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CPSU flags industrial action amid stalled APS bargaining
Public sector workplace battlelines drawn-up for Abbott and Abetz.
Fletcher spells out ‘digital by default’ expectations for federal agencies
Ministerial pressure is mounting for agencies to get their act together online ahead of a 2017 deadline.
WA solar energy lobby claims success in swinging votes away from renewable energy skeptics
The abolition of the Carbon Tax was sold as the cure for soaring power bills, but in Western Australia the prospect of households losing the opportunity to feed into the grid and cut their power bills is burning a few fingers.
Utility computing cutting across sectors
By Rob Forsyth* The change of government at the Commonwealth level will have no impact on the general move by the public sector toward greater acceptance of Cloud platforms to…
Numbers and costs for APS cuts evade MYEFO
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…
Outsourcing push could double promised 12,000 APS job cull
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…
Abetz returns fire over 14,500 APS retrenchments
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…
Holden departure throws open government fleet business
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…
Regions now in firing line for 14,500 federal job cuts
By Julian Bajkowski The Federal Government’s job cutting axe is set to fall on at least 56 Department of Human Services IT staff in Hobart, as agencies start to look…