A re-elected Morrison government would aim to extract $1.5 billion from departmental budgets over four years, "building to $5 billion over the medium term" to more than offset new spending commitments, according to an election-eve financial statement. Read More
The Northern Territory Commissioner for Public Employment, Craig Allen, has tendered his resignation and will join the Queensland Office of Industrial Relations as a deputy… Read More
The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet scored $5 million in last week's budget to consider how the Commonwealth can encourage private investment in positive social outcomes, and the government has appointed two social impact investing gurus to advise them. Read More
The Commonwealth public sector workforce shrank over the past year in net terms, despite the last budget suggesting it would grow slightly. Read More
The Australian Public Service is expected to save $17.3 million every year from 2019-20 onwards through shared corporate services, according to the budget, on top of $72.3m already in the bank. Read More
A new whole-of-government workforce strategy under development by the Australian Public Service Commission and the Department of Jobs and Small Business will be finished by… Read More
“A professional and connected public sector, delivering results for all Australians.” This is Public Service Minister Mathias Cormann’s one-line narrative for the Commonwealth bureaucracy in the coming financial year, if the government is returned to office this year. Read More
Both major parties are “showing strong signs of taking on board” the panel’s recommendations, according to APS reviewer Belinda Hutchinson. The University of Sydney chancellor… Read More
The federal government will commit a further $67.2 million in this year's budget to the digital identity application, myGovID. Read More
The Northern Territory government is moving into belt-tightening mode, calling in agency heads to justify the programs they run and spend no more than they are given this coming year, while promising "savage cuts" will not occur. Read More
South Australia’s Marshall government plans to cull several thousand public service jobs over the forward estimates, according to early reporting on the contents of its first budget. Read More
This year, curious residents of New South Wales can not only see how much their government plans to spend in particular areas of the budget, they can see the outcomes its agencies are working towards. Read More
Five ways the budget papers could save confusion and get straight to the point. Read More
A new fund to promote the use of genomics and bio markers promises to revolutionise health care. Read More
There are plenty of new spending measures in the federal budget for national security and Home Affairs. Read More
