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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.
- by Michael Bachelard and Nick McKenzie
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Immigration
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.
- by Angus Thompson
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Immigration
‘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.
- by Anthony Galloway
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Immigration
‘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.
- by David Crowe
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Executive pay
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.
- by Rob Harris, Nigel Gladstone, Mark Stehle and Daniel Carter
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.
- by Anthony Galloway
'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.
- by Marian Wilkinson
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.
- by Shane Wright
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Immigration
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.
- by Michael Koziol
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.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Federal government should get out of school funding, says former top bureaucrat
Martin Parkinson, who helmed the federal bureaucracy, said voters needed one level of government to hold accountable for declining school results.
- by Jessica Irvine and Natassia Chrysanthos
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