Vic government to pay insecure workers sick leave under pilot program Community & Social A two-year pilot program will see five days of sick and carer’s pay for some workers employed in highly casualised industries.
New translation app interprets COVID-19 screening information for non-English speakers Monday November 23, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology The CSIRO and Victoria's Western Health's free mobile app supports health workers in the COVID-19 screening processes for non-English speaking communities.
No major public service cuts in Victorian budget, Pallas says Monday November 23, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins News The state treasurer says that despite a blowout, making cuts to the public sector at a time when Victorians rely on crucial services is not…
Premium Columnists COVID policy – yes. But where is the forward thinking on other matters? Monday November 23, 2020 By Stephen Bartos Editors' Picks For all we know, there may be policies under development deep inside government departments, hidden from view. If so, that’s an ineffective way to make…
Governments should utilise social procurement to create post-pandemic employment opportunities, new research says Friday November 20, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social Governments should leverage their buying power to help mitigate some of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic through social procurement, according to a new report.
Transport for NSW looking for new secretary Friday November 20, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins New South Wales The NSW government will launch a local and international search for a new secretary, with a successful candidate to be appointed in early 2021.
Home Affairs used Google Translate for COVID-19 advice to multicultural communities Friday November 20, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social Public servants from the Department of Home Affairs used Google Translate rather than official translators to communicate with multicultural communities at the beginning of the…
Peter Woolcott named ANZSOG chair Thursday November 19, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal After serving as a director at the organisation for the past year, Woolcott was named chair at the ANZSOG annual general meeting on Wednesday.
Service NSW used names of politicians to analyse media sentiment, audit finds Thursday November 19, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology Service NSW ran an advertising campaign immediately before the state election and then 'inappropriately' used its post-campaign evaluation to measure sentiment towards the state government,…
Special forces soldiers murdered 39 civilians, Afghanistan war crimes report alleges Thursday November 19, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Defence The report found 'credible information to substantiate 23 incidents of alleged unlawful killing of 39 people by 25 Australian Special Forces personnel, predominantly from the…
National privacy regulator set to publish COVID-19 app investigation findings Thursday November 19, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology The incoming report will contain findings and recommendations from the first in a series of five assessments, which Angelene Falk says have examined compliance and…
National human rights charter could aid public acceptance of government decision-making processes, Law Council says Thursday November 19, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Australia is the only Western democracy without some form of a charter of rights at the national level. Many Australians don't know that their human…
Premium Columnists Do consultants help avoid public sector politicisation? Thursday November 19, 2020 By Helena Cain Australian Capital Territory As a senior public servant, your politician strongly suggests that you drive an obviously political initiative – that may or may not go against your…
Premium The Briefing The Briefing: Donald Trump’s stacking of the US public sector is on another level than local efforts, but only just Thursday November 19, 2020 By Chris Woods Editors' Picks While Donald Trump's last-minute effort to stack America's public sector is on its own level of cronyism, it is not wholly distinct from efforts by…
Australia seeing a ‘creep’ in political public service appointments, ex deputy secretary warns Wednesday November 18, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Stephen Bartos, Lucy Turnbull and Geoff Gallop discussed the key events and issues that have defined 2020 for the final Mandarin Talks event for the…
