APS rehabilitation laws pass Senate unmolested Community & Social Secretaries have been disempowered from picking their own staff, especially when sock-puppeted by their ministers.
Premium Insights and analysis Facing up to it: Limits on biometric dragnets imposed to win trust for digital identity September 15, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Economy & Industry People trust Apple more than the government with facial identity data. Knowing what authorities do with your face could soon be a thing.
Rookie NSW teachers now earn almost the same as an APS 6 September 12, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Australian Capital Territory State public sector wage deals are again leaving Canberra in the cold. Public servants feeling frosty could change jobs, or their minister.
Parliament’s own independent HR agency coming soon August 11, 2023 By Melissa Coade Career Matters The establishment of the Parliamentary Workplace Support Service is one step closer, with a bill introduced in parliament on Thursday.
Katy Gallagher focused on ‘rebalancing’ yawning APS capability gap July 18, 2023 By Melissa Coade Federal Public service minister Katy Gallagher says about $3 billion in consultant and contractor spend has been removed from agency budgets.
APS pay levelling offer tabled, disparities persist May 30, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Australian Capital Territory The first offer to reduce gaps in APS pay grades is in. But there are swings and roundabouts.
Pressure mounts to remedy racial pay inequity in APS bargaining May 29, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Federal Mind the gap. Public service pay talks reveal a glaring racial element to where big pay differences occur.
Gender equality is possible when women commit to staying the course March 3, 2023 By Melissa Coade Culture Katy Gallagher speaks of the late Susan Ryan, reflecting on the ire Ryan attracted for fighting for the respect of women’s capabilities.
Your life on hold, again: Centrelink phone queues explode amid staff shortage February 16, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Community & Social Centrelink customers are hanging on the telephone. And it’s actually worse than it was seven years ago when a horror audit was released.
Katy Gallagher: An APS that is future-fit and ready to support Australians for generations to come October 18, 2022 By Katy Gallagher Federal Minister for the public service outlines the government’s commitment to restoring capability and functions to the Australian Public Service.
