Category: Federal

Government called on to lead by example to get operational savings of up to eight per cent.

The uncharted landscape of the digital world has led the National Archives of Australia to create a new training course to help information managers deal with the new challenges in the digital economy.

All eyes are on whether a bid to force public servants to be reapply for their jobs will spread beyond the Department of Communications.

A drive by Prime Minister Tony Abbott to foster greater economic development in the top of the continent through a White Paper on Northern Australia has been welcomed by Queensland councils, who hope it will produce better infrastructure and minimise regulatory overheads.

Bluster over APS industrial negotiations and pay rises has officially hit fever pitch after the government calculated pay rises in terms of job cuts.

Queensland’s extensive system of freight lines could soon be integrated with the existing national network if an investigation by the federal rail operator can prove it’s a viable move.

Frustrated locals and tourists alike can now find the capital’s wealth of well-hidden resources thanks to some revealing smartphone innovation.

William Eggers can see an imminent future where digitally savvy, self-enabling citizens will soon challenge the purpose and power of bureaucracy entrenched government institutions.

Public submissions normally collated and published online by the government have been dispensed with before the Budget.

Eric Abetz and Tony Abbott have dispensed with the niceties in the renegotiation of the APS’s main industrial instrument warning bureaucrats to either agree to a pay freeze or cop a haircut on leave entitlements.