Speaking at a Mandarin Talks webinar on Wednesday to discuss their new book ‘What Happens Next?’, the authors rejected the myth that having a big…

The Australian government must invest in capability across the public service rather than overly outsourcing roles to for-profit private companies, independent MP Andrew Wilkie says.

The Finance Department will also establish a whole-of-government procurement panel for consultancy services, to increase data and reporting transparency.

The Department of Defence, the Australian Taxation Office, and Services Australia have spent the most on contractors, while companies such as Manpower, Serco and Datacom…

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…