26/11/2025 On 17 November 2025, updates to the Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPRs) came into effect. The updates aim to improve the competitive capability of Australian businesses participating in Commonwealth procurement. How will the procurement process change? There are now tighter requirements in the tendering process to encourage competition. Non-corporate Commonwealth entities (NCEs) must only invite …
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26/11/2025 On 12 November 2025, the Australian Government released the AI Plan for the Australian Public Service. The Plan aims to improve efficiency and productivity in the APS by substantially increasing its use of AI in the next 18 months. It includes 15 initiatives under 3 mutually reinforcing pillars (Trust, People, and Tools) which aim …
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22/10/2025 Welcome to our October 2025 integrity and anti-corruption update. Our updates cover the work of the integrity and anti-corruption bodies at a National, State and Territory level, and from time-to-time updates from other government bodies with integrity related functions. We limit commentary on current investigations or public enquiries. National Anti-Corruption Commission With no substantive …
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22/10/2025 Welcome to our first integrity and anti-corruption update. Our updates will cover the work of the integrity and anti-corruption bodies at a National, State and Territory level, and from time-to-time updates from other government bodies with integrity related functions. National Anti-Corruption Commission Following a consistent theme across integrity and corruption bodies of issuing guidance …
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In 2025, AI no longer only exists in dedicated applications like ChatGPT and OpenAI. It is now integrated with everyday applications, such as Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Word and Excel. Everyone is now using AI as part of work before they realise. Mundane daily tasks like reminders, notetaking and summary-making are automatically generated with the assistance …
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This week, the Australian Government announced it would fund a 15% increase to wages for early childhood educators, including out of school hours care (OSHC) employees.
The Digital ID Bill passed Federal Parliament in May and will come into force in November 2024. Overall, the legislation aims to give Australians secure and effective ways in which to verify their identify for use in online transactions with government and business.
The model Work Health and Safety Regulations introduced new requirements for audiometric testing which commenced on from 1 January 2024. The relevant provisions are mirrored in all jurisdictions, except for Western Australia and Queensland, which have not adopted the relevant testing requirements as included in the Model Work Health and Safety Regulations.
In recent weeks the Australian Government introduced legislation (the Digital ID Bill) to establish a regulatory regime for the accreditation of digital identification providers. Overall, the Digital ID Bill aims to give Australians secure and effective ways in which to verify their identify for use in online transactions with government and business.
On 7 December 2023, the Australian Government introduced legislation to abolish the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) and establish a new review body called the Administrative Review Tribunal (ART). These bodies represent the federal system for reviewing decisions made under Commonwealth laws in areas including social security payments, migration, taxation and the NDIS.