Premium Columnists Not a mean and tricky budget, but certainly shamelessly political Editors' Picks This week’s Budget 2022-23 might have the shortest audience attention span of any in recent memory. Waved through by the opposition, drowned out by the
Union addresses gap in APS employee census with new labour hire survey January 20, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Careers The Community and Public Sector Union has launched a survey aimed at giving the tens of thousands of Australian Public Service workers who have been
Senate inquiry to probe APS capability, ASL cap December 2, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal A new Senate inquiry will investigate the capability of the Australian Public Service, probing issues such as the staffing cap, the use of consultants, and
CSIRO boss ‘optimistic’ about jobs growth as agency reveals new COVID-19 research October 12, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Economy & Industry The CSIRO has not made any significant cuts to its workforce during the coronavirus pandemic and is set to hire more full-time staff, according to
Staff cap ‘ideological ball-and-chain’ on APS, Andrew Leigh says October 8, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Labor has called out the federal government’s temporary increase to staffing levels across the Australian Public Service, arguing that bureaucrats will eventually be under greater
Research reveals extent of outsourcing Australian Public Service jobs September 11, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal The federal government has been spending more than $5 billion a year on labour-hire and consultants, new analysis has found. The research conducted by the
More than 100 jobs to be cut from four Department of Defence offices August 27, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Defence The Department of Defence will slash up to 111 jobs from its aerospace, intelligence and surveillance, and maritime and weapon divisions. The Community and Public
DFAT to cut 60 jobs July 15, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade will slash 50 jobs in Canberra and 10 roles from across eight international posts. While the department plans
Public servants across Australia hit with pay freezes, job cuts June 25, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Economy & Industry State and federal public service employees across the country have been dealt with pay freezes and job cuts as governments attempt to grapple with the
Senate committee calls for scrapping of APS staff cap ‘immediately’ February 28, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal The Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee has argued privatisation is “not a panacea” and has called for the Average Staffing Level cap to be
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