PS News Budget special
PS News will once again be publishing a special edition dealing with the Budget and how it will affect the Australian Public Service tomorrow.
Be sure to look for it as usual in your inbox first thing in the morning (Wednesday 9 May).
Museums dance for votes
The Australian final of the 2018 Museum Dance Off competition features Canberra’s National Film and Sound Archive against Sydney’s Australian National Maritime Museum.
The competition pits the staff of museums, galleries, libraries and archives against one another as they portray their work, their spaces and staff in a most entertaining and fun way with the Australian winner to compete in the international final, the ‘Thunderdome’.
The respective 3-minute dances have been videoed and can be viewed at this PS News link for the NFSA contribution and this link for the ANMM with voting now open until 9.59pm AEST today (Tuesday 8 May).
Australia joins NATO cyber group
Australia is to become a participating member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE).
It will be an observer at this year’s Locked Shields exercise.
The move aims to boost Australia’s cyber-security capabilities against hostile attacks as well as fostering international cooperation in cyber-defence.
The CCDCOE is a multinational and interdisciplinary hub of world leading cyber defence expertise based in Tallinn, Estonia.
Stamp marks first cricket tour
Australia Post has released a special stamp issue commemorating the 150th anniversary of the sporting achievements of the 1868 Aboriginal XI — the first cricket team from Australia to tour internationally.
The team, most of whom were Jardwadjali, Gunditjmara and Wotjobaluk men from the Western District of Victoria, equalled the playing record of its opponents, winning 14, losing 14 and drawing 19 of their 47 matches, played between May and October against local and county teams.
Philatelic Manager at Australia Post, Michael Zsolt said it was an extraordinary achievement by the players, all of whom, aside from the captain, had been playing the game of cricket only for a few years.
The domestic base-rate ($1) stamp, designed by Phil Ellett of Creative Ethos, incorporates player portraits from one of the few remaining photographs from the 1868 tour, from the National Library of Australia.
AFMA seeks members
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) is seeking applications for member positions on the Commonwealth Fisheries Marine Mammal Working Group.
The group provides advice to the AFMA on marine mammal mitigation arrangements for Commonwealth managed fisheries.
Members are needed to support the identification of marine mammal bycatch issues; to develop and review marine mammal management strategies, and to develop fishery and/or vessel-specific management arrangements for marine mammals.
Applications need to be submitted to AFMA by 26 May and can be submitted by email at [email protected]
