Category: Federal

The Department of Finance is still mandating the purchase of locally made cars even though Toyota, Holden and Ford have all pulled the plug on production.

    By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski Checking third party weather apps on mobile and tablet devices has long been a daily staple of smartphone users, however the Bureau…

By John Kost* A change in the political leadership of government is often a time of high anxiety for public servants. Although it is unlikely that they will lose their…

[Editor’s Note: Both Medibank Health Service and the Department of Defence dispute and reject the assertions made by the Australian Medical Association in this article, which was originally published in…

By Julian Bajkowski and Paul Hemsley A friendly knock on the door every five years from a Census collector used to be the calling card of Australia’s annual statistical stocktake….

By Julian Bajkowski The Abbott government has conspicuously excluded its election promise to cut public service staffing costs by $5.2 billion through the elimination of 12,000 positions from its Mid-Year…

By Julian Bajkowski The small but highly symbolic market of prestige saloons used to ferry around ministers, mayors and senior government officials is poll position to be the first replaced…

By Julian Bajkowski The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) has ratcheted up pressure on the Abbott government to resist a push to hive off thousands of federal public service…

By Julian Bajkowski The war of words over the scale and pace of downsizing in the Australian Public Service has sharply intensified after Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the…

By Julian Bajkowski Government fleet buyers across Australia in all sectors will be forced to reassess their procurement plans after iconic carmaker General Motors Holden confirmed that it will cease…