Election 2022: Albanese goes for Coalition jugular on APS job cuts Community & Social The Labor leader has savaged the Liberals’ latest plan to slash $2.7 billion from the public service over forward estimates to pay for costly election
Election 2022: Labor will cut $3b from APS consultant spend and hire more staff April 29, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Federal Labor has pledged to reduce spending on consultants and labour hire companies by $3 billion over four years, as well as rebuild public service capacity
Premium Insights and analysis What happened to the audit regulation report? April 20, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Editors' Picks Does anybody reading this remember an inquiry into audit regulation in Australia? You know, that inquiry held a few years ago when there were people
ANAO reports on ATO’s JobKeeper performance April 7, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Federal The Australian Taxation Office had 1160 staff engaged in administering the JobKeeper scheme that resulted in an average of 3.6 million individuals receiving monthly payments
Budget’s business measures will keep ATO flooded with enquiries March 30, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Editors' Picks As last night’s federal budget continues to get sold over the next few days, the ATO will be flooded with enquiries over the business tax
Premium Columnists What the budget says about us and our economy March 30, 2022 By Stephen Bartos Editors' Picks Amongst discussions of winners and losers, it is easy to lose sight of the big picture – what the budget tells us about Australia and
PSsst! The Greeks show how it’s done March 25, 2022 By The Mandarin Editors' Picks Leadership and democracy, ancient Greek style When it comes to democracy, we have much to thank the ancient Greeks for. The same can be said
Flood businesses should get JobKeeper, union says March 16, 2022 By Tom Ravlic New South Wales Businesses in the flood-ravaged areas of New South Wales should be given access to JobKeeper by the federal government to provide some income security and
What to do when fatigue sets into your agency during times of crisis March 15, 2022 By Melissa Coade Communications & Technology Finding opportunities to innovate as a service provider during a pandemic has been a taxing experience for everybody – including the citizens whose needs ultimately
How skyrocketing demand for government services accelerated digital transformation February 22, 2022 By Stuart Ridley 2022 Collaboration After Crisis Special Report Australians wanting government support during the pandemic quickly discovered ready access to digital records could help speed up each transaction. While plenty of digital transformation
How Single Touch Payroll paved the way for JobKeeper February 17, 2022 By Joshua Gliddon 2022 Collaboration After Crisis Special Report “When we designed Single Touch Payroll, we certainly didn’t have a global pandemic in mind,” says ATO assistant commissioner Jason Lucchese. “But the fact we
Premium Insights and analysis What looms for the APS after a year like this? December 8, 2021 By Bernard Keane Editors' Picks For the Australian Public Service, 2021 has thrown up a number of challenging issues — issues big enough that 2022 looms as an important inflection
Inquiry clears ATO boss on refusing to provide JobKeeper details to senate December 1, 2021 By Jackson Graham Federal Australian tax commissioner Chris Jordan has been cleared by a parliamentary committee after a senator claimed he acted with contempt over refusing an order to
Tax commissioner faces inquiry about ‘disobeying’ senate over JobKeeper information October 20, 2021 By Jackson Graham Federal Australia’s tax commissioner Chris Jordan is facing an inquiry into whether he disobeyed the senate after not following through on an order to provide details
