Sally Hussey

Nov 4, 2024 | themandarin.com.au | Tom Ravlic |Dan Holmes |Angus Crowther |Sally Hussey

The Department of Parliamentary Services has fronted Senate estimates and admitted it was the subject of a recent raid by the National Anti-Corruption Commission. Acting secretary Jaala Hinchcliffe told the finance and public administration committee in an opening statement that the DPS was the target of the visit by the anti-corruption agency.

Nov 3, 2024 | themandarin.com.au | Dan Holmes |Angus Crowther |Sally Hussey |Cathy Fussell

If 2024 was the year of elections, 2025 will be the year of questions. The start of the year will see governments across the world at the beginning of new terms, forced to respond swiftly to mounting economic, social, security, environmental and technological challenges. These issues would be difficult to address at any time, but today they come amid a turbulent geopolitical context — one that is seeing a disintegration of the post-war international order.

Jul 8, 2024 | themandarin.com.au | Sally Hussey

Social licence, or maintaining a community’s ongoing trust, rides high on the renewable’s agenda. The federal government’s 2024 Community Engagement Review, as an exemplar, works to ensure community support and participation in renewable transition. Adjacent to this, mandatory climate disclosures proposed by Treasury in 2023 have put Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) on the policy agenda.

Dec 14, 2023 | themandarin.com.au | Sally Hussey

In his speech to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia earlier this year, federal minister for climate change and energy Chris Bowen highlighted the necessity of community engagement in public decision-making outcomes: ‘Projects, where community consultation is done well, are quicker, easier to build and better for the proponents in the long-run.’ But despite increased exposure and professionalisation of engagement activities over the past decade, new research undertaken for the...

Aug 14, 2023 | apo.org.au | Sally Hussey

Description Much is made of the idea of community engagement as an agent of democracy. Yet, the contribution of community influence in public decision-making processes is not straightforward. Doubtless, the rise in – and professionalisation of – community engagement can’t be ignored, but it doesn’t necessarily indicate surety around what community capacity or local knowledge can bring to decision-making processes.