Introduction On the 19th of July 2022, the Australian State of the Environment Report was released. Overall, the state and trend of the environment of Australia are poor and deteriorating as a result of increasing pressures from climate change, habitat loss, invasive species, pollution and resource extraction. An overview of the report can be accessed… Continue reading The State of the Environment -Government’s Policies and Commitments
Category: Federal & ACT
The Sydney Energy Forum
On the 12th and 13th of July 2022, the Australian Government and the International Energy Agency (IEA), with the support of the Business Council of Australia, co-hosted the Sydney Energy Forum. The forum’s aim was to secure clean energy supply chains for the Indo-Pacific, bringing together the private sector and governments to overcome challenges in… Continue reading The Sydney Energy Forum
Jobs and Skills Summit
On Monday 11 July 2022, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced that the Federal Government’s Jobs and Skills Summit will be held at Parliament House in Canberra on the 1st and 2nd of September. The summit and a Full Employment White Paper was an election commitment from the Prime Minister and is designed to bring together… Continue reading Jobs and Skills Summit
New Department Secretaries 
On Wednesday the 23rd of June, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese appointed several new departmental secretaries. Each of these appointments will be for five years and will take effect from July 2022. Key secretarial changes are: On the 5th of August 2022, the Prime Minister announced Meghan Quinn as the new secretary of the Department of… Continue reading New Department Secretaries 
June 2022 National Cabinet Meeting 
On the 17th of June, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese chaired the first national cabinet since the election to discuss the priorities of the nation. Originally established in response to the Covid-19 Pandemic, the National Cabinet is the Australian intergovernmental decision-making forum composed of the Prime Minister and state and territory Premiers and Chief Ministers. The… Continue reading June 2022 National Cabinet Meeting