Category: Jobs

Confirmed 16,500 sackings just the start of new wave sell-offs and dispatch of jobs to industry.

Mike Baird and Tony Abbott’s push to bolster job growth and economic activity in the electoral heartland of Sydney’s Western suburbs is gathering pace as a key department is sent packing from the city centre.

Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey has given the green light to mass redundancies in government agencies to prosecute public service spending cuts in the forthcoming Budget.

Survey of 5,800 government staff reveals blowouts in client waiting times, mistakes and chronic understaffing is hitting frontline services.

Australian Public Service Commissioner, Stephen Sedgwick, argues that those employed by the government have long been asked to exercise judgement and discretion if entering into public debate.

The public service union is digging in for a long and protracted high stakes battle to ensure its survival well beyond the current Prime Minister and the next election.

The release of the government’s bargaining framework for the looming negotiations over pay and conditions shows that the government is digging in for a fight.

The government is poised to up its pay offer to public servants from nothing at all to a below inflation pay increase as talks begin in earnest.

Medicare and Centrelink retail duties floated as a potential lifebuoy to stop mail from drowning in red ink.

Ambitious reforms to demystify “complicated” planning laws are being spruiked by the Campbell Newman government in a long-term bid to boost economic growth across the Sunshine State.