Premium Insights and analysis Everything you need to know about what the budget means for the bureaucracy Economy & Industry Difficult as these initiatives will be, the public service has been given an opportunity to show it can rise to the challenge and deliver.
Premium Columnists Who qualifies to be on the National Anti-Corruption Commission staff? October 7, 2022 By Verona Burgess Editors' Picks When is a consultant not a consultant? When he or she is also a staff member of the proposed National Anti-Corruption Commission.
Government declares days of ‘large scale economic stimulus’ are behind Australia, with budget redirection impacting APS numbers March 29, 2022 By Melissa Coade Economy & Industry As the federal government announces Australia is transitioning to the ‘next phase’ of its post-COVID fiscal strategy, some departments and agencies have lost staff.
Premium Columnists The go-to place for what the government says it wants from the APS and public sector May 21, 2021 By Verona Burgess Editors' Picks The modern federal bureaucracy is an ill-defined hybrid of public and private sectors as the government clings to its dream of a smaller public service, writes Verona Burgess.
Union addresses gap in APS employee census with new labour hire survey January 20, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Careers Launched on Wednesday, the survey has been created to replicate the Australian Public Service Commission’s annual employee census, which has been conducted since 2012.
Premium Columnists When the Budget numbers don’t add up and ’employment’ doesn’t refer to public service October 16, 2020 By Verona Burgess Economy & Industry Verona Burgess does the hard calculation of what the Budget means for average staffing levels in the APS. It’s a lot of smoke and mirrors.
