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‘Honoured to serve’: Home Affairs chief’s years-long push to become public service head revealed

A barrage of messages Michael Pezzullo sent to a Liberal powerbroker reveals his drive to oust leading public servants and become Australia’s most senior bureaucrat.

  • Michael Bachelard and Nick McKenzie

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Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil says the migration system is not meeting the current and future economic challenges faced by the nation.

Migration overhaul raises wages, cracks down on students as numbers surge

Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil said she was not advocating for a ‘big Australia’ as the government concedes net migration will be “significantly higher” than forecast.

  • Angus Thompson
The review will be handed to Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil this week.

‘Just a charade’: Scrap rule that requires job ads before seeking skilled migrants, review urges

A blanket requirement that employers put out job advertisements before recruiting skilled migrants is set to be removed.

  • Anthony Galloway
Former head of the Treasury Martin Parkinson will lead the review.

‘Industrial scale’ visa scams creating underclass of workers open to exploitation

Thousands of workers have entered Australia using false claims, fuelling fears about illicit labour as the government launches a review of the migration system.

  • David Crowe
Some of Australia’s high-earning public servants

Australia’s senior public servants earn top dollar compared to international counterparts

More than 25 of Australia’s senior public officials were paid more than $1 million last year, with many earning much more than their international counterparts.

  • Rob Harris, Nigel Gladstone, Mark Stehle and Daniel Carter
Former top public servant Martin Parkinson says that as a starting point, companies should not sign NDAs.

Australia doesn’t have to ‘choose’ China over the US: Martin Parkinson

Australia’s former top public servant says the government’s communication of policies that have upset China have further inflamed the deteriorating relationship.

  • Anthony Galloway
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While still opposition leader, a confident Abbott had written to Ian Watt, head of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Ito tell him the bureaucrats should begin drafting laws to repeal Julia Gillard’s Clean Energy Act as soon as the election was over.

'You bastards sacked me.' When the climate sceptics arrived

How did environmental issues become so politicised? The people purge early in the Abbott government – beginning in 2013 with the "night of the short knives" – gives some clues.

  • Marian Wilkinson
Former head of the Treasury and Climate Change departments, Martin Parkinson, says Australia is still not doing enough to reduce carbon emissions or to adapt to climate change.

Australia not doing enough to curb emissions, warns Parkinson

Former top public servant Martin Parkinson has warned Australia is not doing enough to cut greenhouse emissions or adapt to a changed environment.

  • Shane Wright
Migration "reset" looms in budget: acting immigration minister Alan Tudge.

Migration 'reset' looms in budget as government eyes super-skilled talent

The country's former top public servant Martin Parkinson has urged the government to "go for broke" on skilled migration.

  • Michael Koziol
Former treasury secretary Ted Evans

Former Treasury secretary Ted Evans dead at 79

The former Treasury secretary helped guide Australia through two decades of economic growth and served both the Keating and Howard governments.

  • Eryk Bagshaw

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