Category: Workforce

Agencies across the Australian Public Service (APS) are spending heavily on advertising in a bid to attract the right personnel. The advertising has improved in quality and extensively promotes great…

By Adam Coleman Public servants from around the country are among those recognised in the Australia Day honours list 2009, announced yesterday. The highest public sector honour went to former…

The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) has taken aim at the Federal Government for axing more than one hundred jobs across the Australia Taxation Office (ATO) at a time…

By Angela Dorizas Prime Minister Kevin Rudd today announced Australia’s first national security adviser (NSA) during his inaugural national security statement to Parliament. Former Australian Special Air Services commander Duncan Lewis…

By Ju Yeon Jung The Business Council of Australia (BCA) has commended the outcomes of the 24th Council of Australian Government (COAG) meeting, saying the long-awaited reforms would finally help cut border…

By Adam Coleman Government leaders at the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting in Canberra pressed forward with reforms to help weather the impact of the global financial crisis. Attending…

By Staff Writer International media mogul Rupert Murdoch has made a scathing review of Australian public education, saying the failing education system was “a moral scandal” and government and businesses should aggressively…

Griffith City Council is hoping to attract skilled workers from the UK and across Europe to fill vacant positions.    The NSW council will attend the Work Worldwide Expo in…

Australia could become a global leader in creating green industries generating up to a million green collar jobs by 2030 and multi-billion dollar export opportunities in green technology. That is…

NSW Premier, Nathan Rees has said the remuneration tribunal’s recent decision to award senior bureaucrats salary increases of up to four per cent was against his wishes. The Statutory and…