August 2020

• Public Eye: DFAT's budget - uphill battle or attitudinal problem? – Doug Dingwall
• Government: Public policy needs a gender lens – Trish Bergin
• Government: It's time for a royal commission into robodebt – Peter Whiteford, Andrew Podger and David Stanton
• Accountability: Lobbying code should be strengthened – Richard Mulgan
• Economy: What the budget update means for bureaucrats – Stephen Bartos
• Legal affairs: No simple answers on staff behaviour – John Wilson and Kieran Pender
• Defence: New Cold War would be risky, and maybe futile – Paddy Gourley
• Books: Inside the rooms where things happen – Mark Thomas
• Government: Nation's record has blemishes – Norman Abjorensen