Tagged budget paper no. 4

APS budget investment earmarked to secure Australia’s economic future with clean energy

Economy & Industry

Five key announcements in the budget as public service measures to secure the nation’s future prosperity with emerging technologies needed for Australia’s clean energy transition.

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Budget 2024: For the public service, it’s the vision thing, a handful of ticks and a major mumbo-jumbo alert

By Verona Burgess

Career Matters

A look back at last year’s preface to budget paper no. 4 (BP4, Agency Resourcing), which is where the government presents its idea of an APS.

Minister celebrates APS gender parity milestone in latest employment data

By Melissa Coade

Economy & Industry

Katy Gallagher has welcomed news that public service roles between band levels APS1 and SES have achieved gender parity.

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Solid Budget, but no true reform until robodebt nettle is grasped

By Verona Burgess

Community & Social

There can be no meaningful APS reform without the commonwealth’s internal working’s acceptance of deep responsibility for robodebt.

‘Partnership culture’ at the centre of approaches to cure APS’s robodebt misery

By Melissa Coade

Economy & Industry

Many of the APS reform measures speak to training in how not to behave in a way that is out of touch with the community.

New government spells out expectations for APS in October budget

By Melissa Coade

Economy & Industry

Minister for the public service Katy Gallagher has highlighted why continued cultural evolution is necessary in Canberra.

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Not a mean and tricky budget, but certainly shamelessly political

By Verona Burgess

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What a shame if younger public servants thought Tuesday’s budget was anything other than what it is: that of a government facing likely electoral defeat.