Agencies and departments across the Australian Public Service have been implementing a range of measures to ensure employees can continue to work if the coronavirus…

The Australian Public Service Commission has told agencies to use their "common sense" when seeking evidence from employees who request leave as a result of…

After a tumultuous Christmas and New Year period, here’s how the government and its returning public servants can expect the new reality to play out.

New year, new round of international and diplomatic postings. Two states name their bushfire recovery chiefs, and the Commonwealth gets a new face at the…

Secretary of the Department of Health Glenys Beauchamp will retire from her position on February 28, after more than 30 years in the public service.

The federal public servants tasked with delivering crucial services to bushfire affected communities have also been receiving much-needed support from their departments. A range of…

Working with public servants is an art, not a science, with exceptions and no obvious rules. If you are tactful you can at once retain…

Data from the Australian Public Sector Database shows a steady long-term decline in the number and proportion of people with disability in the Commonwealth public…

Band 1 Lorena Skipper is an executive director at the Australian National Audit Office. She was previously a senior director. Penelope Jones has been appointed…

The Community & Public Sector Union undertakes the largest survey of working women in Australia — the What Women Want survey. The survey is now…