Australian Public Service Commission

Queensland, NSW ready to offer cop defectors more money to move their badges over from the Australian Federal Police to the state forces.

Big boost in numbers as APS and non-APS agencies replenished with staff to cement in service delivery improvements and permanent headcount.

Federal union conqueror Peter Riordan trades up to one of the southern hemisphere’s biggest payrolls, the NSW Department of Education.

AFPA has asked more than 7,000 Australian Federal Police staff to vote down the government’s current pay offer, saying it is insufficient.

Apex administrators and peak central agencies have been left looking pale and stale after a statistical error forced a correction to CALD tallies.

The Albanese government will impose a new tax on the public service on using contractors and labour-hire that will rake in $375 million.

Quantitative metrics vary from previous estimates and public statements, but the official league table reveals Anglo-dominant agencies.

The ATO’s tech chief’s role has been downshifted to a Senior Executive Service Band 3 level ahead of the naming of a permanent replacement.

APSC data reveals which public service agencies had the most CALD employees last year, and which had the fewest.

The CALD employment strategy sets out clear standards and expectations that the APS needs to better reflect the community it serves.

AFP pay talks quietly continue amid one of the most unexpectedly violent few days in Australia, with the main elements of a new enterprise agreement now circulated to staff and officers.

The ATO seeks to simplify overlapping or duplicated functions in its main customer-facing arm, amid a big push to call in debts.

The threat of weeks of national disruption hits home with cash extinguisher applied to aviation dispute before it scorches sector.

There’s been no breakthrough in ongoing talks about flexible working locations, as police, firies and air traffic controllers get set to buffet the aviation sector.