seems increasingly likely, the Coalition loses on 24 November, the Liberals are in danger of self-destruction without the spoils of office to help enforce discipline, writes Wayne Errington.
Liberal Party insider throws the book at carbon-loving Howard
All of the Howard government’s central claims in defence to its response to climate change are deliberately misleading, claims a new book by a Liberal insider.
