Services Australia to lose 800 jobs amid ASL uplift

Average staffing levels across the APS will be boosted, except for Services Australia.

12 May, 2021

Axe wielded at iconic public institutions

Public sector jobs are set to go at the ABC, CSIRO and the National Gallery.

25 June, 2020

Public servants to be redeployed against COVID-19

Commonwealth public servants could find themselves redeployed in the fight against COVID-19.

30 March, 2020

Casual govt employees to get paid COVID-19 leave

Casual government employees forced to miss work because of COVID-19 now have access to paid leave.

17 March, 2020

Presenteeism a problem for public sector women

More than four in five women working in the public sector went to work while sick in the last year.

13 March, 2020

Report confirms drop in public service jobs

The latest report on the Australian Public Service confirms a reduction in jobs.

28 November, 2019

Linda Scott voted back as LGNSW president

Appointments, departures and movement around government.

21 October, 2019

Public sector staffing cap focus of new Senate probe

An Inquiry will scrutinise the government’s outsourcing and privatisation of public sector programs.

5 August, 2019

Public servants warned on social media use

Public servants should be able to join the political debate even during the caretaker period, their union says.

29 April, 2019

Budget provides $104m to root out public sector corruption

The government is funding a Commonwealth Integrity Commission to probe public sector corruption.

4 April, 2019

APS ‘hollowed out’ by outsourcing, stagnant wages

The federal public service is plagued by a reliance on outsourcing, a lack of mobility and poor wage growth, the APS Review has been told.

16 July, 2018

Union outrage over outsourcing of immigration services

The Australian Government’s move to outsource key visa functions has drawn a sharp response from the Commonwealth Public Service Union (CPSU). Although it came into existence only on 1 January, the new Department of Home Affairs has been quick to continue the outsourcing strategies of its predecessors, the Australian Border Force and the Department of […]

11 January, 2018

Centrelink, Medicare, Child Support to get 2,000 permanent jobs, NSW to lose 400

The Department of Human Services will create approximately 2,000 permanent jobs in Medicare, Centrelink and Child Support.

29 June, 2017

Defence, CSIRO to finally get a pay rise

Department of Defence staff will get a pay rise after three years of negotiations.

23 June, 2017