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About Us

The Mandarin is dedicated to the public sector through our daily news coverage, sold-out events, careers portal and more.

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About The Mandarin

Dedicated to Australia’s Public Sector.

The public sector plays a critical and sometimes under appreciated role in this country. It needs strong and independent news coverage, and a place where its leaders can discuss the issues they face at the coalface of modern bureaucracy.

That’s where we come in. The Mandarin is made for public sector leaders and executives and reaches 1.5 million public sector readers and the many stakeholders interested in their work each year.

Put simply, we’re the news and analysis that the public sector reads every day. We go beyond that with our sold-out events and careers portal where people have find their next career opportunity. Learn more about what we do by reading on.

It’s important to have an open and informed discussion about public service where everyone can develop their own views. The Mandarin plays an important role in public debate.

– Gordon de Brouwer, Australian Public Service commissioner

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Subscribing to The Mandarin

To get full access to The Mandarin, you can become a subscriber today. This is an ambitious daily dose of content to help readers be better public sector executives.

Learn more about how to become a subscriber, or learn more about group subscriptions for your department or office.

Signing up to our free newsletters

You can sign up to The Mandarin‘s free newsletters.

It includes sends like The Juice, a must read daily news and analysis. This is the leading newsletter that unpacks the change in Australia’s public agencies.

Attending The Mandarin events

Mandarin Live is a series of events where our readers can interact with thought leaders and other readers face-to-face. These will have the same serious, never-dull style you see online, but with the opportunity to challenge and be challenged in real time.

With senior leaders in mind, our events are designed to bring together as broad a group of people involved in the public sector as possible to learn about new ideas, trends and success stories.

You can see our full events calendar here.

Finding a new job through The Mandarin Careers portal.

The Mandarin Careers allows you to find or post a new roles.

This gives you niche, nationwide access to valuable senior job seekers spanning both the public and private sectors. Unlike other public sector recruitment sites, we also publish regular content on movements in and out of government related work, and leadership advice and insights relevant to the public sector.

If you wish to enquire about advertising senior job opportunities over $120K-$500K+, or promoting your organisation’s culture and/or programs in order to attract quality senior talent, please email [email protected].