NT Chief Minister denies pay freeze is fuelling high executive turnover News The Northern Territory government is confident its executive pay freeze will not lead to significant turnover in the upper ranks of the public sector, mainly…
NT public service executive pay freeze: government will get its money, now or later Wednesday July 3, 2019 By Stephen Easton Career Advice The Northern Territory government’s plan to save millions by freezing the pay of public service executives might be delayed, but Premier Michael Gunner is confident…
Labor argues federal flood-recovery agency a needless layer of bureaucracy Wednesday April 24, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal Shadow agriculture minister Joel Fitzgibbon says the federal government's North Queensland flood-recovery office is a needless "layer of time-eating bureaucracy" and the salary of its…
Why we need to stop paying executives for performance Monday January 21, 2019 By Geoffrey Edwards Editors' Picks There is an element of self-serving circularity in the arguments used to justify high executive salaries. But lowering the ceilings on SES pay could be…
APS gender pay gap revealed in new data Wednesday June 14, 2017 By David Donaldson News Women in the APS are paid less on average than their male colleagues, mostly because they are outnumbered at senior ranks. And executive pay increases…
Pay freeze for WA mandarins Monday May 15, 2017 By David Donaldson News Faced with an economic slowdown and worsening budget deficit, WA has taken another dramatic step in its cost-cutting efforts, announcing that public service bosses, politicians…
Boost executive pay, state report urges Monday October 17, 2016 By David Donaldson News The VPS executive offer is "unattractive and uncompetitive", claims a report commissioned by Premier Daniel Andrews. In addition to scoring poorly against other states, perverse…
Federal agency takes on The Australian over executive pay Thursday June 25, 2015 By Stephen Easton News Airservices Australia maintains its reputation is being dragged through the mud and that information about executive remuneration from its annual report is being misrepresented. The…
