Labor MP Julian Hill has called for an inquiry into what he describes as 'privatisation of Australia’s public service by stealth'.

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…

Public servants engaging the machinery of government to handle service delivery should follow clear processes just as they do when outsourcing services, according to the…

The South Australian opposition has vowed to reverse the latest round of public transport outsourcing if it wins the next election in 2022, as the…

CSIRO staff have voiced their concerns over the federal government’s public service staffing cap, arguing that it could harm the organisation in the long term.

Services Australia has taken a Senate inquiry into visa privatisation and robodebt as an opportunity to justify the benefits of outsourcing. In a submission to…

Federal Labor members and the public sector union both agreed with parts of the Prime Minister's speech to his public service troops but argued the…

The Australian Public Service must embrace the idea of strategic commissioning, according to Professor of Public Management, Janine O’Flynn. In a new academic paper, O’Flynn…

The Victorian government has told public service leaders to stop relying so much on consultants and labour-hire firms and given them until October 1 to…

The Queensland government is putting public servants back in charge of all prisons, following a Crime and Corruption Commission inquiry that found problems in having…

Can Australian public sector outsourcing practices prevent Paladin becoming its Carillion moment? A new Outsourcing Playbook offers lessons from failure.