Services Australia to receive extra 5000 workers Federal Services Australia will gain an extra 5000 workers to help deliver new support measures for disadvantaged Australians during COVID-19. Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the
Women in APS want access to flexible work, survey finds March 9, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Insecure work is a growing issue for women working in public sector roles across Australia, according to a new report. The Community and Public Sector
What’s in MYEFO for the public service? A boost for the ABS amid continued cuts December 18, 2019 By Stephen Easton Careers The Australian Bureau of Statistics will receive an additional $40.4 million next financial year, according to the federal government’s budget update, which also indicates staffing
CPSU and Labor condemn government response to APS review December 16, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Labor and the public sector union have criticised the government’s refusal to lift the public sector staff cap and adopt common pay and conditions for
Out of the blue: PM shows the Secretaries Board who’s boss December 6, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Just last week the Australian Public Service Commissioner Peter Woolcott told journalists the Secretaries Board had been busy advising Scott Morrison on his response to
CPSU says government jobs could help drought-hit towns, panics over phantom ‘job cuts’ December 4, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal The Community and Public Sector Union says the Morrison government’s cuts to the Australian Public Service workforce have worsened the economic effects of the drought,
The big unknown in Stuart Robert’s grand designs for Services Australia: how much will it cost? December 3, 2019 By Stephen Easton Communications & Technology One major thing was missing from Government Services Minister Stuart Robert’s big update on digital transformation and the plans for Services Australia on Friday: what
Senate: show us the robodebt legal advice November 28, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal The Senate has passed a motion calling on the government to table legal advice that presumably warned it has unlawfully demanded repayment of hundreds of
Robodebt ‘refinement’ or strategic back-down? Human Services reads the writing on the wall November 19, 2019 By Stephen Easton Community & Social The Department of Human Services will no longer raise welfare debts based only on the unproven assumption that a person earned an income from employment
Op-ed: This government isn’t going to address women’s equality at work — it’s up to us November 12, 2019 By Melissa Donnelly Career Advice During Senate Estimates, we learned that the Morrison government is not only failing to address equality at work, it is also trying to stop the
NDIA staffing boost and new CEO draws cautious optimism from stakeholders, snark from opposition October 18, 2019 By Stephen Easton Community & Social The federal government’s decisions to raise the National Disability Insurance Agency’s public service staffing levels and appoint Martin Hoffman as chief executive have been met
Melissa Donnelly appointed acting Community and Public Sector Union national secretary October 10, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal The Community and Public Sector Union’s governing council has appointed industrial lawyer Melissa Donnelly as its acting national secretary until elections for all of the