Medicare and Centrelink retail duties floated as a potential lifebuoy to stop mail from drowning in red ink.
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Hidden price of APS cutbacks and uncertainty: staff and clients hit by anger and distress
Hardball tactics and a paucity of detailed information is taking its psychological toll on public servants and the clients they are required to serve.
Former Tas premier sounds open data warning before Canberra’s crucial government analytics conference
The public sector is being urged to look at innovative savings and benefits instead of restrictive paywalls for access to public data.
APS loses 5000 jobs in just six months
CPSU warns Commission of Audit, government of consequences of mass exodus.
Queensland applauds Abbott’s $6.7 bn for Bruce Highway
A federal government commitment to flood-proof Queensland’s Bruce Highway is being predictably hailed by the Campbell Newman government.
Entsch backs Mossman’s rejection of Woolworths traffic lights, slams Katter
The local member for Leichhardt is siding with his community while rejecting neighbouring interlopers.
Paid parking permits for APS will have tickets locked to cars and zones
A bid to extract $73 million a year from public servants driving to work carries a raft of restrictions that prevent spot sharing and penalise car-pooling using different vehicles.
Shergold to chair aged care sector reform committee
Professor Peter Shergold will chair the new Aged Care Sector Committee, which will work with government as it implements aged care reforms.
Federal Attorney General validates private sector ID checks
Electronic efficiency flicks the switch for national verification-as-a-service.
CPSU bargaining claims target redundancy payouts and 15.4 per cent super
The public service union is digging in for drawn out battle over entitlements after the government opened bidding with the offer of a wage freeze.