Services Australia seeking ADHD recruits after outsource cull Career Matters If the workforce should reflect the community, the boss just got a mirror. Broader mindsets make for more inclusive employment options.
Budget 2024: Services Australia gets funding booster May 14, 2024 By Dan Holmes Community & Social Services Australia will receive $1.8 billion over three years to fund more service delivery staff; 4,030 new staff will join the agency in 2024-25, and another 3,530 the following year.
Digital ID laws usher in quiet revolution May 6, 2024 By Julian Bajkowski 2024 Digital ID and Privacy Special Report Big ransomware attacks have reset once opposing sides of political and industry debate.
Centrelink claims backlog slashed after hiring blitz April 26, 2024 By Andrew Brown Community & Social More than 500,000 Centrelink and Medicare claims have been processed and removed from the overall backlog in just 10 weeks.
Australia Day honours removal process remains opaque April 2, 2024 By Dan Holmes Federal Ministers and departments are playing hot potato with the issue of whose responsibility it is to preserve the integrity of the Australia Day honours system.
Government introduces harsher penalties for abusing frontline workers April 2, 2024 By Dan Holmes Community & Social The maximum jail time for assaulting a commonwealth frontline worker would equal assaulting a law enforcement or judicial officer.
Shorten heralds new era for NDIS reforms, promises deep consultation March 28, 2024 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Bill Shorten says new laws will give the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission more powers to protect participants from illegal and unethical conduct.
Surge in defence industry jobs as manufacturing returns to onshore production March 28, 2024 By Julian Bajkowski Defence Australia’s perennially challenged defence industry is now growing strongly, and NSW and Canberra are major employment powerhouses.
Premium Columnists Creating an APS culture that allows for mistakes and learning as a platform for innovation and stewardship March 11, 2024 By Helena Cain Careers If incompetence, laziness, arrogance or disinterest are why people hide mistakes, the solution may be in coaching and performance management.
NDIS commissioner resigns as work safety issues brew February 27, 2024 By Kat Wong Careers Tracy Mackey has confirmed she will step down in May after two years as the NDIS’s quality and safeguard commissioner.
Parliament House sparkies pull the plug on short APS pay deal February 27, 2024 By Julian Bajkowski Australian Capital Territory Politicians get shock therapy as protests hit their workplace in demand of a political circuit breaker for stalled negotiations.
Premium Case studies Shorten targets APS caste system in pursuit of lasting reforms February 26, 2024 By Julian Bajkowski Editors' Picks Labor could need a MoG to deliver changes, as separating policy wonks from clients and the Human Services model might have run its course.
Frank, fearless and ethical: Bill Shorten on the public service of the future February 25, 2024 By Dan Holmes Career Advice Government services minister Bill Shorten said ideas that come from the bottom tiers of the service can become the heart of new programs.
Community consultation improves public service leadership, says Shorten February 23, 2024 By Dan Holmes Community & Social Minister says community consultation would improve policy solutions and create greater trust in the government acting in the public interest.
National Disability Data Asset Council has inaugural meeting February 19, 2024 By Dan Holmes Federal The council is tasked with ensuring NDIS data is used ethically and correlating disaggregated patient data collected from the states.
