Two of the government's flagship moves under its decentralisation policy have had their new financial year targets curbed. There'll be dividends eventually, a bipartisan report…

A new financial year has dawned, and with it several new federal government initiatives have begun.

At least 110 of around 200 staff have decided to leave the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority rather than move with it to Armidale,…

The APVMA's move to Armidale has not been a good advertisement for the federal government's public service decentralisation policy. Now the agency says it's back…

The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority says its latest performance report shows improvement, but its difficult relocation to Armidale continues to undermine the public…

Ministers normally play down critical audits in their portfolio, preferring to look on the bright side and focus on the future. Barnaby Joyce has gone…

Minister for Agriculture Barnaby Joyce is attempting to get the hotly debated relocation of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority back on track with…

The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has come under fire from one of its key industry stakeholder groups, which is angry about the APVMA…

Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority CEO Kareena Arthy is staying in Canberra to take up a senior role in the ACT Public Service, which…

Barnaby Joyce is right — not everything should come down to a cost-benefit analysis. So where's the intangible benefit in moving public servants to the…

UPDATED: Barnaby Joyce responds to backlash after the Nationals demand parts of the Australian Public Service be chosen to relocate out of Canberra. An…

The ill-advised relocation of the APVMA to Armidale stars in Estimates once again, and it's just as difficult to get specialist staff to move from…

Industry stakeholders have voiced serious concerns about the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority's latest KPIs, blaming its forced relocation to Armidale. The deputy PM…

Can city sweeteners make public service relocation easier? Staff often quit rather than move, endangering corporate memory.