Tom Ravlic

5 days ago | themandarin.com.au | Tom Ravlic

There were few taxation and economic election promises for the public service to implement. The most significant tax change proposed by Labor was a cut to the 16% rate down to 15%, then 14%, over two years. Even though it was a major talking point in the election campaign, it was not actually a promise (although it was included in the ABC’s post-election list of promises).

5 days ago | canberrasentinel.substack.com | Tom Ravlic

The social media platform Reddit has some interesting gems when it comes to election commentary, and Canberra Sentinel will feature some of them over the next week. You will recall the line from Jane Hume to presenters at the ABC about talking about replacing Peter Dutton as it was too early and “you do not read the entrails until you have gutted the chicken”. One witty Reddit user suggested that a coalition win should be followed by a special kind of inquiry.

1 week ago | themandarin.com.au | Tom Ravlic

It takes more than a fresh face at the top of a law enforcement agency to fix culture issues, says an RMIT University researcher. In the wake of several Australian police services recently losing their chiefs, RMIT’s Dr Saskia Penn doubts if changing a law enforcement leader can change culture in its own right. And while politicians were fond of holding inquiries into law enforcement bodies, these probes seldom resulted in substantive change.

1 week ago | themandarin.com.au | Tom Ravlic

According to a progress report, Defence personnel will need to wait several more months before the outcome of the honours and awards inquiry is made public. The Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee had a defence honours and awards system inquiry referred to it in July 2024, and it was meant to report back to Parliament by November 28 last year.

1 week ago | canberrasentinel.substack.com | Tom Ravlic

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