Federal government
Journal article
‘The very foundations of any system of criminal justice’: criminal responsibility in the Australian Model Criminal Code
The Model Criminal Code (MCC) was intended to be a Code for all Australian jurisdictions. This paper assesses the MCC as a criminal law reform project and explores questions of how the MCC came into being, and why it took shape in certain ways at a particular point in time.
Report
Report of the ICT Procurement Taskforce
This report identifies the need for a framework to underpin all digital procurement across government. This framework would simplify a range of agency practices and include reforms to digital (including ICT) panels.
Strategy
Commonwealth fraud control framework 2017
The Commonwealth Fraud Control Framework 2017 outlines the Australian government's requirements for fraud control. It requires Commonwealth entities to put in place a comprehensive fraud control program that covers prevention, detection, investigation and reporting strategies.
Guide
What we know so far about the new Home Affairs portfolio: a quick guide
This quick guide outlines what the Government has said about the creation of the new portfolio and some of the changes that might be involved in establishing the Home Affairs portfolio, and provides links to some responses and reactions to the announcement.
Briefing paper
Federating security
The ‘Canberra knows best’ approach does not work across the full range of national security issues.