Archived News for Executives and Senior Management - October, 2020
Australians will soon see the world’s first dollar that is designed to be donated.
Power bill issues loom
Consumer advocates say Australian households are struggling to cope with rising power bills.
Stats show giving increase
Individual Australians significantly increased their giving in the 2017-18 financial year.
MPs cleared of stacking claims
Assistant Treasurer Michael Sukkar and former minister Kevin Andrews have been cleared of misusing Commonwealth funds.
Pezzullo plugs deeper ties
Mike Pezzullo says national security threats require deeper links between governments and the governed.
Transparency talks open up
The last round of consultation on Australia’s Open Government Partnership plan is now open.
Biodiversity BOM suggested
Experts are calling for the creation of an official biodiversity-monitoring agency.
WMO wants early action
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has called for ‘early action’ rather than ‘early warnings’ as extreme weather increases.
BHP dust levels high
Dust levels at a BHP Pilbara iron ore operation have exceeded their limit 45 times in a single year.
Juukan Gorge 'gag' alleged
Traditional owners were reportedly ‘gagged’ from speaking about the destruction of the 46,000-year-old Juukan Gorge rock shelters.
Survey seeks mental issues
Authorities are studying the impacts of COVID-19 on workplace mental health.
Tricky auctions honoured
The Nobel Prize in economics has gone to two people whose theoretical discoveries have improved auctions.
Big names split with QRC
Local energy giant Origin has pulled out of the Queensland Resources Council (QRC) over the lobby’s political stance.
Rudd wants Murdoch inquiry
There is a serious push for a royal commission into the abuse of media monopoly in Australia.
Cormann gets OECD nod
Mathias Cormann is being nominated for the position of secretary-general of the OECD.
Employers pushed to sort super
Some surprise reforms for the super system were announced in this week’s Budget.
Audit office left out
The Federal Government has reduced funding for the body that audits its spending.
Budget brings PS swing
The Federal Government says public sector staffing will rise for the next year, before being cut back.
Research spend deemed 'scant'
The Federal Government has announced a $1 billion injection into university research.
Ex-union head pleads guilty
Former Health Services Union boss Kathy Jackson has pleaded guilty to misappropriating almost $68,000 worth of union funds.